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

Province : Limpopo

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

1,023

937

935

973

954

817

803

847

706

Attempted murder

2,228

1,552

1,858

1,649

1,514

1,441

1,602

1,685

1,457

Culpable homicide

918

939

945

930

921

797

853

885

880

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

3,957

2,891

2,835

2,412

2,703

2,633

3,268

3,282

3,313

Other robbery

1,773

1,937

2,537

2,657

2,864

3,311

4,493

4,691

5,117

Public violence

27

35

26

53

66

62

31

34

28

Rape

2,764

3,171

3,398

3,674

3,856

3,965

4,361

4,795

4,472

Indecent assault

112

184

173

185

146

177

197

254

284

Crimen Injuria

2,384

2,541

2,720

3,202

3,338

4,080

5,338

6,185

4,932

Child abuse

294

256

192

257

261

251

269

279

340

Kidnapping

185

255

217

233

353

276

289

280

140

Abduction

342

203

149

199

236

215

324

268

268

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

17,530

18,337

19,423

19,869

20,697

23,111

24,732

23,982

21,689

Common assault

13,650

13,446

14,710

15,099

15,401

16,954

19,599

21,601

20,725

Burglary at non-residential premises

5,050

4,981

5,911

6,530

6,247

6,521

6,867

6,606

6,072

Burglary at residential premises

9,127

10,699

11,695

11,639

13,161

14,062

16,565

15,894

15,993

Stock theft

1,990

1,934

1,931

1,810

1,567

1,570

1,590

2,055

2,105

Shoplifting

3,279

3,210

3,170

3,330

3,291

3,156

3,696

3,899

4,146

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

2,070

2,017

2,419

2,265

2,725

2,565

2,055

1,876

1,676

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

4,570

4,727

6,835

5,798

6,481

6,764

7,133

6,839

6,208

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

18,558

18,020

18,925

20,403

22,664

23,779

28,105

28,036

28,341

Arson

874

761

888

1,065

882

828

777

953

902

Malicious damage to property

5,677

6,176

6,789

6,787

6,899

6,957

7,667

8,244

8,401

Fraud

2,255

2,566

2,758

2,728

2,825

2,488

2,455

2,334

2,150

Drug related crime

1,461

1,184

1,513

1,644

1,552

1,409

1,484

1,780

1,844

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

845

781

874

678

637

761

1,035

1,460

665

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

418

429

646

636

615

590

608

757

658

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

Carjacking

-

-

187

200

182

155

237

307

197

Truck hijacking

-

-

60

82

127

87

95

77

27

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

113

15

21

20

18

15

23

Bank robbery

-

-

36

20

21

28

38

14

6

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

228

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

396