Here are South Africa’s top 10 police stations that recorded the most sexual offence cases

As South Africa battles the plight of gender-based violence, the latest crime statistics show a mixed bag of cases. Sexual offences recorded between October and December last year decreased slightly, from 14 973 to 14 547. Although they fall under different crime categories, cases of sexual offences were higher than murder and attempted murder combined.

While rape, sexual assault, and contact sexual offences declined, attempted sexual offences increased. Western Cape recorded the highest sexual assault cases, while KwaZulu-Natal recorded the highest (2 842) number of overall sexual offences. Despite the Western Cape reporting fewer sexual offences than Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, three of its police stations captured the highest number of sexual assault cases.

Delft Police Station in the City of Cape Town District has the most sexual assault cases reported in the country, 16, the same number as last year. Interestingly, the Cape Town Central station, part of the same district, was second but jumped from four cases in 2024 to 14 cases in 2025. Philippi Police Station also saw an increase of eight counts, from five to 13 reports.

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Alexandra Police Station in Johannesburg reported the fourth-highest number of cases and the highest in Gauteng for sexual assault cases. Mamelodi Police Station ranks second highest in the province. Kwadukuza was the highest police station in its province and the fifth highest in the country (13), a number it shared with Inanda Police Station.

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