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Fourways

Johannesburg, Gauteng

What official and community-mapped data says about Fourways: 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 Douglasdale precinct

SAPS publishes crime figures for police precincts, not suburbs.Fourways is assigned to the Douglasdale precinct, whose figures cover this suburb and 20other suburbs. These are precinct totals, not measurements of Fourways alone, and there is no per-suburb safety index for Johannesburg yet.

Recorded crime by category for the Douglasdale precinct, January 2026 to March 2026
CategoryJanuary 2026 to March 2026Five-year quarterly trend
Commercial crime317219 > 247 > 212 > 270 > 317
All theft not mentioned elsewhere189240 > 276 > 274 > 275 > 189
Common assault131125 > 132 > 130 > 102 > 131
Theft out of or from motor vehicle8790 > 96 > 66 > 71 > 87
Shoplifting8365 > 71 > 61 > 75 > 83
Burglary at residential premises6284 > 76 > 79 > 83 > 62
Common robbery5849 > 55 > 29 > 36 > 58
Robbery with aggravating circumstances56105 > 81 > 85 > 85 > 56
Malicious damage to property4266 > 55 > 63 > 53 > 42
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm3556 > 50 > 50 > 38 > 35
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle3541 > 38 > 32 > 25 > 35
Burglary at non-residential premises2356 > 49 > 27 > 42 > 23
Rape1312 > 17 > 8 > 10 > 13
Carjacking1030 > 10 > 17 > 23 > 10
Kidnapping99 > 11 > 24 > 17 > 9
Robbery at residential premises912 > 12 > 20 > 21 > 9
Robbery at non-residential premises923 > 14 > 4 > 7 > 9
Crimen injuria56 > 6 > 8 > 5 > 5
Murder47 > 11 > 12 > 10 > 4
Attempted murder32 > 6 > 9 > 5 > 3
Culpable homicide31 > 4 > 2 > 4 > 3
Neglect and ill-treatment of children11 > 1 > 1 > 1 > 1
Contact sexual offences10 > 0 > 0 > 1 > 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 Fourways

14
schools (DBE EMIS)
2
no-fee schools
18.2
learners per educator
96.5%
of 283 candidates passed matric in 2025

Quintile mix: N/A: 11, Q1: 1, Q4: 1, Q5: 1 (quintile 1 serves the lowest-income communities, quintile 5 the highest).

  • RIVERSANDS PRIMARY FARM SCHOOL (primary school, no-fee)
  • HERON BRIDGE COLLEGE (combined school)
  • WITKOPPEN COMBINED FARM SCHOOL (primary school, no-fee)
  • FOURWAYS HIGH SCHOOL (secondary school, 2025 matric 98.2% of 227)
  • STEYN CITY PREPARATORY AND COLLEGE (combined school)
  • CURRO RIVERSIDE (combined school, 2025 matric 89.3% of 56)
  • LONEHILL INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY (secondary school)
  • BROADACRES ACADEMY AND HIGH SCHOOL (combined school)
  • KIMFIELD ACADEMY (primary school)
  • UNITY COLLEGE (special needs education school)

What this matric figure is. National Senior Certificate results from the Department of Basic Education's 2025 School Performance Report, covering the 2 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.

Showing 10 of 14 schools.

Amenities near Fourways

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
6 within 1 km, 195 within 5 km
Nearest: Crossfit 360 Vida (1.4 km)
Retail
8 within 1 km, 184 within 5 km
Nearest: Tops at Spar (0.4 km)
Food and drink
10 within 1 km, 96 within 5 km
Nearest: fourways gardens club house (0.4 km)
Parks and green space
5 within 1 km, 45 within 5 km
Nearest: Cedar Park (1.3 km)
Supermarkets
1 within 1 km, 39 within 5 km
Nearest: Spar (0.4 km)
Fuel stations
2 within 1 km, 24 within 5 km
Nearest: BP (0.4 km)
Education facilities
0 within 1 km, 20 within 5 km
Nearest: Broadacres acadamy (1.6 km)
Banks and ATMs
3 within 1 km, 16 within 5 km
Nearest: Nedbank (1.8 km)
Pharmacies
0 within 1 km, 11 within 5 km
Nearest: Clicks (1.3 km)
Healthcare
1 within 1 km, 9 within 5 km
Nearest: Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre (1.0 km)
Transport stops
0 within 1 km, 9 within 5 km
Nearest: Montecasino Palazzo Circle, Montecasino Boulevard (2.4 km)
Places of worship
1 within 1 km, 7 within 5 km
Nearest: All Saints Church (0.6 km)
Police and emergency
0 within 1 km, 3 within 5 km
Nearest: Fire House 16 (2.3 km)
Waste and recycling
0 within 1 km, 2 within 5 km
Nearest: Pikitup Dump site (10.3 km)
Civic facilities
0 within 1 km, 1 within 5 km
Nearest: Environmental Education Centre (4.6 km)

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.