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

Province : Mpumalanga

Area : Lowveld

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

262

293

310

359

304

323

308

289

368

Attempted murder

296

376

444

475

516

551

519

543

785

Culpable homicide

283

279

289

320

294

290

265

274

281

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

992

882

909

992

1,179

1,171

1,580

1,723

2,233

Other robbery

117

268

318

515

664

701

1,065

1,151

1,508

Public violence

3

5

1

11

17

33

24

7

14

Rape

673

709

815

877

889

925

1,138

1,135

1,107

Indecent assault

23

45

50

55

47

56

65

74

75

Crimen Injuria

278

381

442

482

489

631

740

768

895

Child abuse

12

21

24

27

36

49

18

31

57

Kidnapping

25

29

28

33

40

53

56

65

43

Abduction

25

20

18

36

41

47

58

50

90

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

3,828

4,073

4,473

4,678

5,141

6,190

6,657

6,170

6,162

Common assault

2,209

2,635

2,781

2,880

2,791

3,196

3,498

3,500

4,117

Burglary at non-residential premises

1,394

1,618

1,545

1,838

2,007

2,072

1,983

1,830

1,551

Burglary at residential premises

3,943

4,202

4,571

4,581

5,796

5,884

6,261

6,343

6,509

Stock theft

484

427

319

308

288

260

188

252

272

Shoplifting

1,502

1,641

1,336

1,457

1,440

1,613

1,800

1,839

1,884

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

915

838

877

1,073

1,341

1,360

1,143

1,171

1,009

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

3,120

2,846

2,610

2,905

3,695

3,315

3,312

2,833

3,062

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

6,514

6,658

6,833

8,118

8,773

10,015

12,726

12,547

12,840

Arson

135

154

176

192

143

190

184

201

209

Malicious damage to property

1,450

1,656

1,720

1,726

1,857

1,963

2,125

2,200

2,343

Fraud

813

855

891

1,033

930

900

959

803

1,071

Drug related crime

761

582

656

736

621

673

615

435

444

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

289

286

321

274

320

379

444

389

191

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

177

153

178

184

251

257

285

262

320

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

Carjacking

-

-

95

117

117

123

144

184

131

Truck hijacking

-

-

17

24

39

35

49

69

49

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

1

2

1

3

5

7

17

Bank robbery

-

-

7

11

13

16

6

7

1

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

77

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

189