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

Province : Gauteng

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

5,852

5,838

5,628

5,824

5,881

5,045

4,967

4,779

4,830

Attempted murder

7,745

6,994

7,207

7,102

7,331

6,916

7,225

7,463

9,058

Culpable homicide

2,739

3,088

2,979

3,112

2,966

2,550

2,267

2,463

2,454

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

38,410

32,069

28,156

33,041

43,389

46,560

53,873

54,127

58,167

Other robbery

11,592

17,943

19,238

20,033

23,109

26,244

30,523

28,553

31,279

Public violence

179

259

190

289

214

302

241

112

185

Rape

11,660

12,442

12,883

12,732

11,784

12,425

12,336

12,576

12,091

Indecent assault

1,019

1,166

1,056

934

914

1,122

1,269

1,655

1,833

Crimen Injuria

7,474

7,108

6,551

6,530

6,415

7,611

9,418

10,011

10,757

Child abuse

530

549

423

399

292

401

368

499

1,033

Kidnapping

1,441

1,242

1,487

1,378

1,467

1,886

1,903

1,575

955

Abduction

825

608

540

773

775

794

839

902

1,448

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

38,539

42,322

46,162

47,454

47,716

55,455

59,452

54,962

54,872

Common assault

49,204

48,195

44,488

42,167

41,933

48,335

53,924

60,468

70,151

Burglary at non-residential premises

21,368

18,881

18,666

19,308

19,623

20,449

19,548

19,272

16,316

Burglary at residential premises

76,899

81,944

78,293

77,714

77,762

82,804

84,810

82,201

83,226

Stock theft

2,417

1,565

1,361

1,158

1,036

963

1,118

855

769

Shoplifting

16,139

15,048

14,677

15,234

15,066

16,776

16,931

16,920

16,770

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

57,306

52,045

51,639

54,769

54,153

51,593

50,945

47,008

43,424

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

71,281

71,035

59,655

54,411

52,873

57,783

59,818

59,926

59,077

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

110,413

112,871

110,460

116,241

125,514

143,195

161,313

166,073

179,842

Arson

1,800

1,630

1,863

1,870

1,852

1,787

1,787

1,733

1,867

Malicious damage to property

33,047

34,979

34,889

33,248

33,071

36,097

38,208

39,072

43,194

Fraud

22,826

22,126

23,020

23,578

24,449

28,202

26,698

24,074

23,420

Drug related crime

7,595

6,167

6,179

6,006

5,318

5,480

5,955

8,737

8,874

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

8,260

6,315

7,533

9,716

7,074

6,846

6,352

6,168

5,123

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

2,467

2,762

2,834

3,066

3,356

3,503

3,515

3,674

4,017

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

Carjacking

-

-

7,613

7,896

9,672

8,986

8,903

9,315

9,371

Truck hijacking

-

-

2,351

2,890

3,939

3,096

2,637

1,794

447

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

79

50

63

59

71

94

141

Bank robbery

-

-

218

188

181

205

204

142

41

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,701

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,625