Police station precinct
Stellenbosch
stellenbosch · cape winelands · Western Cape
Recorded crime, 2025/26
5 428
−11.1%(−677) decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
Across the 17 community-reported serious crime categories.
Years of data
21
2005/06 to 2025/26. The South African Police Service reports crime by financial year, which runs from 1 April to 31 March. 2024/25 therefore covers 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
Area snapshot
The 2025/26 total compared with this precinct's own history. Averages skip years the source does not provide rather than treating them as zero.
- 2025/26Latest financial year
- 5 428
- 5-year average2021/22–2025/26
- 6 089
- 10-year average2016/17–2025/26
- 6 612
- Historical high2015/16
- 9 503
- Historical low2020/21
- 4 471
The latest figure sits between the historical low of 4 471 and the historical high of 9 503.
What the figures show
Plain-English statements generated from the calculations on this page. They describe what was recorded and nothing beyond it.
- Recorded crime decreased 11.1% year-on-year, from 6 105 in 2024/25 to 5 428 in 2025/26.
- Other theft accounted for 20.7% of recorded incidents in 2025/26 (1 123 of 5 428).
- The latest figure is 17.9% below the ten-year average of 6 612.
- Murder increased +48.5% while attempted murder decreased −33.0%.
Crime profile
Types of recorded crime that make up this precinct's latest-year total. This is a composition of what was recorded, not a judgement of how dangerous the area is.
Shares are of the 5 428 recorded crimes across the 17 community-reported serious crime categories. Selecting a category focuses the historical chart on that grouping. How this total is defined
Historical context
Recorded crime over the last 5 years, 10 years, or the full available series. Choose a category to match the profile above.
The total_recorded_crime aggregate.
What's changing
Categories with the largest movements between 2024/25 and 2025/26. A change is only listed when it is large enough in both absolute and proportional terms.
Recorded more often
- Murder33 → 49+48.5% increased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Aggravated robbery419 → 465+11.0% increased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Residential burglary429 → 456+6.3% increased. Compared with the previous financial year.
Recorded less often
- Attempted murder115 → 77−33.0% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Kidnapping18 → 13−27.8% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Theft from vehicle1 177 → 862−26.8% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Non-residential burglary129 → 99−23.3% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
- Vehicle theft168 → 133−20.8% decreased. Compared with the previous financial year.
Crime history
Highest and lowest recorded years for Stellenbosch, and the largest comparable year-on-year movements in the dataset.
- Highest recorded year
- 2015/16 — 9 503 incidents
- Lowest recorded year
- 2020/21 — 4 471 incidents
- Largest year-on-year increase
- 2021/22 — +26.9%
- Largest year-on-year decrease
- 2020/21 — −34.5%
Unusual movements
The latest year-on-year change compared with this precinct's own earlier comparable movements, not with a national ranking.
Latest movement · recorded crime
Within the historical range
The −11.1% movement in 2025/26 sits within the range of earlier comparable year-on-year changes for this series.
MurderNotable
The +48.5% movement in 2025/26 is at least 1.5 times the median of earlier comparable year-on-year movements (+20.0% in absolute terms).
Vehicle theftNotable
The −20.8% movement in 2025/26 is at least 1.5 times the median of earlier comparable year-on-year movements (+13.8% in absolute terms).
Nearby stations
Geographic context only. CrimeMap SA does not assign a suburb to an official precinct.
Other police stations near Stellenbosch. Distances are from the station coordinates in the source file. A suburb or neighbourhood is not necessarily the same as a police precinct.
Crime detected through police action
Reported separately because these figures largely reflect how much policing activity took place, not how much crime was reported by the public. They are not part of the total above.
2025/26
Source and methodology
Figures are crimes recorded by the South African Police Service. Read the full methodology.
Where this precinct is
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