Police Oversight and Community Safety
At each of the Western Cape’s SAPS stations:
How many marked vehicles are currently based at each SAPS station, (b) how many of these vehicles are currently operational and (c) how many of these vehicles are used for visible policing patrols?
The reply of the South African Police Service (SAPS):
27. (a), (b) and (c) The Status as at 31 May 2023 is as follows:
Station | (a) | (b) | (c) |
Albertinia | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Ashton | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Athlone | 24 | 18 | 21 |
Atlantis | 29 | 25 | 28 |
Barrydale | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Beaufort West | 25 | 11 | 23 |
Belhar | 7 | 5 | 7 |
Bellville | 24 | 14 | 21 |
Bellville South | 10 | 9 | 10 |
Bishop Lavis | 33 | 21 | 32 |
Bonnievale | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Bothasig | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Brackenfell | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Bredasdorp | 17 | 8 | 17 |
Caledon | 19 | 15 | 19 |
Calitzdorp | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Camps Bay | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Cape Town Central | 42 | 21 | 41 |
Ceres | 19 | 16 | 18 |
Citrusdal | 10 | 8 | 9 |
Clanwilliam | 10 | 8 | 10 |
Claremont | 15 | 12 | 15 |
Cloetesville | 11 | 8 | 10 |
Conville | 18 | 17 | 18 |
Da Gamaskop | 12 | 10 | 11 |
Darling | 8 | 7 | 7 |
De Doorns | 12 | 11 | 12 |
De Rust | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Delft | 38 | 21 | 35 |
Dieprivier | 10 | 7 | 8 |
Doring Bay | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Durbanville | 18 | 16 | 18 |
Dysselsdorp | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Eendekuil | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Elands Bay | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Elsies River | 24 | 10 | 22 |
Fish Hoek | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Franschhoek | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Gans Bay | 11 | 9 | 11 |
Genadendal | 9 | 7 | 9 |
George | 35 | 28 | 33 |
Goodwood | 14 | 5 | 13 |
Gordons Bay | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Graafwater | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Grabouw | 13 | 8 | 13 |
Grassy Park | 18 | 15 | 18 |
Groot Brakrivier | 8 | 5 | 7 |
Groot Drakenstein | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Gugulethu | 29 | 21 | 27 |
Harare | 48 | 35 | 43 |
Heidelberg C | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Hermanus | 18 | 14 | 18 |
Hopefield | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Hout Bay | 9 | 8 | 9 |
Kensington | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Khayelitsha | 43 | 28 | 42 |
Kirstenhof | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Klapmuts | 10 | 8 | 10 |
Klawer | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Kleinmond | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Kleinvlei | 24 | 18 | 23 |
Knysna | 31 | 27 | 31 |
Kraaifontein | 39 | 29 | 39 |
Kuilsrivier | 19 | 9 | 19 |
Kwanokuthula | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Kwanonqaba | 15 | 13 | 15 |
Laaiplek | 6 | 3 | 6 |
Ladismith | 18 | 15 | 17 |
Laingsburg | 8 | 5 | 8 |
Lambertsbaai | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Langa | 15 | 11 | 15 |
Langebaan | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Lansdowne | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Leeu Gamka | 11 | 8 | 8 |
Lentegeur | 23 | 15 | 20 |
Lingelethu West | 22 | 17 | 20 |
Lutzville | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Lwandle | 15 | 13 | 15 |
Macassar | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Maitland | 6 | 5 | 6 |
Malmesbury | 16 | 12 | 15 |
Manenberg | 28 | 23 | 27 |
Mbekweni | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Mcgregor | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Melkbosstrand | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Mfuleni | 35 | 23 | 33 |
Milnerton | 23 | 14 | 23 |
Mitchells Plain | 47 | 35 | 45 |
Montagu | 11 | 8 | 10 |
Moorreesburg | 10 | 8 | 9 |
Mossel Bay | 15 | 13 | 15 |
Mowbray | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Muizenberg | 12 | 8 | 11 |
Murraysburg | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Napier | 9 | 6 | 9 |
Nuwerus | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Nyanga | 43 | 24 | 39 |
Ocean View | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Oudtshoorn | 37 | 30 | 37 |
Paarl | 25 | 16 | 25 |
Paarl East | 20 | 15 | 20 |
Pacaltsdorp | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Parow | 27 | 17 | 25 |
Philadelphia | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Philippi | 15 | 10 | 11 |
Philippi East | 30 | 26 | 26 |
Piketberg | 13 | 9 | 11 |
Pinelands | 9 | 7 | 9 |
Plettenberg Bay | 17 | 16 | 17 |
Porterville | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Prince Albert | 13 | 12 | 13 |
Prince Albert Hamlet | 11 | 9 | 11 |
Ravensmead | 8 | 6 | 8 |
Rawsonville | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Redelinghuys | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Riebeek West | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Riversdale | 15 | 12 | 13 |
Riviersonderend | 9 | 7 | 8 |
Robertson | 16 | 14 | 16 |
Rondebosch | 8 | 5 | 8 |
Saldanha | 10 | 6 | 8 |
Samora Machel | 21 | 17 | 19 |
Saron | 9 | 8 | 9 |
Sea Point | 10 | 9 | 10 |
Simons Town | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Somerset West | 19 | 15 | 18 |
St Helena Bay | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Stanford | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Steenberg | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Stellenbosch | 31 | 26 | 31 |
Still Bay | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Strand | 14 | 13 | 14 |
Strandfontein | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Struisbaai | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Suurbraak | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Swellendam | 14 | 12 | 14 |
Table Bay Harbour | 8 | 5 | 7 |
Table View | 22 | 17 | 20 |
Thembalethu | 15 | 12 | 15 |
Touws River | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Tulbagh | 15 | 12 | 15 |
Uniondale | 17 | 15 | 16 |
Vanrhynsdorp | 11 | 7 | 8 |
Villiersdorp | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Vredenburg | 11 | 4 | 9 |
Vredendal | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Wellington | 17 | 13 | 17 |
Wolseley | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Woodstock | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Worcester | 45 | 32 | 43 |
Wynberg | 15 | 7 | 14 |