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

Area : Southern 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

444

517

531

451

467

416

409

386

401

Attempted murder

335

362

382

441

493

465

388

788

789

Culpable homicide

292

324

323

268

290

259

232

246

239

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

1,097

1,079

757

670

811

795

673

976

1,303

Other robbery

717

940

1,140

1,125

1,164

1,379

1,644

1,680

1,876

Public violence

9

21

22

17

10

9

20

28

28

Rape

1,392

1,433

1,412

1,426

1,361

1,431

1,444

1,724

1,566

Indecent assault

61

95

75

68

97

120

126

152

238

Crimen Injuria

1,420

1,105

1,110

1,409

1,398

1,951

2,560

2,538

2,939

Child abuse

48

50

59

92

88

102

102

96

163

Kidnapping

70

39

38

33

35

42

60

38

24

Abduction

96

70

108

126

98

118

84

105

104

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

6,447

6,381

6,471

6,613

6,698

7,321

7,721

6,890

7,411

Common assault

7,798

7,070

7,171

7,130

7,185

8,805

9,428

9,875

10,073

Burglary at non-residential premises

2,250

2,105

2,116

1,959

2,222

2,004

2,016

2,046

1,562

Burglary at residential premises

6,269

6,550

6,308

5,537

6,581

6,791

6,922

7,286

8,117

Stock theft

2,804

2,415

2,221

2,249

2,117

2,232

2,245

2,109

2,743

Shoplifting

1,942

1,532

1,611

1,627

1,791

1,607

1,458

1,435

1,305

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

1,373

1,604

1,369

1,406

1,366

1,232

1,087

1,150

1,338

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

5,341

4,814

4,682

4,636

4,469

4,151

4,250

5,252

4,992

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

12,397

10,989

11,206

11,298

12,033

13,145

14,780

15,741

16,420

Arson

288

239

266

252

280

212

233

152

236

Malicious damage to property

4,661

4,039

3,878

3,816

3,723

3,762

3,963

4,215

4,336

Fraud

1,899

1,595

1,458

1,405

1,295

1,359

1,309

1,088

1,031

Drug related crime

1,175

1,155

1,201

994

963

925

1,024

1,253

1,198

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

397

437

417

380

471

427

424

362

338

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

199

165

207

224

178

237

189

200

191

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

Carjacking

-

-

55

34

48

49

58

56

43

Truck hijacking

-

-

18

20

20

16

11

20

5

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

3

2

5

6

2

4

3

Bank robbery

-

-

6

5

9

4

1

3

1

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

35

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

45