Cosmo City
Johannesburg, Gauteng
What official and community-mapped data says about Cosmo City: recorded crime for its police precinct, its school profile, nearby amenities, and minibus taxi access. Johannesburg profiles do not yet carry a StreetSignal safety index; theJohannesburg methodology pageexplains what is published now and why.
Recorded crime in the Cosmo City precinct
SAPS publishes crime figures for police precincts, not suburbs.Cosmo City is assigned to the Cosmo City precinct, whose figures cover this suburb and 3other suburbs. These are precinct totals, not measurements of Cosmo City alone, and there is no per-suburb safety index for Johannesburg yet.
| Category | January 2026 to March 2026 | Five-year quarterly trend |
|---|---|---|
| Robbery with aggravating circumstances | 112 | 0 > 65 > 95 > 105 > 112 |
| Burglary at residential premises | 80 | 0 > 40 > 47 > 44 > 80 |
| All theft not mentioned elsewhere | 74 | 0 > 61 > 78 > 53 > 74 |
| Common assault | 65 | 0 > 60 > 64 > 69 > 65 |
| Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle | 61 | 0 > 41 > 52 > 80 > 61 |
| Attempted murder | 42 | 0 > 9 > 11 > 19 > 42 |
| Commercial crime | 42 | 0 > 29 > 37 > 32 > 42 |
| Malicious damage to property | 41 | 0 > 32 > 37 > 29 > 41 |
| Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm | 39 | 0 > 59 > 89 > 68 > 39 |
| Common robbery | 32 | 0 > 8 > 21 > 21 > 32 |
| Carjacking | 29 | 0 > 14 > 35 > 30 > 29 |
| Robbery at residential premises | 24 | 0 > 20 > 16 > 31 > 24 |
| Theft out of or from motor vehicle | 21 | 0 > 21 > 17 > 20 > 21 |
| Murder | 17 | 0 > 9 > 7 > 8 > 17 |
| Rape | 16 | 0 > 24 > 10 > 19 > 16 |
| Kidnapping | 12 | 0 > 4 > 9 > 11 > 12 |
| Burglary at non-residential premises | 10 | 0 > 14 > 16 > 14 > 10 |
| Robbery at non-residential premises | 9 | 0 > 18 > 11 > 11 > 9 |
| Sexual assault | 4 | 0 > 4 > 3 > 2 > 4 |
| Shoplifting | 4 | 0 > 14 > 11 > 7 > 4 |
| Crimen injuria | 3 | 0 > 1 > 2 > 0 > 3 |
| Culpable homicide | 1 | 0 > 2 > 1 > 1 > 1 |
| Neglect and ill-treatment of children | 1 | 0 > 1 > 0 > 0 > 1 |
Trend columns show the January to March quarter for each year from 2022 to 2026 (like-for-like quarters). Source: SAPS quarterly crime statistics. SAPS section totals and police-action categories (drug crime, driving under the influence, illegal firearms) are excluded: totals double-count their components, and police-action figures track police effort rather than residential victimisation. Precinct assignment uses StreetSignal's own station-catchment construction, which can differ from official precinct boundaries; see themethodology.
Schools in Cosmo City
Quintile mix: N/A: 4, Q1: 9 (quintile 1 serves the lowest-income communities, quintile 5 the highest).
- COSMO CITY SECONDARY SCHOOL (secondary school, no-fee, 2025 matric 94.3% of 351)
- COSMO CITY JUNIOR PRIMARY SCHOOL (primary school, no-fee)
- COSMO CITY WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL (primary school, no-fee)
- COSMO CITY PRIMARY NO 1 SCHOOL (primary school, no-fee)
- TIRISANO - MMOGO JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL (primary school, no-fee)
- SGODIPHOLA SECONDARY SCHOOL (secondary school, no-fee, 2025 matric 87.1% of 194)
- BLUE EAGLE HIGH SCHOOL (secondary school, no-fee, 2025 matric 93.1% of 261)
- FAR NORTH SECONDARY SCHOOL (secondary school, no-fee, 2025 matric 85.3% of 218)
- MERIDIAN COSMO CITY (combined school, 2025 matric 80.8% of 99)
- COSMO CITY SECONDARY SCHOOL NO. 2 (secondary school, no-fee)
What this matric figure is. National Senior Certificate results from the Department of Basic Education's 2025 School Performance Report, covering the 6 schools here that presented candidates. Each school is weighted by its candidate numbers. It is the share of those who wrote the exams and passed — learners who left school before Grade 12 are not counted in it, so it does not show how many children here finish school.
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Amenities near Cosmo City
Community-mapped facilities from OpenStreetMap, measured straight-line from the suburb centre. Mapping completeness varies by area, so these are minimum counts of what has been mapped, not a full inventory.
Minibus taxi access
Nearest facility: Cosmo city(1.6 km, formal). Destinations served include Pretoria, Johannesburg, christ, Midrand, Ivory park, Sunninghill.
Source: CSIR Gauteng taxi facility survey (2024). Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre. A lighting value is recorded for a minority of facilities only; where it is absent, lighting was not surveyed. Destination names are verbatim survey entries.
Where this data comes from
- Crime: SAPS quarterly crime statistics (precinct level, latest quarter January 2026 to March 2026).
- Schools: Department of Basic Education EMIS masterlist, Gauteng, Q3 2025.
- Amenities and suburb boundaries: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
- Minibus taxi facilities: CSIR Gauteng taxi facility survey, 2024.
Full method, limitations, and citations:Johannesburg methodology. Attribution for every source: data attribution.