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

Province : KwaZulu-Natal

Area : Midlands

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

1,426

1,459

1,403

1,310

1,452

1,234

1,139

1,034

984

Attempted murder

1,733

1,620

1,754

1,525

1,774

1,619

1,438

1,229

1,289

Culpable homicide

492

551

515

507

502

508

428

436

385

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

2,896

2,839

2,657

2,930

3,203

3,263

3,170

2,930

3,692

Other robbery

638

964

1,164

1,172

1,697

2,033

2,036

1,709

1,742

Public violence

42

30

22

20

25

18

11

9

4

Rape

1,299

1,502

1,723

1,633

1,546

1,720

1,662

1,614

1,578

Indecent assault

94

117

98

101

126

119

120

159

202

Crimen Injuria

726

635

647

664

722

893

736

697

943

Child abuse

38

50

60

58

24

40

25

25

46

Kidnapping

97

136

117

124

121

130

119

85

55

Abduction

118

94

99

136

147

124

87

80

112

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

4,743

4,708

5,012

5,091

5,153

6,398

6,332

5,659

5,919

Common assault

4,694

4,793

4,592

4,539

4,572

5,405

6,594

6,609

7,215

Burglary at non-residential premises

3,050

3,037

2,950

2,880

3,154

2,878

2,877

2,544

2,091

Burglary at residential premises

7,779

8,245

8,311

8,421

8,734

9,023

8,773

8,015

8,668

Stock theft

2,733

2,641

2,741

3,059

2,951

2,826

2,663

2,415

2,883

Shoplifting

1,628

1,639

1,528

1,482

1,739

1,647

1,743

1,548

1,309

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

1,983

2,155

2,201

2,221

2,392

1,909

1,583

1,810

1,756

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

5,153

5,165

5,085

4,849

5,214

5,425

5,337

5,069

5,054

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

10,666

10,248

10,284

10,342

11,084

12,318

12,992

13,682

14,773

Arson

654

516

461

506

399

420

271

270

268

Malicious damage to property

3,064

3,208

3,376

3,083

3,146

3,354

3,600

3,617

3,786

Fraud

1,347

1,371

1,266

1,206

1,399

1,554

1,474

1,196

1,128

Drug related crime

1,506

1,101

1,072

1,392

1,304

1,061

1,245

1,373

1,977

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

643

625

709

873

797

854

738

721

577

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

1,229

1,010

1,013

908

910

1,138

777

810

856

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

Carjacking

-

-

405

409

444

417

372

338

255

Truck hijacking

-

-

177

250

197

183

138

102

40

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

6

11

12

7

1

9

14

Bank robbery

-

-

19

11

1

6

4

7

11

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

239

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

283