Crime in the RSA for the financial years 1994/1995 to 2002/2003

Province : Eastern Cape

Area : Grahamstown

The financial year consists of the months of April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December of a given year and the months of January, February and March of the following year.

Crime Category

April 1994 to March 1995

April 1995 to March 1996

April 1996 to March 1997

April 1997 to March 1998

April 1998 to March 1999

April 1999 to March 2000

April 2000 to March 2001

April 2001 to March 2002

April 2002 to March 2003

Murder

266

269

255

261

256

217

188

186

132

Attempted murder

212

187

242

185

194

221

162

155

130

Culpable homicide

131

128

135

118

118

85

69

80

68

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

276

294

243

288

330

209

192

192

142

Other robbery

139

142

158

157

162

171

229

224

342

Public violence

7

6

7

23

8

5

10

6

5

Rape

580

596

554

558

525

461

544

541

398

Indecent assault

11

25

33

30

34

55

77

46

52

Crimen Injuria

614

466

501

528

446

582

630

804

956

Child abuse

13

22

29

30

36

26

31

25

46

Kidnapping

34

19

19

32

13

13

22

11

9

Abduction

27

26

15

21

22

29

23

15

22

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

3,987

3,455

3,485

3,570

3,217

3,199

3,262

3,579

3,721

Common assault

2,617

1,660

1,695

1,503

1,261

1,471

1,580

1,924

2,200

Burglary at non-residential premises

609

869

929

891

809

921

769

707

728

Burglary at residential premises

3,061

2,657

2,576

2,860

3,160

3,068

2,992

3,262

3,366

Stock theft

1,163

1,156

1,091

961

1,020

1,125

1,037

923

1,158

Shoplifting

601

608

616

604

638

627

595

554

622

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

369

309

324

278

275

347

378

282

297

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

1,420

1,289

1,447

1,248

1,250

1,347

995

1,031

1,297

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

3,718

3,108

3,009

3,009

3,110

3,354

3,492

3,523

4,105

Arson

105

104

114

85

88

85

66

79

82

Malicious damage to property

1,469

1,217

1,238

1,387

1,224

1,269

1,085

1,072

1,255

Fraud

348

300

211

280

225

323

351

271

266

Drug related crime

277

335

481

508

619

449

430

400

470

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

123

127

115

121

111

149

123

150

226

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

66

75

81

66

93

80

99

91

84

These crimes have already been accounted for under robbery of aggravating circumstances

Carjacking

-

-

19

22

21

8

9

22

14

Truck hijacking

-

-

3

17

11

12

3

4

2

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

Bank robbery

-

-

7

1

1

1

5

2

2

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

19

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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