Common assault

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

26,937

27,979

29,541

28,882

27,091

28,494

30,998

29,821

29,979

Free State

19,239

19,984

19,521

19,586

19,939

22,496

25,208

24,890

26,561

Gauteng

47,069

48,894

45,791

42,494

41,221

45,875

53,837

58,282

67,775

KwaZulu-Natal

26,858

27,781

27,111

25,738

25,906

28,737

33,033

34,625

38,537

Mpumalanga

8,284

9,494

9,979

9,244

9,407

10,322

11,974

12,645

14,198

North West

10,860

13,605

13,823

14,622

14,540

15,951

17,669

18,862

19,357

Northern Cape

7,131

8,242

8,243

8,323

8,267

9,070

9,232

9,005

9,581

Limpopo

13,382

13,812

14,156

15,300

15,139

16,337

19,026

21,149

21,466

Western Cape

34,004

35,310

37,168

37,674

37,803

44,645

49,499

47,314

50,914

RSA Total

193,764

205,101

205,333

201,863

199,313

221,927

250,476

256,593

278,368

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

446.9

455.2

471.2

451.8

415.6

427.9

452.7

425.9

418.8

Free State

764.1

778.2

745.4

733.0

731.7

828.6

903.3

878.1

922.6

Gauteng

672.8

684.0

626.8

569.2

540.4

587.6

683.8

726.7

829.5

KwaZulu-Natal

334.6

339.0

323.9

301.2

296.9

322.0

367.6

378.6

414.0

Mpumalanga

313.2

349.9

358.7

324.1

321.7

343.7

393.5

406.5

446.3

North West

339.9

416.8

414.5

429.2

417.7

447.8

495.4

520.2

525.1

Northern Cape

877.1

999.0

984.8

980.3

960.2

1,036.6

1,057.7

1,021.2

1,075.5

Limpopo

289.7

290.6

289.4

304.0

292.3

306.1

345.0

372.1

366.5

Western Cape

896.7

914.1

944.1

939.3

925.0

1,070.4

1,181.2

1,111.8

1,178.1

RSA Total

501.6

519.6

509.0

489.6

473.1

515.5

573.4

575.8

612.4

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

3.9%

5.6%

-2.2%

-6.2%

5.2%

8.8%

-3.8%

0.5%

11.3%

Free State

3.9%

-2.3%

0.3%

1.8%

12.8%

12.1%

-1.3%

6.7%

38.1%

Gauteng

3.9%

-6.3%

-7.2%

-3.0%

11.3%

17.4%

8.3%

16.3%

44.0%

KwaZulu-Natal

3.4%

-2.4%

-5.1%

0.7%

10.9%

14.9%

4.8%

11.3%

43.5%

Mpumalanga

14.6%

5.1%

-7.4%

1.8%

9.7%

16.0%

5.6%

12.3%

71.4%

North West

25.3%

1.6%

5.8%

-0.6%

9.7%

10.8%

6.8%

2.6%

78.2%

Northern Cape

15.6%

0.0%

1.0%

-0.7%

9.7%

1.8%

-2.5%

6.4%

34.4%

Limpopo

3.2%

2.5%

8.1%

-1.1%

7.9%

16.5%

11.2%

1.5%

60.4%

Western Cape

3.8%

5.3%

1.4%

0.3%

18.1%

10.9%

-4.4%

7.6%

49.7%

RSA Total

5.9%

0.1%

-1.7%

-1.3%

11.3%

12.9%

2.4%

8.5%

43.7%