Melrose
Johannesburg, Gauteng
What official and community-mapped data says about Melrose: 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 Rosebank precinct
SAPS publishes crime figures for police precincts, not suburbs.Melrose is assigned to the Rosebank precinct, whose figures cover this suburb and 10other suburbs. These are precinct totals, not measurements of Melrose alone, and there is no per-suburb safety index for Johannesburg yet.
| Category | January 2026 to March 2026 | Five-year quarterly trend |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial crime | 65 | 36 > 40 > 66 > 62 > 65 |
| Shoplifting | 34 | 29 > 24 > 10 > 23 > 34 |
| All theft not mentioned elsewhere | 34 | 41 > 62 > 68 > 44 > 34 |
| Robbery with aggravating circumstances | 12 | 9 > 15 > 10 > 15 > 12 |
| Theft out of or from motor vehicle | 10 | 28 > 32 > 12 > 18 > 10 |
| Common assault | 9 | 9 > 6 > 8 > 11 > 9 |
| Malicious damage to property | 8 | 13 > 11 > 7 > 7 > 8 |
| Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle | 7 | 9 > 13 > 9 > 8 > 7 |
| Burglary at non-residential premises | 5 | 8 > 12 > 1 > 6 > 5 |
| Common robbery | 4 | 4 > 8 > 19 > 18 > 4 |
| Rape | 3 | 1 > 1 > 2 > 2 > 3 |
| Burglary at residential premises | 3 | 9 > 8 > 6 > 6 > 3 |
| Robbery at residential premises | 3 | 4 > 4 > 1 > 0 > 3 |
| Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm | 2 | 8 > 8 > 6 > 8 > 2 |
| Culpable homicide | 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 Melrose
Quintile mix: N/A: 3 (quintile 1 serves the lowest-income communities, quintile 5 the highest).
- KINGSMEAD COLLEGE (combined school)
- PRIDWIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL (primary school)
- ST VINCENT SCHOOL (combined school, 2025 matric 94.1% of 17)
No suburb matric rate published. Only 17 candidates wrote here, so one learner moves the rate by 5.9 percentage points. Too few to report as a suburb figure. The individual school results above are the department's own published figures and are shown unchanged.
Amenities near Melrose
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: Sandton(1.1 km, informal). Destinations served include Thembisa, Oliven, Alexandra, Joburg, Ivory.
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.