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

Province : Eastern Cape

Area : Port Elizabeth

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

644

642

734

676

586

562

567

523

602

Attempted murder

632

718

802

613

623

621

540

682

812

Culpable homicide

227

236

217

239

186

160

166

165

171

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

2,044

2,016

1,644

1,546

1,960

2,526

2,408

2,775

3,165

Other robbery

850

1,500

1,803

1,780

2,113

2,634

2,836

2,741

2,966

Public violence

63

36

48

18

50

28

16

22

28

Rape

1,569

1,593

1,687

1,930

1,615

1,899

1,719

1,602

1,463

Indecent assault

125

139

175

159

173

262

229

243

301

Crimen Injuria

1,155

1,013

1,037

1,047

1,082

1,308

1,334

1,544

1,614

Child abuse

238

130

81

74

72

73

44

68

131

Kidnapping

157

92

86

78

76

89

93

69

58

Abduction

69

48

70

89

98

90

81

70

100

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

8,855

7,935

7,771

7,409

7,148

7,506

7,544

6,991

6,791

Common assault

7,387

7,016

7,112

6,684

6,450

7,331

7,751

7,888

7,773

Burglary at non-residential premises

2,031

2,015

1,986

2,119

2,189

2,358

2,096

2,271

2,083

Burglary at residential premises

6,087

6,457

5,991

6,329

7,608

8,063

7,535

8,444

8,678

Stock theft

337

305

258

183

204

218

187

174

216

Shoplifting

2,327

1,754

1,917

2,440

2,616

2,134

1,945

1,992

1,914

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

1,660

1,615

1,412

1,232

1,340

1,545

1,850

1,875

1,800

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

6,646

6,730

4,705

5,737

5,988

6,858

6,002

6,565

6,811

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

11,197

11,047

10,447

11,521

12,724

13,466

14,790

15,527

17,351

Arson

225

268

295

271

235

259

261

245

215

Malicious damage to property

5,165

4,731

4,846

4,339

4,110

4,363

4,354

4,572

4,876

Fraud

2,742

1,989

2,203

2,115

2,036

2,015

1,852

1,604

1,577

Drug related crime

1,151

891

976

1,232

789

985

1,327

1,852

2,003

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

1,654

1,457

1,154

1,226

1,211

1,223

1,376

1,102

882

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

202

252

284

213

231

274

313

412

427

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

Carjacking

-

-

194

154

201

182

155

142

125

Truck hijacking

-

-

68

52

54

69

46

43

5

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

21

12

8

11

5

4

5

Bank robbery

-

-

13

7

10

11

9

5

1

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

86

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

50