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

Province :  Gauteng

Area :  Vaal Rand

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

610

716

705

725

715

516

596

519

612

Attempted murder

742

926

863

893

938

847

954

1,023

1,136

Culpable homicide

333

364

434

359

352

300

277

287

300

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

2,643

2,568

2,209

2,657

3,336

3,522

4,374

4,282

4,872

Other robbery

1,226

1,558

1,762

1,878

1,934

2,297

2,201

2,044

2,542

Public violence

1

6

21

19

15

24

18

17

23

Rape

1,504

1,659

1,678

1,624

1,545

1,736

1,662

1,694

1,657

Indecent assault

118

134

106

95

100

120

142

191

169

Crimen Injuria

613

632

541

599

568

720

598

680

802

Child abuse

55

49

32

40

31

35

34

48

91

Kidnapping

143

119

95

123

155

188

166

160

126

Abduction

139

116

81

106

137

138

146

152

199

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

4,895

5,113

5,168

5,257

5,705

6,545

6,753

6,427

6,183

Common assault

4,206

4,420

4,007

3,608

3,776

4,553

4,000

5,630

6,368

Burglary at non-residential premises

1,830

1,605

1,529

1,519

1,870

1,851

1,728

1,830

1,421

Burglary at residential premises

7,351

7,436

7,157

7,049

7,607

8,196

8,346

8,155

8,424

Stock theft

661

495

344

270

236

296

334

223

219

Shoplifting

1,467

1,457

1,328

1,399

1,583

1,468

1,208

1,405

1,484

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

3,482

3,133

2,882

2,901

2,986

3,171

3,050

2,667

2,800

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

3,126

3,363

3,484

3,499

3,380

3,614

3,322

3,179

3,108

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

8,914

9,358

9,849

10,220

11,101

11,804

12,363

13,349

14,604

Arson

202

189

229

239

271

265

237

230

254

Malicious damage to property

2,887

3,393

3,418

3,447

3,586

3,789

3,094

3,476

4,102

Fraud

1,401

1,410

1,277

1,324

1,495

1,259

1,124

1,092

1,178

Drug related crime

462

363

304

252

201

265

240

341

604

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

539

504

419

513

318

628

518

316

342

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

207

251

310

325

295

332

365

299

310

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

Carjacking

-

-

632

558

606

493

653

620

753

Truck hijacking

-

-

90

207

344

296

324

152

76

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

4

0

6

10

16

12

10

Bank robbery

-

-

11

10

8

12

15

5

4

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

338

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

143