Arson

in the RSA for the financial years 1994/1995 to 2002/2003

Reported Crime Figures

Province

April 1994 to March 1995

April 1995 to March 1996

April 1996 to March 1997

April 1997 to March 1998

April 1998 to March 1999

April 1999 to March 2000

April 2000 to March 2001

April 2001 to March 2002

April 2002 to March 2003

Eastern Cape

1,895

1,684

2,070

1,737

1,897

1,864

1,575

1,500

1,541

Free State

728

569

566

545

592

496

511

377

524

Gauteng

1,800

1,630

1,863

1,870

1,852

1,787

1,787

1,733

1,867

KwaZulu-Natal

3,241

2,668

2,294

2,173

2,253

2,173

1,857

1,804

1,809

Mpumalanga

567

592

606

578

582

587

548

575

598

North West

709

616

738

705

647

616

651

624

720

Northern Cape

202

249

200

263

238

227

265

252

265

Limpopo

874

761

888

1,065

882

828

777

953

902

Western Cape

932

842

885

927

1,094

1,005

974

921

960

RSA Total

10,948

9,611

10,110

9,863

10,037

9,583

8,945

8,739

9,186

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

April 1994 to March 1995

April 1995 to March 1996

April 1996 to March 1997

April 1997 to March 1998

April 1998 to March 1999

April 1999 to March 2000

April 2000 to March 2001

April 2001 to March 2002

April 2002 to March 2003

Eastern Cape

31.4

27.4

33.0

27.2

29.1

28.0

23.0

21.4

21.5

Free State

28.9

22.2

21.6

20.4

21.7

18.3

18.3

13.3

18.2

Gauteng

25.7

22.8

25.5

25.1

24.3

22.9

22.7

21.6

22.9

KwaZulu-Natal

40.4

32.6

27.4

25.4

25.8

24.4

20.7

19.7

19.4

Mpumalanga

21.4

21.8

21.8

20.3

19.9

19.5

18.0

18.5

18.8

North West

22.2

18.9

22.1

20.7

18.6

17.3

18.3

17.2

19.5

Northern Cape

24.8

30.2

23.9

31.0

27.6

25.9

30.4

28.6

29.7

Limpopo

18.9

16.0

18.2

21.2

17.0

15.5

14.1

16.8

15.4

Western Cape

24.6

21.8

22.5

23.1

26.8

24.1

23.2

21.6

22.2

RSA Total

28.3

24.3

25.1

23.9

23.8

22.3

20.5

19.6

20.2

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994-1995 /1995-1996

1995-1996 /1996-1997

1996-1997 /1997-1998

1997-1998 /1998-1999

1998-1999 /1999-2000

1999-2000 /2000-2001

2000-2001 /2001-2002

2001-2002 /2002-2003

1994-1995/ 2002-2003

Eastern Cape

-11.1%

22.9%

-16.1%

9.2%

-1.7%

-15.5%

-4.8%

2.7%

-18.7%

Free State

-21.8%

-0.5%

-3.7%

8.6%

-16.2%

3.0%

-26.2%

39.0%

-28.0%

Gauteng

-9.4%

14.3%

0.4%

-1.0%

-3.5%

0.0%

-3.0%

7.7%

3.7%

KwaZulu-Natal

-17.7%

-14.0%

-5.3%

3.7%

-3.6%

-14.5%

-2.9%

0.3%

-44.2%

Mpumalanga

4.4%

2.4%

-4.6%

0.7%

0.9%

-6.6%

4.9%

4.0%

5.5%

North West

-13.1%

19.8%

-4.5%

-8.2%

-4.8%

5.7%

-4.1%

15.4%

1.6%

Northern Cape

23.3%

-19.7%

31.5%

-9.5%

-4.6%

16.7%

-4.9%

5.2%

31.2%

Limpopo

-12.9%

16.7%

19.9%

-17.2%

-6.1%

-6.2%

22.7%

-5.4%

3.2%

Western Cape

-9.7%

5.1%

4.7%

18.0%

-8.1%

-3.1%

-5.4%

4.2%

3.0%

RSA Total

-12.2%

5.2%

-2.4%

1.8%

-4.5%

-6.7%

-2.3%

5.1%

-16.1%