School crimes in a single quarter

Crimes involving 69 learners recorded on South African school premises, SAPS fourth-quarter crime statistics, 2025/26

498
search-and-seizure operations at schools nationally, first term 2026
70
learners arrested for carrying firearms in the Eastern Cape, 2021/22–2025/26

Daily Maverick · Source: SAPS crime statistics, Q4 2025/26; parliamentary written reply, Eastern Cape legislature, 2026

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