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

Province : Gauteng

Area : Soweto

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

1,164

1,134

1,052

1,063

1,113

831

722

687

614

Attempted murder

1,523

1,523

1,740

1,505

1,483

1,217

1,189

1,075

990

Culpable homicide

305

335

292

386

364

247

244

230

202

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

5,826

4,430

3,208

4,572

6,891

6,956

7,548

6,748

6,501

Other robbery

742

1,400

1,612

1,710

1,831

2,238

2,903

2,989

3,015

Public violence

45

32

17

22

19

22

20

12

26

Rape

2,525

2,634

2,591

2,393

2,101

2,096

1,986

1,863

1,779

Indecent assault

36

61

47

47

34

72

81

153

157

Crimen Injuria

624

568

546

529

486

543

890

1,274

1,353

Child abuse

111

116

105

87

55

94

84

123

248

Kidnapping

323

246

299

276

283

379

362

284

242

Abduction

86

74

78

97

119

123

86

89

186

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

7,518

7,803

9,248

9,736

9,546

10,155

10,176

8,952

8,376

Common assault

4,733

4,041

3,870

3,729

3,380

3,813

4,769

6,786

8,972

Burglary at non-residential premises

554

415

512

633

660

684

728

605

369

Burglary at residential premises

4,398

4,145

4,197

4,301

4,753

5,305

5,402

5,293

5,140

Stock theft

21

21

28

32

25

21

29

20

16

Shoplifting

279

297

278

341

306

383

469

626

634

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

2,731

2,574

2,679

2,481

1,944

1,944

1,602

1,302

1,156

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

2,205

2,058

2,102

1,951

2,150

2,333

2,480

2,440

2,617

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

5,803

5,601

5,799

7,824

6,578

7,487

9,530

10,659

11,694

Arson

230

261

227

237

198

181

215

202

223

Malicious damage to property

3,993

3,933

4,204

3,892

3,625

3,811

4,109

4,311

4,891

Fraud

651

607

986

843

607

740

701

666

725

Drug related crime

760

617

672

696

548

831

838

1,710

1,769

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

240

194

341

366

413

499

515

808

605

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

580

656

606

607

708

691

665

687

664

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

Carjacking

-

-

924

1,274

1,916

1,645

1,418

1,222

947

Truck hijacking

-

-

289

397

860

553

318

227

23

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

5

2

3

5

8

15

14

Bank robbery

-

-

18

10

4

14

10

2

0

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

385

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

70