Nelspruit Police Station serves an estimated population of 300 000 people. The most prevalent crime reported at the station between April 2008 and March 2009 included theft general (decreased from 1820 to 1568); burglary residential (increase from 104 to 1104), theft out of or from motor vehicles (decreased from 713 to 710) and commercial crime (increased from 445 to 604). During the same period there was also an increase in the following crimes: murder, attempted murder, sexual assault and assault common.