Vehicle hijacking has increased by 14.3% in all provinces and remains highest in Gauteng, according to the 2015/2016 annual crime survey released by the South African Police Service (SAPS).
The National Hijack Prevention Academy (NHPA) has released a list of hijacking hotspots in four major South African cities:
Hijacking hotspots in Cape Town:
- Voortrekker Road, Bellville, Parow
- Corner of Military Road and Prince George Drive
- St Stephens Road
- Alice Street near Voortrekker Road
- Station Road.
- Klipfontein Road
- Corner of Prestwich Road and Ebenhezer.
- Vanguard Drive
- The R300 under the bridges towards the N1 highway.
Hijacking hotspots in Pretoria:
- Beyers Naude Drive, Paul Kruger Street
- R55, Erasmia
- Burnett Street, Delfi Avenue, Garsfontein Road
- Stormvoel
- Watermeyer Street
- Nelson Mandela Drive
- Lynwood Road, Simon Vermooten
- Lynwood Road, Hans Strijdom
- Walker Street.
- Duncan Street
- Corner of University Road and Lynwood Road.
- Rigel Avenue, N1
- The Simon Vermooten Road crossing with Pretoria Street.
- The Simon Vermooten Road crossing with Farrow Street.
- The Simon Vermooten Road crossing with Lynwood Road.
- The Lynwood Road on ramp from the N1.
- The Hans Strydom off ramp off the N4 highway
- The intersection between Hans Strijdom and the R21
- The Atterbury off ramp off the N1.
- Pretorius Street
- The crossing at Schoeman Street and Duncan
- The crossing at Schoeman Street and Hilda
-The crossing at Schoeman Street and Grosvenor
Hijacking hotspots in Johannesburg:
- The corner of Kelvin Street and CR Swart
- Corner of Pretoria Road and CR Swart
- Corner of Elgin Road and Pretoria Road
- Linksfield Road off ramp off the N3
- Booysens Road off ramp off the M1
- Nelson Mandela Bridge
- Wolmarans between Claim and Nugget
- The corner of Harrow and Saratoga
- The corner of Harrow and Abel
- The Houghton Drive off ramp off the M1
- The corner of Jan Smuts Avenue and St Andrews
- Corner of 17th Street and Krause Street in Pageview
- The Heidelberg Road Off ramp off the N17
- Kyalami Drive
- Beyers Naude offramp off the N1 highway
- Rivonia off ramp off the N1 highway in Sunning hill
- Midrand road near Clayville Residents
- The intersection of Grayston and Rivonia and the intersection of Grayston and 11th Street.
- 11th Avenue and Empire Road off ramps
- The Jan Smuts Avenue/ William Nicol Drive split in Hyde Park
- Intersections on Witkoppen Road
- Bramley Precinct, areas such as Wynberg, Bramley, Marlboro and Kew
- Yeoville Precinct, areas such as Yeoville, Bellevue and Bellevue East
- The Norwood Precinct, areas such as Orange Grove and Highlands
- The Sandringham Precinct, areas such as Glenhazel, Lombardy East and Sandringham.
- The Parkview Precinct, areas between 10th and 11th avenue and 4th and 7th Avenue in Parkhurst
- The Hillbrow Precinct, areas such as Upper Houghton and Killarney
- The Rosebank Precinct, areas such as Saxonwold and Parkwood
- The intersection between Christiaan de Wet and Wilgerood road in Roodepoort
- Louis Botha Avenue, the M11. Be aware at the traffic lights, especially between Hillbrow and Alexandra
- Riviera off ramp coming off the M1
- 11th Avenue in Fairland, near Fairland Ex. 6
- The corner of Pretoria Main road and 1st Avenue in Alexandra
- New road off ramp coming off the N1, be aware at the traffic lights
- William Nicol off ramp coming off the N1 highway
Hijacking hotspots – Durban
- Alpine Road
- West Street
- Corner of Warwick Avenue and Smith Street
