Crime & Safety Statistics

Ward-level crime statistics and safety scores for Cape Town’s 116 wards using SAPS crime statistics, CrimeHub aggregation, and news sentiment analysis.

Property	Value
Category	Safety
Update frequency	quarterly
Format	JSON
File	static/crime_safety.json
Coverage	Cape Town wards (116)

Sources

• CrimeHub

• SAPS Official

• Google News

Fields

Field	Type	Description
districts.*.overall_score	float	Composite safety score (0-10)
districts.*.violent_crime_score	float	Violent crime sub-score (0-10)
districts.*.property_crime_score	float	Property crime sub-score (0-10)
districts.*.gang_safety_score	float	Gang safety score (10 = no activity)
districts.*.trend_direction	string	Trend: improving, stable, or worsening
city_stats.average_safety_score	float	City-wide average safety score