All theft not mentioned elsewhere

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

45,835

43,646

42,850

42,341

45,773

49,722

55,410

56,048

59,635

Free State

31,238

30,681

30,146

29,392

30,171

31,996

35,727

37,684

40,231

Gauteng

108,189

112,705

112,256

112,918

121,989

138,357

157,992

165,454

175,431

KwaZulu-Natal

58,472

60,933

58,280

57,656

67,127

77,002

88,762

95,778

95,505

Mpumalanga

24,739

25,089

25,423

25,560

28,470

32,025

36,710

39,595

39,575

North West

26,975

29,010

25,763

27,526

29,771

33,824

38,482

39,876

41,756

Northern Cape

10,585

10,819

10,905

10,576

11,454

12,745

14,717

14,579

15,141

Limpopo

18,414

18,169

18,639

19,882

22,171

23,015

27,816

28,051

28,230

Western Cape

57,960

57,200

55,935

61,985

70,206

80,951

93,106

99,345

107,746

RSA Total

382,407

388,252

380,197

387,836

427,132

479,637

548,722

576,410

603,250

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

760.5

710.0

683.5

662.3

702.1

746.7

809.2

800.5

833.0

Free State

1,240.6

1,194.7

1,151.1

1,100.0

1,107.2

1,178.5

1,280.2

1,329.5

1,397.4

Gauteng

1,546.4

1,576.7

1,536.7

1,512.6

1,599.2

1,772.2

2,006.7

2,062.9

2,147.2

KwaZulu-Natal

728.5

743.5

696.4

674.7

769.3

862.9

987.7

1,047.2

1,026.0

Mpumalanga

935.3

924.8

913.8

896.2

973.7

1,066.4

1,206.5

1,272.7

1,244.1

North West

844.3

888.8

772.5

807.9

855.2

949.6

1,078.9

1,099.7

1,132.8

Northern Cape

1,302.0

1,311.4

1,302.9

1,245.7

1,330.3

1,456.6

1,686.1

1,653.3

1,699.6

Limpopo

398.7

382.3

381.1

395.0

428.1

431.2

504.4

493.5

481.9

Western Cape

1,528.5

1,480.7

1,420.8

1,545.4

1,717.8

1,940.8

2,221.8

2,334.4

2,493.1

RSA Total

989.9

983.5

942.4

940.7

1,013.8

1,114.1

1,256.1

1,293.5

1,327.2

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-4.8%

-1.8%

-1.2%

8.1%

8.6%

11.4%

1.2%

6.4%

30.1%

Free State

-1.8%

-1.7%

-2.5%

2.7%

6.0%

11.7%

5.5%

6.8%

28.8%

Gauteng

4.2%

-0.4%

0.6%

8.0%

13.4%

14.2%

4.7%

6.0%

62.2%

KwaZulu-Natal

4.2%

-4.4%

-1.1%

16.4%

14.7%

15.3%

7.9%

-0.3%

63.3%

Mpumalanga

1.4%

1.3%

0.5%

11.4%

12.5%

14.6%

7.9%

-0.1%

60.0%

North West

7.5%

-11.2%

6.8%

8.2%

13.6%

13.8%

3.6%

4.7%

54.8%

Northern Cape

2.2%

0.8%

-3.0%

8.3%

11.3%

15.5%

-0.9%

3.9%

43.0%

Limpopo

-1.3%

2.6%

6.7%

11.5%

3.8%

20.9%

0.8%

0.6%

53.3%

Western Cape

-1.3%

-2.2%

10.8%

13.3%

15.3%

15.0%

6.7%

8.5%

85.9%

RSA Total

1.5%

-2.1%

2.0%

10.1%

12.3%

14.4%

5.0%

4.7%

57.8%