Police Oversight and Community Safety
What is the SAPS national police to population ratio in each of the police stations in the province in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023 to date?
The reply of the South African Police Service (SAPS):
|
Stations |
1 (a) 2019 |
1 (b) 2020 |
1 (c) 2021 |
1 (d) 2022 |
1 (e) 2023 |
|
Albertinia |
326 |
357 |
387 |
402 |
431 |
|
Ashton |
467 |
475 |
545 |
496 |
535 |
|
Athlone |
626 |
474 |
565 |
574 |
542 |
|
Atlantis |
531 |
483 |
560 |
564 |
564 |
|
Barrydale |
290 |
295 |
308 |
331 |
329 |
|
Beaufort West |
321 |
324 |
350 |
356 |
358 |
|
Belhar |
943 |
906 |
884 |
933 |
1016 |
|
Bellville |
323 |
300 |
334 |
345 |
355 |
|
Bellville South |
635 |
569 |
688 |
762 |
681 |
|
Bishop Lavis |
619 |
565 |
568 |
624 |
646 |
|
Bonnievale |
437 |
433 |
506 |
477 |
492 |
|
Bothasig |
735 |
639 |
744 |
842 |
824 |
|
Brackenfell |
725 |
655 |
760 |
822 |
949 |
|
Bredasdorp |
393 |
356 |
393 |
411 |
423 |
|
Caledon |
321 |
288 |
341 |
356 |
341 |
|
Calitzdorp |
296 |
273 |
314 |
314 |
302 |
|
Camps Bay |
184 |
198 |
228 |
245 |
253 |
|
Cape Town Central |
97 |
94 |
107 |
116 |
121 |
|
Ceres |
409 |
409 |
484 |
475 |
447 |
|
Citrusdal |
624 |
528 |
539 |
552 |
555 |
|
Clanwilliam |
512 |
444 |
442 |
432 |
399 |
|
Claremont |
299 |
256 |
304 |
329 |
321 |
|
Cloetesville |
1093 |
1091 |
1183 |
1281 |
1242 |
|
Conville |
521 |
505 |
581 |
581 |
586 |
|
Da Gamaskop |
359 |
353 |
377 |
391 |
388 |
|
Darling |
698 |
657 |
639 |
712 |
681 |
|
Stations |
1 (a) 2019 |
1 (b) 2020 |
1 (c) 2021 |
1 (d) 2022 |
1 (e) 2023 |
|
De Doorns |
909 |
764 |
1064 |
988 |
855 |
|
De Rust |
267 |
251 |
253 |
236 |
251 |
|
Delft |
964 |
861 |
823 |
841 |
784 |
|
Dieprivier |
752 |
765 |
812 |
945 |
953 |
|
Doring Bay |
206 |
155 |
155 |
161 |
136 |
|
Durbanville |
822 |
707 |
919 |
949 |
927 |
|
Dysselsdorp |
527 |
553 |
596 |
617 |
658 |
|
Eendekuil |
304 |
250 |
309 |
309 |
269 |
|
Elands Bay |
153 |
109 |
154 |
154 |
122 |
|
Elsies River |
434 |
421 |
518 |
553 |
562 |
|
Fish Hoek |
476 |
447 |
495 |
505 |
531 |
|
Franschhoek |
826 |
813 |
776 |
876 |
902 |
|
Gans Bay |
425 |
348 |
441 |
463 |
423 |
|
Genadendal |
365 |
314 |
376 |
387 |
355 |
|
George |
291 |
286 |
314 |
332 |
342 |
|
Goodwood |
529 |
464 |
593 |
614 |
561 |
|
Gordons Bay |
6l0 |
582 |
647 |
669 |
712 |
|
Graafwater |
294 |
258 |
237 |
237 |
235 |
|
Grabouw |
621 |
615 |
677 |
706 |
727 |
|
Grassy Park |
840 |
692 |
856 |
915 |
903 |
|
Groot Brakrivier |
750 |
717 |
909 |
878 |
819 |
|
Groot-Drakenstein |
621 |
652 |
704 |
681 |
725 |
|
Gugulethu |
752 |
733 |
811 |
853 |
874 |
|
Harare |
1118 |
942 |
993 |
868 |
773 |
|
Heidelberg(C) |
394 |
367 |
448 |
458 |
461 |
|
Hermanus |
491 |
451 |
512 |
512 |
497 |
|
Hopefield |
362 |
312 |
347 |
336 |
326 |
|
Hout Bay |
803 |
724 |
911 |
871 |
878 |
|
Kensington |
764 |
757 |
716 |
733 |
738 |
|
Khayelitsha |
647 |
639 |
660 |
664 |
638 |
|
Kirstenhof |
689 |
615 |
732 |
717 |
785 |
|
Klapmuts |
415 |
422 |
429 |
429 |
467 |
|
Klawer |
639 |
520 |
616 |
590 |
607 |
|
Kleinmond |
453 |
312 |
410 |
410 |
367 |
|
Kleinvlei |
768 |
652 |
689 |
723 |
736 |
|
Knysna |
519 |
495 |
504 |
530 |
516 |
|
Kraaifontein |
744 |
733 |
745 |
751 |
740 |
|
Kuilsrivier |
608 |
530 |
580 |
596 |
581 |
|
Kwanokuthula |
512 |
520 |
543 |
532 |
547 |
|
Stations |
1 (a) 2019 |
1 (b) 2020 |
1 (c) 2021 |
1 (d) 2022 |
1 (e) 2023 |
|
Kwanonqaba |
574 |
543 |
600 |
609 |
584 |
|
Laaiplek |
575 |
545 |
611 |
717 |
653 |
|
Ladismith |
279 |
240 |
292 |
310 |
285 |
|
Laingsburg |
241 |
211 |
249 |
249 |
250 |
|
Lambertsbaai |
294 |
278 |
301 |
312 |
299 |
|
Langa |
646 |
641 |
790 |
779 |
781 |
|
Langebaan |
355 |
348 |
391 |
363 |
374 |
|
Lansdowne |
754 |
691 |
847 |
859 |
860 |
|
Leeu Gamka |
188 |
180 |
228 |
236 |
205 |
|
Lentegeur |
738 |
569 |
755 |
760 |
657 |
|
Lingelethu-West |
726 |
665 |
713 |
770 |
735 |
|
Lutzville |
683 |
617 |
600 |
696 |
664 |
|
Lwandle |
1075 |
1077 |
946 |
958 |
908 |
|
Macassar |
747 |
732 |
894 |
955 |
941 |
|
Maitland |
407 |
384 |
441 |
479 |
504 |
|
Malmesbury |
689 |
648 |
664 |
676 |
690 |
|
Manenberg |
605 |
520 |
604 |
650 |
661 |
|
Mbekweni |
612 |
628 |
694 |
747 |
862 |
|
McGregor |
218 |
214 |
224 |
247 |
230 |
|
Melkbosstrand |
583 |
494 |
499 |
516 |
514 |
|
Mfuleni |
671 |
633 |
614 |
649 |
581 |
|
Milnerton |
534 |
499 |
593 |
640 |
628 |
|
Mitchells Plain |
525 |
575 |
548 |
586 |
600 |
|
Montagu |
600 |
571 |
652 |
623 |
627 |
|
Moorreesburg |
506 |
524 |
570 |
649 |
701 |
|
Mossel Bay |
175 |
170 |
178 |
180 |
183 |
|
Mowbray |
255 |
254 |
260 |
277 |
306 |
|
Muizenberg |
765 |
735 |
776 |
831 |
817 |
|
Murraysburg |
364 |
258 |
296 |
307 |
286 |
|
Napier |
306 |
259 |
338 |
353 |
310 |
|
Nuwerus |
262 |
207 |
233 |
216 |
231 |
|
Nyanga |
948 |
707 |
586 |
612 |
635 |
|
Ocean View |
889 |
823 |
830 |
844 |
870 |
|
Oudtshoorn |
329 |
332 |
369 |
385 |
407 |
|
Paarl |
265 |
272 |
294 |
309 |
326 |
|
Paarl East |
694 |
675 |
748 |
784 |
782 |
|
Pacaltsdorp |
581 |
602 |
670 |
717 |
690 |
|
Parow |
488 |
423 |
493 |
518 |
526 |
|
Stations |
1 (a) 2019 |
1 (b) 2020 |
1 (c) 2021 |
1 (d) 2022 |
1 (e) 2023 |
|
Philadelphia |
343 |
288 |
363 |
349 |
332 |
|
Philippi |
608 |
563 |
641 |
668 |
674 |
|
Philippi East |
620 |
548 |
428 |
433 |
435 |
|
Piketberg |
558 |
555 |
631 |
618 |
597 |
|
Pinelands |
539 |
536 |
513 |
524 |
563 |
|
Plettenberg Bay |
275 |
277 |
292 |
309 |
315 |
|
Porterville |
362 |
401 |
438 |
448 |
510 |
|
Prince Albert |
291 |
281 |
309 |
325 |
318 |
|
Prince Alfred Hamlet |
752 |
703 |
812 |
827 |
756 |
|
Ravensmead |
665 |
586 |
674 |
727 |
630 |
|
Rawsonville |
297 |
315 |
336 |
350 |
346 |
|
Redelinghuys |
144 |
121 |
132 |
132 |
130 |
|
Riebeek West |
581 |
611 |
617 |
617 |
616 |
|
Riversdale |
423 |
422 |
485 |
505 |
555 |
|
Riviersonderend |
317 |
282 |
336 |
325 |
294 |
|
Robertson |
373 |
394 |
403 |
427 |
445 |
|
Rondebosch |
312 |
306 |
358 |
358 |
342 |
|
Saldanha |
746 |
642 |
742 |
775 |
780 |
|
Samora Machel |
0 |
1008 |
873 |
884 |
838 |
|
Saron |
367 |
386 |
378 |
366 |
402 |
|
Sea Point |
308 |
294 |
304 |
338 |
369 |
|
Simons Town |
449 |
457 |
554 |
592 |
590 |
|
Somerset West |
524 |
446 |
507 |
493 |
480 |
|
St Helena Bay |
426 |
463 |
501 |
483 |
498 |
|
Stanford |
298 |
249 |
291 |
270 |
278 |
|
Steenberg |
715 |
698 |
767 |
827 |
798 |
|
Stellenbosch |
323 |
327 |
330 |
341 |
357 |
|
Still Bay |
343 |
336 |
378 |
393 |
375 |
|
Strand |
523 |
472 |
540 |
550 |
566 |
|
Strandfontein |
916 |
906 |
1001 |
1260 |
1209 |
|
Struisbaai |
268 |
194 |
237 |
237 |
202 |
|
Suurbraak |
123 |
116 |
131 |
141 |
151 |
|
Swellendam |
384 |
380 |
402 |
413 |
432 |
|
Table Bay Harbour |
77 |
66 |
77 |
86 |
81 |
|
Table View |
727 |
621 |
688 |
705 |
720 |
|
Thembalethu |
560 |
544 |
574 |
601 |
561 |
|
Touws River |
396 |
347 |
375 |
375 |
349 |
|
Tulbagh |
335 |
346 |
400 |
407 |
378 |
|
Uniondale |
296 |
275 |
340 |
333 |
307 |
|
Stations |
1 (a)2019 |
1 (b) 2020 |
1 (c) 2021 |
1 (d) 2022 |
1 (e) 2023 |
|
Vanrhynsdorp |
338 |
319 |
345 |
373 |
355 |
|
Villiersdorp |
600 |
570 |
652 |
636 |
600 |
|
Vredenburg |
516 |
477 |
548 |
530 |
518 |
|
Vredendal |
355 |
356 |
417 |
391 |
366 |
|
Wellington |
614 |
634 |
697 |
705 |
751 |
|
Wolseley |
552 |
516 |
511 |
539 |
570 |
|
Woodstock |
265 |
248 |
307 |
325 |
319 |
|
Worcester |
450 |
449 |
470 |
495 |
481 |
|
Wynberg |
181 |
185 |
204 |
223 |
231 |
This is not a true reflection as these ratios include only SAPS Act members at police station level but exclude units and components that deliver specialised services to communities across policing precincts in the Western Cape (including City of Cape Town):
- Provincial Head Quarters
- Cluster Offices
- Cluster operational capacity and tracing teams
- K9 Dog Units
- Flying Squad
- Mounted Unit
- 10111 Command Centre
- Vehicle Identification Section
- Vehicle Crime Investigation 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
- Anti-gang Unit
- Technology Management Services
- POP Reserve
- Training Institutions
