Crime in the RSA for the period January to December 1994-2002

Province : Gauteng

Area : Provincial Total

Crime Category

Jan to Dec 1994

Jan to Dec 1995

Jan to Dec 1996

Jan to Dec 1997

Jan to Dec 1998

Jan to Dec 1999

Jan to Dec 2000

Jan to Dec 2001

Jan to Dec 2002

Murder

6,160

5,707

5,789

5,645

5,906

5,377

4,873

4,821

4,884

Attempted murder

7,888

7,160

7,173

7,133

7,313

7,025

7,054

7,342

8,706

Culpable homicide

2,804

2,931

3,073

3,071

3,004

2,674

2,271

2,432

2,452

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

38,193

34,414

28,059

31,305

41,159

45,599

52,270

55,768

54,669

Other robbery

11,457

15,638

19,759

19,401

22,098

25,259

29,799

28,773

31,600

Public violence

279

253

171

291

236

287

286

105

164

Rape

11,030

12,142

13,026

12,765

11,866

12,188

12,513

12,713

12,107

Indecent assault

998

1,144

1,083

966

894

1,055

1,269

1,553

1,782

Crimen Injuria

7,049

7,346

6,707

6,494

6,395

6,706

9,401

9,948

10,453

Child abuse

454

584

422

411

309

360

406

422

787

Kidnapping

1,410

1,313

1,420

1,403

1,425

1,750

1,966

1,764

1,001

Abduction

864

625

576

697

781

774

881

818

1,287

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

36,249

41,431

45,601

46,946

46,922

53,812

59,506

55,827

54,766

Common assault

47,069

48,894

45,791

42,494

41,221

45,875

53,837

58,282

67,775

Burglary at non-residential premises

21,745

19,250

18,786

18,990

19,637

20,186

19,537

20,104

16,797

Burglary at residential premises

75,496

80,590

79,217

78,118

77,302

81,699

85,271

82,701

82,620

Stock theft

2,534

1,624

1,367

1,276

1,018

965

1,116

909

781

Shoplifting

16,114

15,302

14,724

15,210

14,823

16,356

17,165

16,800

16,565

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

56,327

53,872

50,718

54,086

55,031

51,762

51,327

48,481

43,639

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

71,987

72,040

61,632

56,428

52,259

55,799

60,012

60,632

59,527

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

108,189

112,705

112,256

112,918

121,989

138,357

157,992

165,454

175,431

Arson

1,779

1,652

1,777

1,850

1,899

1,874

1,724

1,732

1,866

Malicious damage to property

33,126

34,223

35,167

33,525

32,928

34,969

38,172

38,794

42,072

Fraud

22,494

22,114

22,982

23,734

23,604

27,306

27,625

24,712

23,605

Drug related crime

8,026

6,642

6,053

5,996

5,540

5,091

5,887

8,075

9,301

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

8,968

6,398

7,067

9,501

7,469

7,101

6,221

6,485

5,321

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

2,547

2,737

2,799

2,967

3,269

3,484

3,552

3,683

3,885

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

Carjacking

-

-

7,612

7,906

9,213

9,167

9,008

8,977

9,430

Truck hijacking

-

-

2,287

2,699

3,678

3,421

2,789

2,101

534

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

86

51

53

64

79

48

178

Bank robbery

-

-

236

199

178

206

181

192

49

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,747

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,030