Kidnapping

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

588

580

623

561

533

563

505

502

465

Free State

247

265

224

147

162

153

160

152

71

Gauteng

1,410

1,313

1,420

1,403

1,425

1,750

1,966

1,764

1,001

KwaZulu-Natal

797

881

732

832

784

878

980

910

699

Mpumalanga

186

254

245

189

216

251

242

276

159

North West

183

224

260

245

271

310

294

316

165

Northern Cape

32

45

47

48

38

50

49

32

26

Limpopo

174

213

258

213

356

258

297

316

157

Western Cape

367

392

347

397

411

450

521

546

448

RSA Total

3,984

4,167

4,156

4,035

4,196

4,663

5,014

4,814

3,191

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

9.8

9.4

9.9

8.8

8.2

8.5

7.4

7.2

6.5

Free State

9.8

10.3

8.6

5.5

5.9

5.6

5.7

5.4

2.5

Gauteng

20.2

18.4

19.4

18.8

18.7

22.4

25.0

22.0

12.3

KwaZulu-Natal

9.9

10.8

8.7

9.7

9.0

9.8

10.9

9.9

7.5

Mpumalanga

7.0

9.4

8.8

6.6

7.4

8.4

8.0

8.9

5.0

North West

5.7

6.9

7.8

7.2

7.8

8.7

8.2

8.7

4.5

Northern Cape

3.9

5.5

5.6

5.7

4.4

5.7

5.6

3.6

2.9

Limpopo

3.8

4.5

5.3

4.2

6.9

4.8

5.4

5.6

2.7

Western Cape

9.7

10.1

8.8

9.9

10.1

10.8

12.4

12.8

10.4

RSA Total

10.3

10.6

10.3

9.8

10.0

10.8

11.5

10.8

7.0

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-1.4%

7.4%

-10.0%

-5.0%

5.6%

-10.3%

-0.6%

-7.4%

-20.9%

Free State

7.3%

-15.5%

-34.4%

10.2%

-5.6%

4.6%

-5.0%

-53.3%

-71.3%

Gauteng

-6.9%

8.1%

-1.2%

1.6%

22.8%

12.3%

-10.3%

-43.3%

-29.0%

KwaZulu-Natal

10.5%

-16.9%

13.7%

-5.8%

12.0%

11.6%

-7.1%

-23.2%

-12.3%

Mpumalanga

36.6%

-3.5%

-22.9%

14.3%

16.2%

-3.6%

14.0%

-42.4%

-14.5%

North West

22.4%

16.1%

-5.8%

10.6%

14.4%

-5.2%

7.5%

-47.8%

-9.8%

Northern Cape

40.6%

4.4%

2.1%

-20.8%

31.6%

-2.0%

-34.7%

-18.8%

-18.8%

Limpopo

22.4%

21.1%

-17.4%

67.1%

-27.5%

15.1%

6.4%

-50.3%

-9.8%

Western Cape

6.8%

-11.5%

14.4%

3.5%

9.5%

15.8%

4.8%

-17.9%

22.1%

RSA Total

4.6%

-0.3%

-2.9%

4.0%

11.1%

7.5%

-4.0%

-33.7%

-19.9%