Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

in the RSA for the period January to December 1994-2002

Reported Crime Figures

Province

Jan to Dec 1994

Jan to Dec 1995

Jan to Dec 1996

Jan to Dec 1997

Jan to Dec 1998

Jan to Dec 1999

Jan to Dec 2000

Jan to Dec 2001

Jan to Dec 2002

Eastern Cape

39,739

39,228

40,835

41,376

39,472

41,570

41,830

41,754

40,855

Free State

17,347

17,921

17,596

17,635

17,320

18,172

18,590

17,884

18,008

Gauteng

36,249

41,431

45,601

46,946

46,922

53,812

59,506

55,827

54,766

KwaZulu-Natal

23,726

24,538

26,064

26,214

27,433

31,224

34,193

33,735

35,298

Mpumalanga

13,486

14,529

15,504

15,494

16,342

18,535

19,817

20,006

20,018

North West

18,055

19,795

20,395

22,270

21,742

22,715

25,103

23,936

25,355

Northern Cape

11,407

12,615

13,078

13,069

13,339

14,108

14,107

12,408

12,163

Limpopo

17,056

18,329

19,270

19,625

20,325

22,730

24,260

24,263

22,386

Western Cape

33,185

32,604

32,082

31,925

31,161

33,568

37,216

36,542

35,550

RSA Total

210,250

220,990

230,425

234,554

234,056

256,434

274,622

266,355

264,399

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

Jan to Dec 1994

Jan to Dec 1995

Jan to Dec 1996

Jan to Dec 1997

Jan to Dec 1998

Jan to Dec 1999

Jan to Dec 2000

Jan to Dec 2001

Jan to Dec 2002

Eastern Cape

659.3

638.2

651.4

647.2

605.5

624.3

610.9

596.4

570.7

Free State

688.9

697.9

671.9

660.0

635.6

669.3

666.1

630.9

625.5

Gauteng

518.1

579.6

624.2

628.9

615.1

689.3

755.8

696.1

670.3

KwaZulu-Natal

295.6

299.4

311.4

306.7

314.4

349.9

380.5

368.8

379.2

Mpumalanga

509.9

535.5

557.3

543.3

558.9

617.2

651.3

643.1

629.3

North West

565.1

606.5

611.5

653.7

624.6

637.7

703.8

660.1

687.9

Northern Cape

1,403.1

1,529.1

1,562.5

1,539.3

1,549.2

1,612.3

1,616.2

1,407.1

1,365.3

Limpopo

369.3

385.6

394.0

389.9

392.5

425.9

439.9

426.9

382.2

Western Cape

875.1

844.0

814.9

795.9

762.4

804.8

888.1

858.7

822.6

RSA Total

544.3

559.8

571.2

568.9

555.6

595.6

628.6

597.7

581.7

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-1.3%

4.1%

1.3%

-4.6%

5.3%

0.6%

-0.2%

-2.2%

2.8%

Free State

3.3%

-1.8%

0.2%

-1.8%

4.9%

2.3%

-3.8%

0.7%

3.8%

Gauteng

14.3%

10.1%

2.9%

-0.1%

14.7%

10.6%

-6.2%

-1.9%

51.1%

KwaZulu-Natal

3.4%

6.2%

0.6%

4.7%

13.8%

9.5%

-1.3%

4.6%

48.8%

Mpumalanga

7.7%

6.7%

-0.1%

5.5%

13.4%

6.9%

1.0%

0.1%

48.4%

North West

9.6%

3.0%

9.2%

-2.4%

4.5%

10.5%

-4.6%

5.9%

40.4%

Northern Cape

10.6%

3.7%

-0.1%

2.1%

5.8%

-0.0%

-12.0%

-2.0%

6.6%

Limpopo

7.5%

5.1%

1.8%

3.6%

11.8%

6.7%

0.0%

-7.7%

31.3%

Western Cape

-1.8%

-1.6%

-0.5%

-2.4%

7.7%

10.9%

-1.8%

-2.7%

7.1%

RSA Total

5.1%

4.3%

1.8%

-0.2%

9.6%

7.1%

-3.0%

-0.7%

25.8%