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Cyrildene

Johannesburg, Gauteng

What official and community-mapped data says about Cyrildene: 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 Sandringham precinct

SAPS publishes crime figures for police precincts, not suburbs.Cyrildene is assigned to the Sandringham precinct, whose figures cover this suburb and 11other suburbs. These are precinct totals, not measurements of Cyrildene alone, and there is no per-suburb safety index for Johannesburg yet.

Recorded crime by category for the Sandringham precinct, January 2026 to March 2026
CategoryJanuary 2026 to March 2026Five-year quarterly trend
Commercial crime9027 > 41 > 50 > 67 > 90
All theft not mentioned elsewhere7372 > 97 > 85 > 78 > 73
Robbery with aggravating circumstances6097 > 114 > 108 > 94 > 60
Common assault5759 > 60 > 67 > 56 > 57
Malicious damage to property2833 > 32 > 16 > 30 > 28
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm2725 > 27 > 21 > 32 > 27
Theft out of or from motor vehicle2729 > 40 > 23 > 31 > 27
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle2221 > 12 > 13 > 16 > 22
Carjacking2247 > 57 > 59 > 45 > 22
Burglary at residential premises1936 > 34 > 27 > 28 > 19
Kidnapping165 > 18 > 20 > 39 > 16
Common robbery1211 > 9 > 16 > 12 > 12
Rape83 > 4 > 7 > 12 > 8
Burglary at non-residential premises79 > 11 > 12 > 6 > 7
Crimen injuria65 > 1 > 4 > 3 > 6
Attempted murder56 > 6 > 15 > 12 > 5
Culpable homicide43 > 2 > 2 > 2 > 4
Murder32 > 4 > 5 > 2 > 3
Robbery at residential premises38 > 21 > 7 > 4 > 3
Sexual assault21 > 0 > 3 > 3 > 2
Shoplifting11 > 1 > 0 > 0 > 1
Truck hijacking12 > 1 > 5 > 3 > 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 Cyrildene

2
schools (DBE EMIS)
0
no-fee schools
20.9
learners per educator

Quintile mix: N/A: 1, Q5: 1 (quintile 1 serves the lowest-income communities, quintile 5 the highest).

  • CYRILDENE PRIMARY SCHOOL (primary school)
  • HIRSCH LYONS BOYS SCHOOL (secondary school)

Amenities near Cyrildene

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.

Sport and recreation
5 within 1 km, 307 within 5 km
Nearest: Gemmil Park (1.2 km)
Retail
1 within 1 km, 110 within 5 km
Nearest: Chinese Supermarket (0.9 km)
Parks and green space
14 within 1 km, 90 within 5 km
Nearest: Dixon Park (0.5 km)
Education facilities
1 within 1 km, 62 within 5 km
Nearest: Cyrildene Primary School (0.5 km)
Food and drink
2 within 1 km, 48 within 5 km
Nearest: 中国城 (0.6 km)
Fuel stations
2 within 1 km, 40 within 5 km
Nearest: Astron Energy (0.6 km)
Supermarkets
1 within 1 km, 37 within 5 km
Nearest: Chinese Supermarket (0.9 km)
Transport stops
0 within 1 km, 37 within 5 km
Nearest: Bus Station(Under Construction) (2.5 km)
Places of worship
0 within 1 km, 17 within 5 km
Nearest: Mater Dolorosa (1.4 km)
Banks and ATMs
1 within 1 km, 14 within 5 km
Nearest: African Bank (3.3 km)
Healthcare
0 within 1 km, 9 within 5 km
Nearest: Linksfield Clinic (1.6 km)
Police and emergency
0 within 1 km, 7 within 5 km
Nearest: Norwood Police Station (2.9 km)
Pharmacies
0 within 1 km, 4 within 5 km
Nearest: Medicare Pharmacy (2.8 km)
Waste and recycling
0 within 1 km, 4 within 5 km
Nearest: Pridwin Recycling (6.8 km)
Civic facilities
0 within 1 km, 3 within 5 km
Nearest: Rhodes Park Library (2.5 km)

Minibus taxi access

0
taxi facilities within 2 km
2
within 5 km

Nearest facility: Johannesburg(3.6 km, informal). Destinations served include Bree.

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.