Murders reported in South Africa per month
This dataset contains the number of murders reported to the South African Police Service (SAPS) broken down by month.
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The data
111 rows, 4 columns.
- date Date
- Date of the data 2017-01-01 – 2026-03-01
- murders Number
- Number of murders reported 752 – 2846
- year Year
- Year of the data 2017 – 2026
- month Number
- Month of the data 1 – 12
Latest rows
| date | murders | year | month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-01 | 1899 | 2026 | 3 |
| 2026-02-01 | 1538 | 2026 | 2 |
| 2026-01-01 | 1744 | 2026 | 1 |
| 2025-12-01 | 2362 | 2025 | 12 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2063 | 2025 | 11 |
| 2025-10-01 | 1926 | 2025 | 10 |
| 2025-09-01 | 1869 | 2025 | 9 |
| 2025-08-01 | 2080 | 2025 | 8 |
| 2025-07-01 | 1845 | 2025 | 7 |
| 2025-06-01 | 1951 | 2025 | 6 |
| 2025-05-01 | 1929 | 2025 | 5 |
| 2025-04-01 | 1890 | 2025 | 4 |
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