# A car is stolen every day in Durban’s new car theft capital

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/car-stolen-every-day-in-durbans-new-car-theft-capital/

According to data from the South African Police Service (SAPS), Phoenix is KwaZulu-Natal’s car theft capital, taking the crown from Chatsworth. In the first quarter, 99 cars were stolen. That’s 35.6% higher than the same period in 2025. Car thefts are up, but overall crime is down Between April and June 2026, the Chatsworth police precinct had 98 car thefts, a decline of 20.3%. But that allowed Phoenix to become KwaZulu-Natal’s new car theft capital in the first quarter, beating Chatsworth by 1 car theft. In Phoenix, only car thefts had double-digit increases. But murder and business bur

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