Crime in the RSA for the period January to December 1994-2002

Province :  KwaZulu-Natal

Area :  Provincial Total

Crime Category

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

Murder

8,177

7,706

6,678

6,200

6,418

6,260

5,632

5,275

5,511

Attempted murder

8,380

7,943

7,505

7,009

7,392

7,523

7,173

7,078

8,158

Culpable homicide

2,594

2,725

2,708

2,611

2,607

2,571

2,270

2,201

2,294

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

17,233

17,567

16,007

16,049

19,724

22,026

23,668

24,397

25,244

Other robbery

4,789

6,341

7,631

7,480

9,170

11,045

13,511

14,194

16,992

Public violence

166

136

89

96

99

87

87

64

94

Rape

7,131

8,114

8,756

8,708

8,628

8,990

9,447

9,307

9,382

Indecent assault

585

835

692

753

806

855

1,030

1,146

1,357

Crimen Injuria

3,905

4,494

4,448

4,375

4,548

5,011

6,263

7,038

7,772

Child abuse

266

336

280

295

217

219

220

188

387

Kidnapping

797

881

732

832

784

878

980

910

699

Abduction

466

428

351

458

517

576

496

453

584

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

23,726

24,538

26,064

26,214

27,433

31,224

34,193

33,735

35,298

Common assault

26,858

27,781

27,111

25,738

25,906

28,737

33,033

34,625

38,537

Burglary at non-residential premises

16,659

16,590

16,234

15,533

16,711

15,106

14,768

14,442

12,473

Burglary at residential premises

37,796

39,762

41,360

41,190

44,686

47,381

48,487

48,013

52,523

Stock theft

8,467

8,810

8,541

9,070

8,893

9,410

9,399

9,499

10,343

Shoplifting

11,743

12,374

12,277

12,401

12,848

13,051

13,214

13,116

13,313

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

18,080

17,905

17,332

17,210

19,151

19,081

17,423

18,095

17,153

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

30,527

33,486

33,867

30,628

33,369

33,487

33,901

34,192

32,634

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

58,472

60,933

58,280

57,656

67,127

77,002

88,762

95,778

95,505

Arson

3,580

2,755

2,382

2,162

2,294

2,186

1,888

1,779

1,815

Malicious damage to property

18,947

20,097

20,403

18,260

19,507

20,390

20,836

21,417

22,433

Fraud

9,738

9,146

8,780

8,946

9,609

10,009

11,083

9,741

9,351

Drug related crime

9,254

7,333

7,502

8,692

8,752

8,681

9,239

9,847

10,914

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

3,796

3,524

3,721

4,549

4,861

4,981

4,544

4,149

3,729

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

4,541

4,392

4,334

3,867

4,356

4,997

4,319

4,244

4,410

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

Carjacking

-

-

2,721

2,709

3,143

3,258

2,856

2,668

2,736

Truck hijacking

-

-

605

884

1,168

1,178

960

773

174

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

45

52

65

53

36

35

82

Bank robbery

-

-

137

66

62

58

52

51

18

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,068

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,505