Shallcross
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Coordinates: 29°53′13″S 30°52′37″E / 29.887°S 30.877°E / -29.887; 30.877
Country	South Africa
Province	KwaZulu-Natal
Municipality	eThekwini
Main Place	Queensburgh
Area [1]
• Total	3.71 km2 (1.43 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	14,514
• Density	3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	12.8%
• Coloured	1.5%
• Indian/Asian	85.2%
• White	0.3%
• Other	0.2%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	87.2%
• Zulu	5.1%
• Xhosa	3.8%
• Afrikaans	1.3%
• Other	2.6%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4093
PO box	4079

Shallcross is a suburb of Durban, South Africa.

Gang activity

Shallcross experienced intermittent gang violence from 2019 to 2021.^[2] In January 2021 Yaganathan “Teddy Mafia” Pillay became the 8th victim in an ongoing turf war over drug distribution and sales.^[3] A relative of Pillay alleged that the police had failed to arrest any of the killers, and may have been bribed.^[4] In one of several drive-by shootings following these murders, a 52 year old man was killed on 8 March in Taurus street.^[5]