It's at least safer then Jo'Burg or Durban.
But i hear many times of Dutch tourists or students who got killed in Capetown too.
And even one Dutch celebrity who barely survived an attack being in Capetown.Compared to any other Western city it's pretty dangerous there. But if nothing happened to you, you might have a good experience, so some will say it's alright,cause nothing happened to them personally.
Murder capitals of the world.
Foreign Policy: The List: Murder Capitals of the World
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Cape Town, South Africa
Population: 3.5 million
Murder rate: 62 per 100,000 inhabitants
What’s happening: A European bastion in the heart of turbulent South Africa, picturesque Cape Town nonetheless has the country’s highest murder rate. The city’s homicides usually take place in suburban townships rather than in the more upscale urban areas where tourists visit. According to the South African Police Service, most of the Cape Town area’s violent crimes happen between people who know one another, including a horrific case last year in which four males doused a female friend in gasoline and lit her on fire. Occurring just outside city limits, the incident apparently happened after the assailants had taken hard drugs, the use of which has risen along with Cape Town’s violent crime rate. The whopping 12.7 percent rise in the city’s murder rate from 2006 to 2007 certainly has local politicians worried, especially as South Africa prepares to host the 2010 World Cup. The government has hired more police officers to prepare for the tournament, which could help cut crime in soccer-fan hot spots. But until better efforts are made to police Cape Town’s poverty-stricken townships, it’s unlikely that the murder rate—an average of 5.9 per day—will see any major drop.
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It's not true that tourists are not hit, cause i hear it constantly, tourists are an easy target and many have money, esoecially Europeans and N-Americans etc, so they are an easy target. I can't list how many dutch tourists are killed during the years there, more then any place i heard of.
Cause Capetown is safer then Johannesburg, Capetown is attractive for tourists, a very beautifull city, so manys till go there.
It's like Mexico, most tourists die in Mexico, crime is high, but not just that high that people don't go. You don't go to Colombia, but you might go to Mexico, so Mexico is too safe to not go to, but still very dangerous in comparisson, so most tourists got killed there.
I see it with Capetown like that too a bit.
I think it is better to do an organized tour in Capetown.
Five Murder Capitals of the World... Cape Town Incl.
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=138519
http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/stats/...f%20murder.htm
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The murder rate dropped considerably between 2002/2003 and 2003/2004. Over the next three years the rate increased but remained constant in 2007/2008. The figure is still high with 5.5 murders on average reported daily in Cape Town. The murder rate for Cape Town is significantly higher than the national rate.
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This is goverment , so expect a much more rosy picture decribed here above then the reality, cause the S-African goverment won't tell you not to go there, cause they want tourists and money and investments. Statistics are easy to bend.
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