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

Province : Eastern Cape

Area : Provincial Total

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

4,600

4,495

4,437

3,938

3,905

3,740

3,471

3,553

3,365

Attempted murder

2,009

2,658

3,458

3,465

3,683

3,398

3,147

3,832

4,039

Culpable homicide

1,449

1,550

1,578

1,574

1,440

1,276

1,099

1,109

1,197

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

6,343

6,035

4,966

5,529

6,634

7,108

7,616

8,583

8,890

Other robbery

2,546

3,901

5,111

5,616

7,069

8,392

10,047

10,398

11,383

Public violence

217

226

252

289

341

338

194

211

211

Rape

5,700

6,265

6,699

7,224

6,407

7,098

6,854

6,759

6,066

Indecent assault

410

500

567

599

521

703

727

726

859

Crimen Injuria

3,708

4,311

5,175

5,479

5,777

6,685

7,141

7,258

7,005

Child abuse

517

384

352

345

316

308

271

278

502

Kidnapping

619

582

612

534

544

551

517

493

452

Abduction

339

305

293

388

407

431

371

289

355

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

40,150

39,372

40,842

41,029

39,874

41,541

41,897

41,784

41,002

Common assault

27,416

28,688

29,317

28,321

27,251

29,663

30,174

30,129

29,887

Burglary at non-residential premises

8,071

8,888

9,304

9,576

10,092

10,058

10,020

9,559

8,682

Burglary at residential premises

25,259

25,318

24,920

26,702

30,764

33,528

34,196

36,151

38,521

Stock theft

12,448

11,887

11,319

11,138

11,001

10,712

10,563

11,145

12,974

Shoplifting

9,094

8,134

8,879

9,089

9,152

8,879

8,366

8,203

8,318

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

5,927

5,689

5,663

5,615

6,065

6,055

6,175

5,928

5,662

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

15,089

16,105

14,409

16,201

17,023

19,265

16,973

16,650

18,100

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

45,224

44,042

41,599

43,121

47,171

51,140

55,984

55,962

61,767

Arson

1,895

1,684

2,070

1,737

1,897

1,864

1,575

1,500

1,541

Malicious damage to property

16,056

16,637

16,681

16,098

15,560

15,858

15,462

15,642

16,261

Fraud

6,722

5,977

6,211

6,666

6,256

6,583

6,673

5,201

4,656

Drug related crime

5,197

4,454

5,650

5,726

5,078

5,139

5,795

7,386

7,532

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

3,122

2,984

2,844

3,212

3,338

3,748

3,944

3,814

3,330

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

850

1,102

1,459

1,738

1,899

1,908

2,164

2,177

2,144

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

Carjacking

-

-

655

656

734

721

775

825

669

Truck hijacking

-

-

171

180

177

186

186

172

165

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

47

24

31

22

21

17

19

Bank robbery

-

-

45

24

42

28

36

25

14

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,397

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

603