Drug related crime

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

5,298

4,591

5,280

5,972

5,148

5,124

5,564

6,618

7,993

Free State

4,649

4,060

3,832

3,670

3,211

3,500

3,375

4,078

4,648

Gauteng

8,026

6,642

6,053

5,996

5,540

5,091

5,887

8,075

9,301

KwaZulu-Natal

9,254

7,333

7,502

8,692

8,752

8,681

9,239

9,847

10,914

Mpumalanga

2,308

1,760

1,879

1,943

1,771

1,771

1,864

1,675

1,589

North West

2,551

2,517

2,461

2,328

2,137

2,027

2,271

2,856

3,230

Northern Cape

1,563

1,541

1,534

1,549

1,426

1,713

1,808

1,923

1,999

Limpopo

1,575

1,187

1,357

1,717

1,527

1,466

1,489

1,638

1,891

Western Cape

12,099

11,151

9,343

10,938

10,318

12,088

14,075

13,129

13,630

RSA Total

47,323

40,782

39,241

42,805

39,830

41,461

45,572

49,839

55,195

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

87.9

74.7

84.2

93.4

79.0

76.9

81.3

94.5

111.7

Free State

184.6

158.1

146.3

137.4

117.8

128.9

120.9

143.9

161.4

Gauteng

114.7

92.9

82.9

80.3

72.6

65.2

74.8

100.7

113.8

KwaZulu-Natal

115.3

89.5

89.6

101.7

100.3

97.3

102.8

107.7

117.2

Mpumalanga

87.3

64.9

67.5

68.1

60.6

59.0

61.3

53.8

50.0

North West

79.8

77.1

73.8

68.3

61.4

56.9

63.7

78.8

87.6

Northern Cape

192.3

186.8

183.3

182.4

165.6

195.8

207.1

218.1

224.4

Limpopo

34.1

25.0

27.7

34.1

29.5

27.5

27.0

28.8

32.3

Western Cape

319.1

288.7

237.3

272.7

252.5

289.8

335.9

308.5

315.4

RSA Total

122.5

103.3

97.3

103.8

94.5

96.3

104.3

111.8

121.4

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-13.3%

15.0%

13.1%

-13.8%

-0.5%

8.6%

18.9%

20.8%

50.9%

Free State

-12.7%

-5.6%

-4.2%

-12.5%

9.0%

-3.6%

20.8%

14.0%

-0.0%

Gauteng

-17.2%

-8.9%

-0.9%

-7.6%

-8.1%

15.6%

37.2%

15.2%

15.9%

KwaZulu-Natal

-20.8%

2.3%

15.9%

0.7%

-0.8%

6.4%

6.6%

10.8%

17.9%

Mpumalanga

-23.7%

6.8%

3.4%

-8.9%

0.0%

5.3%

-10.1%

-5.1%

-31.2%

North West

-1.3%

-2.2%

-5.4%

-8.2%

-5.1%

12.0%

25.8%

13.1%

26.6%

Northern Cape

-1.4%

-0.5%

1.0%

-7.9%

20.1%

5.5%

6.4%

4.0%

27.9%

Limpopo

-24.6%

14.3%

26.5%

-11.1%

-4.0%

1.6%

10.0%

15.4%

20.1%

Western Cape

-7.8%

-16.2%

17.1%

-5.7%

17.2%

16.4%

-6.7%

3.8%

12.7%

RSA Total

-13.8%

-3.8%

9.1%

-7.0%

4.1%

9.9%

9.4%

10.7%

16.6%