Turffontein
Johannesburg, Gauteng
What official and community-mapped data says about Turffontein: 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 Booysens precinct
SAPS publishes crime figures for police precincts, not suburbs.Turffontein is assigned to the Booysens precinct, whose figures cover this suburb and 16other suburbs. These are precinct totals, not measurements of Turffontein alone, and there is no per-suburb safety index for Johannesburg yet.
| Category | January 2026 to March 2026 | Five-year quarterly trend |
|---|---|---|
| All theft not mentioned elsewhere | 150 | 166 > 243 > 254 > 171 > 150 |
| Common assault | 139 | 108 > 129 > 125 > 113 > 139 |
| Robbery with aggravating circumstances | 117 | 152 > 178 > 181 > 148 > 117 |
| Commercial crime | 111 | 57 > 55 > 91 > 91 > 111 |
| Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm | 77 | 80 > 57 > 84 > 58 > 77 |
| Malicious damage to property | 57 | 70 > 64 > 71 > 52 > 57 |
| Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle | 55 | 66 > 64 > 59 > 83 > 55 |
| Theft out of or from motor vehicle | 52 | 60 > 82 > 59 > 63 > 52 |
| Common robbery | 41 | 32 > 48 > 50 > 42 > 41 |
| Burglary at residential premises | 39 | 79 > 71 > 51 > 57 > 39 |
| Burglary at non-residential premises | 31 | 59 > 86 > 43 > 36 > 31 |
| Kidnapping | 25 | 9 > 25 > 23 > 29 > 25 |
| Attempted murder | 20 | 10 > 20 > 15 > 24 > 20 |
| Carjacking | 19 | 30 > 40 > 38 > 29 > 19 |
| Shoplifting | 17 | 26 > 31 > 49 > 30 > 17 |
| Robbery at non-residential premises | 14 | 15 > 22 > 22 > 14 > 14 |
| Rape | 13 | 14 > 22 > 13 > 6 > 13 |
| Robbery at residential premises | 9 | 42 > 39 > 39 > 24 > 9 |
| Culpable homicide | 6 | 8 > 5 > 6 > 3 > 6 |
| Truck hijacking | 5 | 0 > 1 > 0 > 0 > 5 |
| Murder | 4 | 9 > 8 > 7 > 4 > 4 |
| Sexual assault | 3 | 5 > 1 > 6 > 3 > 3 |
| Crimen injuria | 2 | 2 > 9 > 3 > 3 > 2 |
| Attempted sexual offences | 1 | 0 > 1 > 1 > 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 Turffontein
Quintile mix: N/A: 6, Q5: 3 (quintile 1 serves the lowest-income communities, quintile 5 the highest).
- TURFFONTEIN PRIMARY SCHOOL (primary school)
- PARK SENIOR SCHOOL (primary school)
- PARK JUNIOR SCHOOL (primary school)
- JOHANNESBURG CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (combined school, 2025 matric 100.0% of 20)
- THE HAMLET SCHOOL (special needs education school)
- ISRAEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (secondary school)
- HORIZON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (secondary school, 2025 matric 100.0% of 38)
- SIR ISAAC NEWTON HIGH SCHOOL (combined school)
- TAAL-NET INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (combined 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.
Amenities near Turffontein
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: Johannesburg south(1.5 km, informal). Destinations served include Alberton.
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.