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

Province : KwaZulu-Natal

Area : Provincial Total

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

7,686

7,611

6,434

6,211

6,513

6,041

5,515

5,371

5,405

Attempted murder

8,249

7,761

7,347

6,891

7,615

7,462

7,087

7,203

8,498

Culpable homicide

2,620

2,739

2,643

2,637

2,619

2,496

2,214

2,236

2,284

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

17,407

17,608

15,560

16,630

20,802

22,216

23,893

24,115

26,575

Other robbery

4,889

7,131

7,389

7,791

9,757

11,511

14,041

14,623

16,827

Public violence

137

130

95

85

99

94

77

78

78

Rape

7,308

8,372

8,926

8,579

8,618

9,365

9,196

9,346

9,489

Indecent assault

646

816

727

749

791

926

1,051

1,169

1,405

Crimen Injuria

4,236

4,444

4,538

4,299

4,798

5,388

6,274

7,198

8,044

Child abuse

324

320

266

294

200

227

225

227

519

Kidnapping

795

872

751

812

796

927

977

851

678

Abduction

472

396

381

473

543

566

485

445

628

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

24,027

24,939

26,218

26,391

28,135

32,373

34,237

33,642

35,909

Common assault

27,297

27,858

26,671

25,816

26,649

29,842

32,984

35,575

39,266

Burglary at non-residential premises

16,506

16,766

15,769

15,838

16,565

14,789

14,946

14,008

12,007

Burglary at residential premises

38,117

40,742

40,821

41,587

46,767

47,294

48,297

48,503

52,582

Stock theft

9,024

8,608

8,662

8,832

9,137

9,526

9,444

9,457

10,389

Shoplifting

11,524

12,819

12,222

12,367

13,108

13,128

13,140

13,215

13,158

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

18,597

17,640

17,030

17,623

19,330

19,039

17,345

17,932

16,763

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

30,637

34,805

31,627

31,417

34,220

33,253

34,306

33,259

31,936

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

59,212

60,719

57,040

60,229

69,896

80,057

90,365

96,017

95,655

Arson

3,241

2,668

2,294

2,173

2,253

2,173

1,857

1,804

1,809

Malicious damage to property

18,935

20,433

19,861

18,365

19,897

20,610

20,719

21,664

22,825

Fraud

9,946

9,002

8,848

8,864

9,880

10,302

10,980

9,690

8,845

Drug related crime

8,540

7,194

7,946

8,893

8,631

8,802

9,286

10,241

10,726

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

3,703

3,600

3,676

5,069

4,765

5,027

4,630

3,556

4,114

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

4,384

4,511

4,191

4,012

4,449

5,002

4,059

4,306

4,456

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

Carjacking

-

-

2,762

2,667

3,312

3,140

2,804

2,838

2,444

Truck hijacking

-

-

637

988

1,238

1,109

897

652

113

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

36

64

68

43

29

41

85

Bank robbery

-

-

95

61

58

61

50

42

18

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,569

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,061