Doornkop
Johannesburg, Gauteng
What official and community-mapped data says about Doornkop: 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 Doornkop precinct
SAPS publishes crime figures for police precincts, not suburbs.Doornkop is assigned to the Doornkop precinct, whose figures cover this suburb and 5other suburbs. These are precinct totals, not measurements of Doornkop alone, and there is no per-suburb safety index for Johannesburg yet.
| Category | January 2026 to March 2026 | Five-year quarterly trend |
|---|---|---|
| Common assault | 70 | 103 > 100 > 85 > 56 > 70 |
| Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm | 64 | 84 > 92 > 130 > 113 > 64 |
| Robbery with aggravating circumstances | 61 | 51 > 60 > 38 > 55 > 61 |
| All theft not mentioned elsewhere | 48 | 80 > 62 > 59 > 63 > 48 |
| Burglary at residential premises | 44 | 55 > 48 > 52 > 45 > 44 |
| Malicious damage to property | 36 | 71 > 44 > 63 > 44 > 36 |
| Commercial crime | 23 | 8 > 10 > 16 > 14 > 23 |
| Rape | 22 | 14 > 10 > 13 > 32 > 22 |
| Kidnapping | 22 | 11 > 22 > 11 > 17 > 22 |
| Carjacking | 21 | 9 > 21 > 11 > 12 > 21 |
| Burglary at non-residential premises | 12 | 5 > 5 > 4 > 11 > 12 |
| Common robbery | 11 | 13 > 17 > 17 > 10 > 11 |
| Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle | 11 | 4 > 13 > 7 > 4 > 11 |
| Theft out of or from motor vehicle | 9 | 11 > 9 > 10 > 12 > 9 |
| Attempted murder | 7 | 9 > 7 > 6 > 4 > 7 |
| Robbery at residential premises | 7 | 12 > 5 > 8 > 9 > 7 |
| Murder | 3 | 11 > 11 > 6 > 7 > 3 |
| Culpable homicide | 2 | 1 > 5 > 2 > 3 > 2 |
| Neglect and ill-treatment of children | 2 | 1 > 2 > 0 > 3 > 2 |
| Stock-theft | 2 | 2 > 0 > 1 > 0 > 2 |
| Sexual assault | 1 | 4 > 2 > 5 > 3 > 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 | 0 > 2 > 0 > 0 > 1 |
| Robbery at non-residential premises | 1 | 2 > 8 > 4 > 4 > 1 |
| Contact sexual offences | 1 | 0 > 0 > 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 Doornkop
Quintile mix: Q2: 5 (quintile 1 serves the lowest-income communities, quintile 5 the highest).
- SEBETSA-O-THOLEMOPUTSO (secondary school, no-fee, 2025 matric 91.7% of 315)
- MAYIBUYE PRIMARY SCHOOL (primary school, no-fee)
- LUFHERENG PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 1 (primary school, no-fee)
- LUFHERENG SECONDARY SCHOOL (secondary school, no-fee, 2025 matric 100.0% of 182)
- THULANI SECONDARY SCHOOL (secondary school, no-fee, 2025 matric 89.6% of 164)
What this matric figure is. National Senior Certificate results from the Department of Basic Education's 2025 School Performance Report, covering the 3 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.
Amenities near Doornkop
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: Soweto(0.6 km, informal). Destinations served include Bara, Protea city, Green village, Naledi, Prtea north, Chiawelo.
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.