Booze up turns to balls up for truck hijacking suspects

02 February 2026

​Metro police officers recovered a brand new truck and some of its R2 569 847 alcohol cargo, hours after it had been hijacked in Grabouw last week.

Festive roadshow draws record representations

15 December 2025

More than 4 000 motorists attended the popular one-stop shop, making use of the opportunity to get fines and warrants reduced.

Smash-and-grab reports highlight hotspots

18 July 2025

Data from the Metro Police CCTV network shows that while incidents tend to fluctuate in hotspot areas, vigilance remains key.

Increase in smash and grab ‘window shopping’

24 January 2024

​Intersections along Jakes Gerwel Drive remain hotspots for smash and grab incidents

Fireworks and domestic violence calls lead weekend enforcement

07 November 2022

Guy Fawkes weekend is always busy for our enforcement staff

Offer of shelter stands for unlawful occupants of Castle precinct in CBD

01 June 2022

The City of Cape Town notes the continued unlawful occupation of the precinct around the Castle in the CBD

Cable theft suspects run out of free minutes

16 May 2022

The City’s Metal Theft Unit (MTU) tripped up a group of suspected cable thieves bright and early this morning

Suspected ATM scammers come up short

25 April 2022

Suspects caught when they wanted to scam clients at ATM

City enforcement arrest attempted murder suspect

20 December 2021

City enforcement agencies make 226 arrests

02 November 2021

General Enforcement done throughout the metropole

City enforcement agencies round up 95 suspects

06 April 2020

While there appears to have been a downturn in some crime categories, it’s business as usual for some criminals, based on the arrest statistics of the past week