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Killarney

Johannesburg, Gauteng

What official and community-mapped data says about Killarney: 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 Hillbrow precinct

SAPS publishes crime figures for police precincts, not suburbs.Killarney is assigned to the Hillbrow precinct, whose figures cover this suburb and 4other suburbs. These are precinct totals, not measurements of Killarney alone, and there is no per-suburb safety index for Johannesburg yet.

Recorded crime by category for the Hillbrow precinct, January 2026 to March 2026
CategoryJanuary 2026 to March 2026Five-year quarterly trend
Robbery with aggravating circumstances180162 > 196 > 195 > 216 > 180
Common assault178207 > 209 > 224 > 214 > 178
Commercial crime178135 > 148 > 189 > 164 > 178
All theft not mentioned elsewhere162181 > 228 > 205 > 192 > 162
Common robbery121106 > 146 > 145 > 151 > 121
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm94172 > 140 > 156 > 124 > 94
Theft out of or from motor vehicle6383 > 82 > 100 > 95 > 63
Malicious damage to property4777 > 73 > 47 > 50 > 47
Shoplifting3036 > 22 > 50 > 23 > 30
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle2951 > 37 > 45 > 35 > 29
Rape2432 > 35 > 28 > 29 > 24
Murder1824 > 38 > 31 > 32 > 18
Burglary at residential premises1733 > 35 > 20 > 29 > 17
Kidnapping1614 > 13 > 21 > 15 > 16
Robbery at non-residential premises1618 > 15 > 17 > 16 > 16
Carjacking1521 > 20 > 17 > 16 > 15
Attempted murder1312 > 15 > 17 > 22 > 13
Burglary at non-residential premises1024 > 29 > 22 > 15 > 10
Sexual assault94 > 6 > 3 > 7 > 9
Robbery at residential premises72 > 9 > 2 > 6 > 7
Culpable homicide43 > 3 > 5 > 8 > 4
Crimen injuria47 > 7 > 4 > 4 > 4
Neglect and ill-treatment of children36 > 14 > 5 > 9 > 3
Truck hijacking10 > 1 > 0 > 0 > 1
Attempted sexual offences11 > 2 > 0 > 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.

Amenities near Killarney

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
24 within 1 km, 764 within 5 km
Nearest: Hockey Astro Turf (1.1 km)
Retail
9 within 1 km, 409 within 5 km
Nearest: Pick n Pay (0.3 km)
Food and drink
3 within 1 km, 334 within 5 km
Nearest: Avocado Tree (0.5 km)
Transport stops
3 within 1 km, 176 within 5 km
Nearest: Killarney (0.3 km)
Parks and green space
8 within 1 km, 135 within 5 km
Nearest: Killarney Park (0.1 km)
Education facilities
3 within 1 km, 125 within 5 km
Nearest: Holy Family College (0.4 km)
Supermarkets
4 within 1 km, 90 within 5 km
Nearest: Pick n Pay (0.3 km)
Banks and ATMs
0 within 1 km, 85 within 5 km
Nearest: Capitec Bank (2.0 km)
Fuel stations
1 within 1 km, 70 within 5 km
Nearest: Engen (0.3 km)
Healthcare
3 within 1 km, 53 within 5 km
Nearest: Oxford Healthcare Centre (0.5 km)
Places of worship
2 within 1 km, 52 within 5 km
Nearest: Beit Emanuel Progressive Synagogue (0.6 km)
Pharmacies
1 within 1 km, 28 within 5 km
Nearest: Clicks (0.3 km)
Police and emergency
0 within 1 km, 16 within 5 km
Nearest: Hillbrow Fire Station no.8 (1.8 km)
Civic facilities
2 within 1 km, 15 within 5 km
Nearest: Brenthurst Library (0.8 km)
Waste and recycling
0 within 1 km, 7 within 5 km
Nearest: Pridwin Recycling (3.1 km)

Minibus taxi access

1
taxi facilities within 2 km
72
within 5 km

Nearest facility: Johannesburg(1.5 km, informal). Destinations served include Noord Taxi rank, Bree taxi rank.

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.