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

Province : KwaZulu-Natal

Area : Durban South

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

1,470

1,397

1,125

1,138

1,241

1,142

1,056

1,094

1,070

Attempted murder

1,568

1,423

1,389

1,349

1,369

1,468

1,505

1,560

1,883

Culpable homicide

456

515

488

454

487

476

420

422

433

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

4,691

4,518

4,103

4,284

5,869

6,055

6,876

6,910

6,824

Other robbery

1,080

1,724

1,321

1,651

1,996

2,244

2,766

2,976

3,508

Public violence

9

12

16

25

23

15

13

8

20

Rape

1,549

1,752

1,739

1,761

1,791

1,819

1,820

1,854

1,919

Indecent assault

178

200

181

214

214

281

280

294

388

Crimen Injuria

943

1,081

1,102

1,011

1,081

1,087

1,153

1,164

1,520

Child abuse

81

89

71

60

38

49

53

43

117

Kidnapping

238

214

171

211

181

244

239

210

201

Abduction

84

76

72

87

102

106

80

101

114

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

4,155

4,197

4,468

4,395

4,725

5,389

5,710

5,829

6,703

Common assault

6,479

6,581

6,421

6,129

6,411

6,540

6,277

6,808

7,914

Burglary at non-residential premises

3,036

3,027

2,870

3,151

3,203

2,868

2,652

2,344

2,144

Burglary at residential premises

8,512

9,380

8,965

9,597

11,476

10,650

10,647

11,060

12,034

Stock theft

142

128

102

66

54

65

75

88

124

Shoplifting

1,715

1,591

1,627

1,611

1,763

2,099

1,784

1,723

1,710

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

4,656

4,682

4,512

5,028

5,902

6,406

5,834

6,144

5,175

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

7,169

7,827

7,267

7,369

8,051

7,363

8,173

8,186

7,791

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

11,051

11,918

11,382

12,177

14,560

15,840

17,261

18,686

18,448

Arson

272

262

276

241

261

260

269

254

257

Malicious damage to property

4,376

4,582

4,470

4,132

4,601

4,367

4,318

4,485

4,860

Fraud

1,984

1,936

1,760

1,786

1,790

1,812

1,920

2,072

1,746

Drug related crime

1,584

1,549

1,640

1,698

1,762

1,267

1,696

1,907

2,314

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

897

829

793

712

805

825

772

585

742

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

432

569

548

603

589

607

564

601

577

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

Carjacking

-

-

1,069

921

1,289

1,190

1,161

1,150

973

Truck hijacking

-

-

164

233

442

363

292

168

22

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

7

10

6

10

5

9

22

Bank robbery

-

-

15

9

16

11

12

8

2

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

402

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

228