Malicious damage to property

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

Reported Crime Figures

Province

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

Eastern Cape

16,090

16,454

16,780

16,320

15,588

15,758

15,640

15,609

15,982

Free State

10,925

10,812

10,121

9,497

9,663

9,368

9,450

9,832

10,403

Gauteng

33,126

34,223

35,167

33,525

32,928

34,969

38,172

38,794

42,072

KwaZulu-Natal

18,947

20,097

20,403

18,260

19,507

20,390

20,836

21,417

22,433

Mpumalanga

6,430

7,388

7,685

7,406

7,675

7,862

7,810

8,044

8,413

North West

7,437

7,862

7,950

8,496

8,501

8,566

9,040

9,611

10,738

Northern Cape

4,408

4,879

4,787

4,686

4,465

4,729

4,383

4,286

4,420

Limpopo

5,532

6,150

6,514

7,053

6,685

6,921

7,565

8,070

8,451

Western Cape

19,703

20,528

20,906

21,761

22,578

24,300

26,186

28,208

30,305

RSA Total

122,598

128,393

130,313

127,004

127,590

132,863

139,082

143,871

153,217

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

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

Eastern Cape

267.0

267.7

267.7

255.3

239.1

236.6

228.4

222.9

223.2

Free State

433.9

421.0

386.4

355.4

354.6

345.0

338.6

346.9

361.3

Gauteng

473.5

478.8

481.4

449.1

431.7

447.9

484.8

483.7

514.9

KwaZulu-Natal

236.1

245.2

243.8

213.7

223.6

228.5

231.8

234.2

241.0

Mpumalanga

243.1

272.3

276.2

259.7

262.5

261.8

256.7

258.6

264.5

North West

232.8

240.9

238.4

249.4

244.2

240.5

253.5

265.1

291.3

Northern Cape

542.2

591.4

571.9

551.9

518.6

540.5

502.1

486.0

496.1

Limpopo

119.8

129.4

133.2

140.1

129.1

129.7

137.2

142.0

144.3

Western Cape

519.6

531.4

531.0

542.5

552.4

582.6

624.9

662.8

701.2

RSA Total

317.4

325.2

323.0

308.1

302.8

308.6

318.4

322.9

337.1

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

2.3%

2.0%

-2.7%

-4.5%

1.1%

-0.7%

-0.2%

2.4%

-0.7%

Free State

-1.0%

-6.4%

-6.2%

1.7%

-3.1%

0.9%

4.0%

5.8%

-4.8%

Gauteng

3.3%

2.8%

-4.7%

-1.8%

6.2%

9.2%

1.6%

8.4%

27.0%

KwaZulu-Natal

6.1%

1.5%

-10.5%

6.8%

4.5%

2.2%

2.8%

4.7%

18.4%

Mpumalanga

14.9%

4.0%

-3.6%

3.6%

2.4%

-0.7%

3.0%

4.6%

30.8%

North West

5.7%

1.1%

6.9%

0.1%

0.8%

5.5%

6.3%

11.7%

44.4%

Northern Cape

10.7%

-1.9%

-2.1%

-4.7%

5.9%

-7.3%

-2.2%

3.1%

0.3%

Limpopo

11.2%

5.9%

8.3%

-5.2%

3.5%

9.3%

6.7%

4.7%

52.8%

Western Cape

4.2%

1.8%

4.1%

3.8%

7.6%

7.8%

7.7%

7.4%

53.8%

RSA Total

4.7%

1.5%

-2.5%

0.5%

4.1%

4.7%

3.4%

6.5%

25.0%