Community Safety
- What is the average police-to-population ratio for the (a) Cape Town metropolitan area and (b) Western Cape;
- whether these ratios include (a) student constables and (b) support staff; if so, what are the ratios, excluding 2(a) and (b);
- what is the police-to-population ratio for each police station in the Cape Town metropolitan area;
- what is the detective-to-population ratio for each police station in the Cape Town metropolitan area?
The South African Police Service informed me as follows:
(1)(a) 560
(b) 509
(2)(a)-(b) These ratios exclude units and components that delivers specialised services to communities across the board in the Western Cape including:
- Provincial Head Quarters
- Cluster Offices
- Cluster operational capacity and tracing teams
- Stabilization and Combat
- Multiple Murder Investigation Teams
- Firearm Investigation Team
- Major Offences Reaction Team
- K9 Dog Units
- Flying Squad
- Mounted Unit
- 10111 Command Centre
- Vehicle Identification Section
- Vehicle Safeguarding Section
- Protection Services
- Firearm Registration Centre
- Public Order Policing Unit
- Tactical Response Unit
- Operational Coordination Centre
- Stock Theft Unit
- Family / Child and Sexual Offences Unit
- Anti-Corruption Unit
- Provincial Organised Crime
- Provincial Commercial Crime
- Crime Intelligence
- Directorate Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI)
- Railway Police
(3)
|
Name of Station |
Police–to Population Ratio
|
|
Albertinia |
1 per 293 |
|
Ashton |
1 per 394 |
|
Athlone |
1 per 395 |
|
Atlantis |
1 per 436 |
|
Barrydale |
1 per 225 |
|
Beaufort West |
1 per 248 |
|
Belhar |
1 per 630 |
|
Bellville |
1 per 254 |
|
Bellville South |
1 per 468 |
|
Bishop Lavis |
1 per 442 |
|
Bonnievale |
1 per 325 |
|
Bothasig |
1 per 490 |
|
Brackenfell |
1 per 531 |
|
Bredasdorp |
1 per 291 |
|
Caledon |
1 per 239 |
|
Calitzdorp |
1 per 218 |
|
Camps Bay |
1 per 135 |
|
Cape Town Central |
1 per 75 |
|
Ceres |
1 per 304 |
|
Citrusdal |
1 per 386 |
|
Clanwilliam |
1 per 282 |
|
Claremont |
1 per 225 |
|
Cloetesville |
1 per 832 |
|
Conville |
1 per 415 |
|
Da Gamaskop |
1 per 255 |
|
Darlinq |
1 per 480 |
|
De Doorns |
1 per 657 |
|
De Rust |
1 per 189 |
|
Delft |
1 per 642 |
|
Dieprivier |
1 per 541 |
|
Doring Bay |
1 per 124 |
|
Durbanville |
1 per 640 |
|
Dysselsdorp |
1 per 371 |
|
Eendekuil |
1 per 219 |
|
Elands Bay |
1 per 96 |
|
Elsies River |
1 per 371 |
|
Fish Hoek |
1 per 350 |
|
Franschhoek |
1 per 668 |
|
Gans Bay |
1 per 303 |
|
Genadendal |
1 per 271 |
|
George |
1 per 234 |
|
Goodwood |
1 per 382 |
|
Gordons Bay |
1 per 407 |
|
Graafwater |
1 per 168 |
|
Grabouw |
1 per 459 |
|
Grassy Park |
1 per 620 |
|
Groot Brakrivier |
1 per 566 |
|
Groot - Drakenstein |
1 per 516 |
|
Gugulethu |
1 per 590 |
|
Harare |
1 per 745 |
|
Heidelberg(C) |
1 per 288 |
|
Hermanus |
1 per 373 |
|
Hopefield |
1 per 279 |
|
Hout Bay |
1 per 567 |
|
Kensington |
1 per 450 |
|
Khayelitsha |
1 per 521 |
|
Kirstenhof |
1 per 475 |
|
Klapmuts |
1 per 354 |
|
Klawer |
1 per 409 |
|
Kleinmond |
1 per 265 |
|
Kleinvlei |
1 per 530 |
|
Knysna |
1 per 400 |
|
Kraaifontein |
1 per 609 |
|
Kuilsrivier |
1 per 399 |
|
Kwanokuthula |
1 per 365 |
|
Kwanonqoba |
1 per 433 |
|
Laaiplek |
1 per 416 |
|
Ladismith |
1 per 218 |
|
Laingsburg |
1 per 162 |
|
Lambertsbaai |
1 per 231 |
|
Langa |
1 per 475 |
|
Langebaan |
1 per 271 |
|
Lansdowne |
1 per 525 |
|
Leeu Gamka |
1 per 145 |
|
Lentegeur |
1 per 555 |
|
Lingelethu-West |
1 per 522 |
|
Lutzville |
1 per 417 |
|
Lwandle |
1 per 718 |
|
Macassar |
1 per 614 |
|
Maitland |
1 per 294 |
|
Malmesbury |
1 per 549 |
|
Manenberg |
1 per 467 |
|
Mbekweni |
1 per 483 |
|
Mcgregor |
1 per 209 |
|
Melkbosstrand |
1 per 425 |
|
Mfuleni |
1 per 529 |
|
Milnerton |
1 per 407 |
|
Mitchells Plain |
1 per 472 |
|
Montagu |
1 per 403 |
|
Moorreesburg |
1 per 378 |
|
Mossel Bay |
1 per 144 |
|
Mowbray |
1 per 178 |
|
Muizenberg |
1 per 500 |
|
Murraysburg |
1 per 268 |
|
Napier |
1 per 237 |
|
Nuwerus |
1 per 188 |
|
Nyanga |
1 per 628 |
|
Ocean View |
1 per 494 |
|
Oudtshoorn |
1 per 272 |
|
Paarl |
1 per 216 |
|
Paarl East |
1 per 578 |
|
Pacaltsdorp |
1 per 443 |
|
Parow |
1 per 369 |
|
Philadelphia |
1 per 233 |
|
Philippi |
1 per 437 |
|
Philippi East |
1 per 344 |
|
Piketberg |
1 per 402 |
|
Pinelands |
1 per 328 |
|
Plettenberg Bay |
1 per 237 |
|
Porterville |
1 per 255 |
|
Prince Albert |
1 per 250 |
|
Prince Alfred Hamlet |
1 per 552 |
|
Ravensmead |
1 per 473 |
|
Rawsonville |
1 per 217 |
|
Redelinqhuys |
1 per 97 |
|
Riebeek West |
1 per 447 |
|
Riversdale |
1 per 333 |
|
Riviersonderend |
1 per 244 |
|
Robertson |
1 per 305 |
|
Rondebosch |
1 per 226 |
|
Sea Point |
1 per 219 |
|
Saldanha |
1 per 509 |
|
Saron |
1 per 282 |
|
Simon's Town |
1 per 349 |
|
Somerset West |
1 per 377 |
|
St Helena Bay |
1 per 312 |
|
Stanford |
1 per 206 |
|
Steenberg |
1 per 533 |
|
Stellenbosch |
1 per 246 |
|
Still Bay |
1 per 262 |
|
Strand |
1 per 400 |
|
Strandfontein |
1 per 611 |
|
Struisbaai |
1 per 166 |
|
Suurbraak |
1 per 110 |
|
Swellendam |
1 per 297 |
|
Table Bay Harbour |
1 per 45 |
|
Table View |
1 per 506 |
|
Thembalethu |
1 per 414 |
|
Touws River |
1 per 252 |
|
Tulbagh |
1 per 249 |
|
Uniondale |
1 per 213 |
|
Vanrhynsdorp |
1 per 242 |
|
Villiersdorp |
1 per 412 |
|
Vredenburg |
1 per 334 |
|
Vredendal |
1 per 258 |
|
Wellington |
1 per 498 |
|
Wolseley |
1 per 388 |
|
Woodstock |
1 per 215 |
|
Worcester |
1 per 361 |
|
Wynberg |
1 per 141 |
(4) The number of detectives per station is calculated against crime reported and not population as such. As the result of the shortfall in human resources the operational approach detailed in paragraph 3, supra, are applicable.
