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

Province :  Free State

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

1,286

1,394

1,336

1,229

1,172

1,047

945

926

957

Attempted murder

1,020

1,115

1,251

1,210

1,292

1,165

972

1,482

1,665

Culpable homicide

927

1,057

1,026

894

937

827

765

769

765

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

2,951

2,842

2,273

2,037

2,278

2,124

2,080

2,534

2,676

Other robbery

1,858

2,221

2,465

2,641

2,836

3,420

4,155

4,453

5,184

Public violence

67

70

54

80

54

32

51

49

78

Rape

3,707

3,944

3,856

3,835

3,472

3,582

3,541

3,839

3,733

Indecent assault

232

371

345

271

274

340

406

458

589

Crimen Injuria

3,648

3,780

3,649

4,061

4,617

5,704

7,110

6,808

7,463

Child abuse

136

159

164

179

161

197

204

201

355

Kidnapping

266

269

196

134

155

161

153

132

76

Abduction

230

128

172

281

238

243

225

219

249

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

17,567

18,005

17,590

17,485

17,448

18,360

18,785

17,485

18,355

Common assault

20,227

19,813

19,437

19,423

20,757

23,530

24,878

25,307

26,890

Burglary at non-residential premises

7,389

7,102

7,595

6,769

6,965

6,536

6,510

6,299

5,124

Burglary at residential premises

15,678

16,869

16,393

15,877

17,495

17,822

18,736

19,072

21,650

Stock theft

7,267

6,307

6,118

6,129

5,977

6,044

5,943

5,711

6,796

Shoplifting

5,139

4,651

4,337

4,352

4,649

4,359

4,118

4,140

3,594

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

3,914

4,020

3,589

3,484

3,511

3,363

2,980

2,972

3,184

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

9,751

9,217

9,164

8,855

8,960

8,766

8,934

9,728

9,663

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

31,696

30,302

29,658

29,457

30,641

32,874

36,455

37,845

40,976

Arson

728

569

566

545

592

496

511

377

524

Malicious damage to property

11,063

10,512

10,017

9,510

9,588

9,366

9,411

9,986

10,710

Fraud

4,347

4,089

3,830

3,639

3,319

3,533

3,530

2,694

3,023

Drug related crime

4,506

3,919

3,949

3,480

3,391

3,316

3,541

4,572

4,272

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

1,228

1,227

1,190

1,189

1,285

1,205

1,164

1,025

1,111

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

591

572

631

635

577

642

503

588

539

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

Carjacking

-

-

173

129

172

174

146

145

110

Truck hijacking

-

-

99

110

128

101

136

99

23

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

6

7

10

8

4

8

12

Bank robbery

-

-

30

31

19

15

13

14

2

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

92

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

93