A Week Of Standing Strong With Our Community

It was a week unlike most. Nelson Mandela Bay was hit hard by some of the worst weather the metro has seen in years. A Level 8 warning from the South African Weather Service brought heavy rain, flooding, road closures, evacuations and damage right across the city. Through it all, the Atlas Security team did what we do best. We showed up.

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From Monday 4 May to Sunday 10May 2026, our Control Room logged 104 incidents across the metro. Every one of them was attended to. Every call answered. Every alarm followed up. Even as the streets filled with water and the wind closed roads, our armed response offices kept rolling and our community kept reporting.

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The Week In Numbers

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Across the seven days, theft was the most common incident at 38 cases, followed by 17 medical responses, 13 positive burglaries, 13 theft attempts and 8 vehicle accidents. There were 5 burglary attempts, 5 incidents grouped under robbery and assault, 2 trespassing incidents and 2 fires.

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Sunday 10 May was the busiest day with 19 incidents. Monday and Saturday followed close behind on 18 and 17 respectively. Thursday was the quietest with 10 incidents, which lined up withthe worst of the storm and the road closures that kept many people at home.

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Where Our Teams Were Called

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Summerstrand topped the list this week with 8 incidents, a mix of medical responses, burglaries and theft. Walmer followed with 7, mostly theft from residential properties. Sidwell saw 6, with theft attempts at commercial premises leading the count.

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Beyond the busier suburbs, the incidents were spread thinly across more than 50 different areas of the metro.That spread tells its own story. Crime does not respect suburb boundaries, and neither does our response. From Kariega to Despatch, from Greenbushes to the coast at Summerstrand, our teams covered the full footprint of Nelson Mandela Bay this week.

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A Community That Refuses To Be Beaten

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If this week showed us anything, it is that Nelson Mandela Bay is built tough. Neighbours checked on neighbours. Residents shared road closure updates on WhatsApp groups. People who could open their homes did. Businesses that could stay open, stayed open. Our control room phones rang from people reporting suspicious activity in their streets, looking out for one another the way the Bay always has.

That community spirit is what makes our work possible. We bring the training, the technology and the response, but you bring the eyes and ears on the ground. Together, that is what keeps our metro moving even on the hardest weeks.

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Looking Ahead

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The weather has cleared. The roads are drying out. Life is getting back to normal. As it does, Atlas Security will be here, the same as we have been for over 40 years. Watching over your home, your business, your family. Around the clock. In every condition.

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If you spot something out of place in your suburb, please call our 24hour control room on 0861 585 585. Every report matters.

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