Kidnapping

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

Reported Crime Figures

Province

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

Eastern Cape

619

582

612

534

544

551

517

493

452

Free State

266

269

196

134

155

161

153

132

76

Gauteng

1,441

1,242

1,487

1,378

1,467

1,886

1,903

1,575

955

KwaZulu-Natal

795

872

751

812

796

927

977

851

678

Mpumalanga

197

270

203

203

231

261

236

239

167

North West

188

248

249

252

273

320

285

301

134

Northern Cape

27

52

46

48

36

53

45

29

25

Limpopo

185

255

217

233

353

276

289

280

140

Western Cape

383

384

330

442

412

467

511

533

444

RSA Total

4,101

4,174

4,091

4,036

4,267

4,902

4,916

4,433

3,071

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

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

Eastern Cape

10.3

9.5

9.8

8.4

8.3

8.3

7.6

7.0

6.3

Free State

10.6

10.5

7.5

5.0

5.7

5.9

5.5

4.7

2.6

Gauteng

20.6

17.4

20.4

18.5

19.2

24.2

24.2

19.6

11.7

KwaZulu-Natal

9.9

10.6

9.0

9.5

9.1

10.4

10.9

9.3

7.3

Mpumalanga

7.4

10.0

7.3

7.1

7.9

8.7

7.8

7.7

5.2

North West

5.9

7.6

7.5

7.4

7.8

9.0

8.0

8.3

3.6

Northern Cape

3.3

6.3

5.5

5.7

4.2

6.1

5.2

3.3

2.8

Limpopo

4.0

5.4

4.4

4.6

6.8

5.2

5.2

4.9

2.4

Western Cape

10.1

9.9

8.4

11.0

10.1

11.2

12.2

12.5

10.3

RSA Total

10.6

10.6

10.1

9.8

10.1

11.4

11.3

9.9

6.8

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994-1995 /1995-1996

1995-1996 /1996-1997

1996-1997 /1997-1998

1997-1998 /1998-1999

1998-1999 /1999-2000

1999-2000 /2000-2001

2000-2001 /2001-2002

2001-2002 /2002-2003

1994-1995/ 2002-2003

Eastern Cape

-6.0%

5.2%

-12.7%

1.9%

1.3%

-6.2%

-4.6%

-8.3%

-27.0%

Free State

1.1%

-27.1%

-31.6%

15.7%

3.9%

-5.0%

-13.7%

-42.4%

-71.4%

Gauteng

-13.8%

19.7%

-7.3%

6.5%

28.6%

0.9%

-17.2%

-39.4%

-33.7%

KwaZulu-Natal

9.7%

-13.9%

8.1%

-2.0%

16.5%

5.4%

-12.9%

-20.3%

-14.7%

Mpumalanga

37.1%

-24.8%

0.0%

13.8%

13.0%

-9.6%

1.3%

-30.1%

-15.2%

North West

31.9%

0.4%

1.2%

8.3%

17.2%

-10.9%

5.6%

-55.5%

-28.7%

Northern Cape

92.6%

-11.5%

4.3%

-25.0%

47.2%

-15.1%

-35.6%

-13.8%

-7.4%

Limpopo

37.8%

-14.9%

7.4%

51.5%

-21.8%

4.7%

-3.1%

-50.0%

-24.3%

Western Cape

0.3%

-14.1%

33.9%

-6.8%

13.3%

9.4%

4.3%

-16.7%

15.9%

RSA Total

1.8%

-2.0%

-1.3%

5.7%

14.9%

0.3%

-9.8%

-30.7%

-25.1%