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

Province :  Free State

Area :  Northern Free State

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

567

595

534

539

462

405

338

352

378

Attempted murder

425

452

500

456

505

443

354

445

578

Culpable homicide

351

447

403

341

323

311

298

306

264

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

1,300

1,230

1,013

847

987

904

955

1,099

923

Other robbery

532

718

836

938

1,065

1,389

1,826

2,038

2,469

Public violence

23

20

28

54

37

18

18

14

45

Rape

1,496

1,598

1,529

1,520

1,309

1,337

1,239

1,236

1,335

Indecent assault

126

187

197

151

136

167

204

216

227

Crimen Injuria

1,600

1,933

1,838

1,986

2,410

2,739

3,452

3,258

3,489

Child abuse

29

45

67

42

42

55

61

64

132

Kidnapping

73

120

77

41

59

54

49

57

35

Abduction

74

25

40

90

79

78

92

78

83

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

6,829

7,079

6,682

6,836

6,808

6,901

6,879

6,579

6,731

Common assault

8,539

8,983

8,478

8,555

9,342

9,893

10,465

10,288

11,214

Burglary at non-residential premises

3,423

3,277

3,916

3,149

3,102

2,882

2,944

2,730

2,228

Burglary at residential premises

5,709

6,624

6,289

6,531

7,019

7,053

7,356

7,125

8,143

Stock theft

1,741

1,571

1,517

1,492

1,564

1,522

1,427

1,271

1,456

Shoplifting

2,347

2,162

1,874

1,852

2,024

2,004

1,987

1,920

1,607

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

1,998

1,879

1,715

1,596

1,696

1,701

1,419

1,358

1,358

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

3,197

3,008

2,904

2,722

2,978

3,117

2,931

2,820

3,071

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

12,590

13,164

12,744

12,527

12,737

13,380

14,647

15,011

16,756

Arson

243

182

151

167

191

174

160

155

200

Malicious damage to property

4,167

4,390

3,955

3,711

3,755

3,613

3,414

3,678

3,999

Fraud

1,468

1,550

1,388

1,350

1,134

1,368

1,345

993

1,293

Drug related crime

1,284

1,053

1,007

988

835

927

1,059

1,581

1,330

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

521

512

441

475

493

494

475

415

435

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

236

219

247

220

218

239

163

209

177

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

Carjacking

-

-

84

59

97

90

65

59

41

Truck hijacking

-

-

37

43

65

37

71

48

4

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

2

4

2

1

1

2

5

Bank robbery

-

-

19

23

5

10

10

9

0

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

37

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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