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• 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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  Geography: South Africa Period: 2017 to 2025 Source: South African Police Service

  Last updated: 23 February 2026

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  • CH0031 Murder in South Africa: province and year
• Murder rate in South Africa's provinces

  Murders per capita in each province as a ratio of a population of 100,000. These ratios are reported quarterly in the South African Police Service Crime Statistics presentations based on murders logged in police stations in each of South Africa's provinces

  DS0359 Crime & Justice crime ratemurderprovincesquarterly datasapssouth africa
  Geography: South Africa Period: 2021 to 2026 Source: South African Police Service

  Last updated: 25 May 2026

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  • CH0092 Provincial murder rate per 100,000 people