Indecent assault

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

Reported Crime Figures

Province

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

Eastern Cape

417

433

569

593

518

674

725

735

814

Free State

213

340

336

306

279

319

391

437

542

Gauteng

998

1,144

1,083

966

894

1,055

1,269

1,553

1,782

KwaZulu-Natal

585

835

692

753

806

855

1,030

1,146

1,357

Mpumalanga

154

185

441

221

183

197

233

257

295

North West

150

263

330

276

252

319

326

451

438

Northern Cape

115

120

139

138

167

215

245

259

333

Limpopo

108

159

168

208

145

167

200

218

278

Western Cape

1,134

1,394

1,462

1,592

1,607

1,961

2,183

2,362

2,630

RSA Total

3,874

4,873

5,220

5,053

4,851

5,762

6,602

7,418

8,469

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

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

Eastern Cape

6.9

7.0

9.1

9.3

7.9

10.1

10.6

10.5

11.4

Free State

8.5

13.2

12.8

11.5

10.2

11.7

14.0

15.4

18.8

Gauteng

14.3

16.0

14.8

12.9

11.7

13.5

16.1

19.4

21.8

KwaZulu-Natal

7.3

10.2

8.3

8.8

9.2

9.6

11.5

12.5

14.6

Mpumalanga

5.8

6.8

15.9

7.7

6.3

6.6

7.7

8.3

9.3

North West

4.7

8.1

9.9

8.1

7.2

9.0

9.1

12.4

11.9

Northern Cape

14.1

14.5

16.6

16.3

19.4

24.6

28.1

29.4

37.4

Limpopo

2.3

3.3

3.4

4.1

2.8

3.1

3.6

3.8

4.7

Western Cape

29.9

36.1

37.1

39.7

39.3

47.0

52.1

55.5

60.9

RSA Total

10.0

12.3

12.9

12.3

11.5

13.4

15.1

16.6

18.6

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

3.8%

31.4%

4.2%

-12.6%

30.1%

7.6%

1.4%

10.7%

95.2%

Free State

59.6%

-1.2%

-8.9%

-8.8%

14.3%

22.6%

11.8%

24.0%

154.5%

Gauteng

14.6%

-5.3%

-10.8%

-7.5%

18.0%

20.3%

22.4%

14.7%

78.6%

KwaZulu-Natal

42.7%

-17.1%

8.8%

7.0%

6.1%

20.5%

11.3%

18.4%

132.0%

Mpumalanga

20.1%

138.4%

-49.9%

-17.2%

7.7%

18.3%

10.3%

14.8%

91.6%

North West

75.3%

25.5%

-16.4%

-8.7%

26.6%

2.2%

38.3%

-2.9%

192.0%

Northern Cape

4.3%

15.8%

-0.7%

21.0%

28.7%

14.0%

5.7%

28.6%

189.6%

Limpopo

47.2%

5.7%

23.8%

-30.3%

15.2%

19.8%

9.0%

27.5%

157.4%

Western Cape

22.9%

4.9%

8.9%

0.9%

22.0%

11.3%

8.2%

11.3%

131.9%

RSA Total

25.8%

7.1%

-3.2%

-4.0%

18.8%

14.6%

12.4%

14.2%

118.6%