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

Province : Gauteng

Area : West 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

706

679

625

623

587

508

457

426

472

Attempted murder

738

622

623

631

616

585

555

570

607

Culpable homicide

369

456

395

409

417

353

322

370

323

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

2,842

2,354

2,038

2,365

2,873

3,000

3,175

3,546

3,270

Other robbery

967

1,297

1,371

1,270

1,503

1,812

2,632

2,325

2,482

Public violence

14

18

18

18

15

25

26

14

11

Rape

1,367

1,270

1,298

1,201

1,049

1,162

1,266

1,305

1,254

Indecent assault

169

172

136

139

167

187

187

247

257

Crimen Injuria

825

725

636

598

653

812

1,123

921

817

Child abuse

37

31

12

12

7

14

16

19

80

Kidnapping

125

103

90

62

88

114

117

89

24

Abduction

106

52

53

69

76

76

105

90

145

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

4,954

5,106

4,833

4,555

4,279

4,568

5,488

4,803

5,228

Common assault

5,718

5,417

5,027

4,639

4,902

6,081

7,410

7,093

7,667

Burglary at non-residential premises

2,416

2,145

1,991

1,981

2,185

2,452

2,282

1,913

1,540

Burglary at residential premises

10,003

10,653

10,310

9,601

9,426

9,637

10,529

9,864

10,745

Stock theft

431

350

320

244

210

203

245

191

137

Shoplifting

2,062

1,699

1,762

1,751

1,744

1,924

1,923

1,806

1,898

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

5,895

5,360

5,135

5,046

5,086

5,280

5,412

5,293

5,076

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

5,460

5,513

4,962

4,394

4,038

4,732

5,524

5,602

6,235

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

12,379

12,395

11,487

10,648

11,330

13,284

16,764

16,544

18,505

Arson

212

182

163

162

181

176

197

218

222

Malicious damage to property

3,100

3,099

3,183

2,945

2,748

3,182

3,915

3,865

4,607

Fraud

2,102

2,231

2,143

1,840

1,908

2,973

2,636

2,185

1,951

Drug related crime

980

1,046

836

709

557

503

507

716

675

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

1,121

816

966

888

623

626

619

626

525

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

260

256

219

266

296

292

273

265

274

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

Carjacking

-

-

427

438

592

520

455

476

504

Truck hijacking

-

-

143

171

272

186

140

123

55

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

6

10

19

16

13

10

11

Bank robbery

-

-

14

21

13

18

12

6

3

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

389

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

169