Crime category
Robbery in South Africa
CrimeMap SA grouping: robbery with aggravating circumstances plus common robbery. This is a CrimeMap SA grouping of more than one source column, not a figure SAPS publishes under this name.
165 345−9.1%(−16 631) decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
South Africa, 2025/26
National trend
Every financial year in the dataset up to the year you select. Missing years appear as gaps, not as zero.
Area snapshot
2025/26 nationally, compared with this category's own history up to this year.
- 2025/26Latest financial year
- 165 345
- 5-year average2021/22–2025/26
- 181 270
- 10-year average2016/17–2025/26
- 182 473
- Historical high2023/24
- 199 373
- Historical low2011/12
- 153 022
The latest figure sits between the historical low of 153 022 and the historical high of 199 373.
Crime history
- Highest recorded year
- 2023/24 — 199 373 incidents
- Lowest recorded year
- 2011/12 — 153 022 incidents
- Largest year-on-year increase
- 2022/23 — +10.7%
- Largest year-on-year decrease
- 2020/21 — −19.7%
Unusual movements
The selected year's year-on-year change compared with earlier comparable movements in this series.
Latest movement · recorded crime
Notable
The −9.1% movement in 2025/26 is at least 1.5 times the median of earlier comparable year-on-year movements (+5.3% in absolute terms).
Province breakdown
Recorded robbery by province in 2025/26, listed alphabetically. This is not a ranking.
| Province | Recorded | Year-on-year |
|---|---|---|
| 10 866 | −18.4% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 6 462 | −4.0% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 55 949 | −7.7% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 27 993 | −8.6% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 8 788 | −11.8% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 7 826 | −16.9% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 9 169 | −10.7% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 2 539 | −0.9% was broadly unchanged. Compared with the previous financial year. | |
| 30 072 | −8.3% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year. |
Largest recent movements
Provinces whose year-on-year change clears CrimeMap SA's documented thresholds. Listed because the movement is large, not because the province is safer or more dangerous.
Recorded more often
None this year.
Recorded less often
- Eastern Cape−18.4% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Mpumalanga−16.9% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Limpopo−11.8% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- North West−10.7% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- KwaZulu-Natal−8.6% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
Map
The map colours local municipalities by robbery using aggr robbery, the first source column in this grouping, for 2025/26.