Number of murders recorded by South African Police Service (SAPS) stations, month by month. It is the headline figure of the quarterly crime statistics, closely followed in South Africa, one of the countries with the highest homicide rates in the world. Attempted murders and culpable homicide are counted separately. These are recorded cases, which depend on reporting and recording.· Recorded cases; attempted murders and culpable homicide excluded
5.2K
Q1 2026
−9.5 %vs Q1 2025
min 5.2K Q1 2026max 7.7K Q4 2023
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Source: South African Police Service, SAPS · Crime statistics· Data Q1 2026
Murders recorded by the police, per monthRecorded cases; attempted murders and culpable homicide excludedY-axis truncated
