The Inanda police station in Durban has been identified as the station with the highest number of contact crimes in South Africa for the first quarter of 2026, reporting 1,156 incidents. Contact crimes, which involve direct interaction between the victim and perpetrator, encompass serious offenses such as murder, sexual assault, and robbery. KwaZulu-Natal province is significantly impacted, with nine of the top 30 police stations for contact crimes located there, including Plessislaer, Umlazi, and Chatsworth. Despite the alarming statistics, the acting Police Minister, Professor Firoz Cachalia, noted a 9.5% decrease in murder rates nationally, with 8.2 murders per 100,000 people recorded across the country. The Eastern Cape has the highest murder rate at 14.3 per 100,000, followed by the Western Cape at 12.8. The police have categorized serious crimes into contact, contact-related, property-related, and other serious crimes, with a third of the top stations reporting serious crimes located in KwaZulu-Natal.