Murders reported in South Africa by province, year
This dataset contains the number of murders reported to the South African Police Service (SAPS), broken down by province and year. The data is drawn from SAPS administrative records. Note that figures reflect reported murders only and may not capture unreported cases. There may also be revisions to earlier periods as SAPS updates its records.
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The data
10 rows, 10 columns.
- year Year
- Calendar year 2016 – 2025
- eastern_cape Number
- Murders reported in this province per calendar year. 3533 – 5059
- free_state Number
- Murders reported in this province per calendar year. 816 – 1034
- gauteng Number
- Murders reported in this province per calendar year. 4023 – 6457
- kwazulu_natal Number
- Murders reported in this province per calendar year. 4082 – 6877
- limpopo Number
- Murders reported in this province per calendar year. 731 – 971
- mpumalanga Number
- Murders reported in this province per calendar year. 920 – 1521
- north_west Number
- Murders reported in this province per calendar year. 736 – 1132
- northern_cape Number
- Murders reported in this province per calendar year. 287 – 401
- western_cape Number
- Murders reported in this province per calendar year. 3306 – 4533
Latest rows
| year | eastern_cape | free_state | gauteng | kwazulu_natal | limpopo | mpumalanga | north_west | northern_cape | western_cape |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4418 | 816 | 5847 | 4878 | 773 | 1074 | 933 | 370 | 4533 |
| 2024 | 4943 | 908 | 6314 | 5835 | 886 | 1349 | 1132 | 354 | 4511 |
| 2023 | 5023 | 978 | 6457 | 6425 | 971 | 1521 | 1129 | 392 | 4276 |
| 2022 | 5059 | 992 | 6193 | 6877 | 968 | 1272 | 1047 | 401 | 4257 |
| 2021 | 4262 | 930 | 5053 | 6111 | 968 | 1153 | 972 | 346 | 3963 |
| 2020 | 3533 | 830 | 4023 | 4597 | 731 | 928 | 736 | 287 | 3794 |
| 2019 | 3975 | 993 | 4691 | 4802 | 881 | 1067 | 924 | 341 | 3974 |
| 2018 | 3921 | 976 | 4233 | 4464 | 909 | 925 | 933 | 289 | 3930 |
| 2017 | 3768 | 1034 | 4245 | 4251 | 889 | 920 | 912 | 344 | 3610 |
| 2016 | 3674 | 963 | 4052 | 4082 | 839 | 931 | 931 | 343 | 3306 |
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