Crimen Injuria

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

3,594

3,915

5,155

5,411

5,547

6,326

7,286

7,231

7,110

Free State

3,093

3,886

3,661

3,948

4,380

5,093

7,059

6,880

7,193

Gauteng

7,049

7,346

6,707

6,494

6,395

6,706

9,401

9,948

10,453

KwaZulu-Natal

3,905

4,494

4,448

4,375

4,548

5,011

6,263

7,038

7,772

Mpumalanga

1,399

1,555

1,589

1,593

1,724

1,900

2,385

2,652

2,937

North West

1,863

2,705

2,951

3,614

3,474

4,088

5,221

5,675

5,355

Northern Cape

1,713

2,350

2,451

2,600

3,170

3,457

3,613

3,560

3,885

Limpopo

2,199

2,554

2,683

3,023

3,319

3,828

4,919

6,205

5,242

Western Cape

6,034

6,294

6,667

7,482

7,645

8,860

11,425

11,078

12,653

RSA Total

30,849

35,099

36,312

38,540

40,202

45,269

57,572

60,267

62,600

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

59.6

63.7

82.2

84.6

85.1

95.0

106.4

103.3

99.3

Free State

122.8

151.3

139.8

147.8

160.7

187.6

252.9

242.7

249.8

Gauteng

100.8

102.8

91.8

87.0

83.8

85.9

119.4

124.0

127.9

KwaZulu-Natal

48.7

54.8

53.1

51.2

52.1

56.2

69.7

76.9

83.5

Mpumalanga

52.9

57.3

57.1

55.9

59.0

63.3

78.4

85.2

92.3

North West

58.3

82.9

88.5

106.1

99.8

114.8

146.4

156.5

145.3

Northern Cape

210.7

284.8

292.8

306.2

368.2

395.1

413.9

403.7

436.1

Limpopo

47.6

53.7

54.9

60.1

64.1

71.7

89.2

109.2

89.5

Western Cape

159.1

162.9

169.3

186.5

187.1

212.4

272.6

260.3

292.8

RSA Total

79.9

88.9

90.0

93.5

95.4

105.1

131.8

135.2

137.7

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

8.9%

31.7%

5.0%

2.5%

14.0%

15.2%

-0.8%

-1.7%

97.8%

Free State

25.6%

-5.8%

7.8%

10.9%

16.3%

38.6%

-2.5%

4.5%

132.6%

Gauteng

4.2%

-8.7%

-3.2%

-1.5%

4.9%

40.2%

5.8%

5.1%

48.3%

KwaZulu-Natal

15.1%

-1.0%

-1.6%

4.0%

10.2%

25.0%

12.4%

10.4%

99.0%

Mpumalanga

11.2%

2.2%

0.3%

8.2%

10.2%

25.5%

11.2%

10.7%

109.9%

North West

45.2%

9.1%

22.5%

-3.9%

17.7%

27.7%

8.7%

-5.6%

187.4%

Northern Cape

37.2%

4.3%

6.1%

21.9%

9.1%

4.5%

-1.5%

9.1%

126.8%

Limpopo

16.1%

5.1%

12.7%

9.8%

15.3%

28.5%

26.1%

-15.5%

138.4%

Western Cape

4.3%

5.9%

12.2%

2.2%

15.9%

29.0%

-3.0%

14.2%

109.7%

RSA Total

13.8%

3.5%

6.1%

4.3%

12.6%

27.2%

4.7%

3.9%

102.9%