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

Province : KwaZulu-Natal

Area : Durban North

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

1,343

1,347

1,161

1,220

1,305

1,212

1,099

1,038

1,093

Attempted murder

1,506

1,328

1,171

1,174

1,248

1,196

1,187

1,292

1,455

Culpable homicide

466

481

450

522

463

453

414

400

457

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

5,140

5,057

4,164

4,447

5,724

6,058

7,116

7,566

8,670

Other robbery

1,329

2,396

2,660

2,733

3,206

3,686

4,671

4,984

5,725

Public violence

26

26

24

15

24

22

28

28

23

Rape

1,533

1,752

1,851

1,724

1,828

1,894

1,874

1,902

1,946

Indecent assault

174

228

207

233

227

283

350

338

378

Crimen Injuria

1,234

1,268

1,187

1,113

1,439

1,633

2,259

3,073

3,112

Child abuse

93

52

44

71

60

52

61

77

149

Kidnapping

221

233

212

220

219

252

295

203

192

Abduction

109

84

85

90

125

146

123

79

161

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

3,725

4,097

4,257

4,220

4,444

5,482

5,907

5,693

5,619

Common assault

7,186

7,050

6,513

6,152

6,603

7,174

8,401

9,621

10,050

Burglary at non-residential premises

3,959

3,786

3,674

4,052

4,062

3,538

3,715

3,799

3,021

Burglary at residential premises

6,668

6,902

6,989

7,146

8,394

8,651

8,574

9,016

9,540

Stock theft

119

94

80

82

92

105

92

97

158

Shoplifting

3,356

4,062

4,066

4,376

4,579

4,420

4,416

4,404

4,317

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

8,603

7,546

7,145

7,474

7,732

7,843

7,440

7,468

7,479

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

10,694

13,237

11,245

10,349

11,686

11,056

11,668

11,178

10,083

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

14,961

15,962

14,975

16,704

19,788

23,342

27,231

28,381

26,425

Arson

392

265

254

283

274

293

255

230

201

Malicious damage to property

5,377

5,844

5,699

5,085

5,432

5,671

5,638

5,890

5,669

Fraud

3,947

2,837

3,143

3,200

3,934

3,820

4,577

4,039

3,320

Drug related crime

2,573

2,188

2,724

3,275

3,202

3,854

3,468

3,536

2,884

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

984

911

879

1,460

1,299

1,605

1,342

785

1,322

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

425

642

712

663

716

735

711

818

790

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

Carjacking

-

-

700

669

736

711

660

727

753

Truck hijacking

-

-

152

248

288

242

235

160

17

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

5

14

10

7

6

6

23

Bank robbery

-

-

27

12

17

14

13

15

3

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

469

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

302