Public violence

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

Reported Crime Figures

Province

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

Eastern Cape

217

226

252

289

341

338

194

211

211

Free State

67

70

54

80

54

32

51

49

78

Gauteng

179

259

190

289

214

302

241

112

185

KwaZulu-Natal

137

130

95

85

99

94

77

78

78

Mpumalanga

23

23

23

46

47

92

60

72

62

North West

37

51

48

43

36

59

75

33

73

Northern Cape

30

25

32

41

38

31

45

70

65

Limpopo

27

35

26

53

66

62

31

34

28

Western Cape

200

174

171

176

212

185

264

248

269

RSA Total

917

993

891

1,102

1,107

1,195

1,038

907

1,049

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

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

Eastern Cape

3.6

3.7

4.0

4.5

5.2

5.1

2.8

3.0

2.9

Free State

2.7

2.7

2.1

3.0

2.0

1.2

1.8

1.7

2.7

Gauteng

2.6

3.6

2.6

3.9

2.8

3.9

3.1

1.4

2.3

KwaZulu-Natal

1.7

1.6

1.1

1.0

1.1

1.1

0.9

0.9

0.8

Mpumalanga

0.9

0.8

0.8

1.6

1.6

3.1

2.0

2.3

1.9

North West

1.2

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.0

1.7

2.1

0.9

2.0

Northern Cape

3.7

3.0

3.8

4.8

4.4

3.5

5.2

7.9

7.3

Limpopo

0.6

0.7

0.5

1.1

1.3

1.2

0.6

0.6

0.5

Western Cape

5.3

4.5

4.3

4.4

5.2

4.4

6.3

5.8

6.2

RSA Total

2.4

2.5

2.2

2.7

2.6

2.8

2.4

2.0

2.3

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994-1995 /1995-1996

1995-1996 /1996-1997

1996-1997 /1997-1998

1997-1998 /1998-1999

1998-1999 /1999-2000

1999-2000 /2000-2001

2000-2001 /2001-2002

2001-2002 /2002-2003

1994-1995/ 2002-2003

Eastern Cape

4.1%

11.5%

14.7%

18.0%

-0.9%

-42.6%

8.8%

0.0%

-2.8%

Free State

4.5%

-22.9%

48.1%

-32.5%

-40.7%

59.4%

-3.9%

59.2%

16.4%

Gauteng

44.7%

-26.6%

52.1%

-26.0%

41.1%

-20.2%

-53.5%

65.2%

3.4%

KwaZulu-Natal

-5.1%

-26.9%

-10.5%

16.5%

-5.1%

-18.1%

1.3%

0.0%

-43.1%

Mpumalanga

0.0%

0.0%

100.0%

2.2%

95.7%

-34.8%

20.0%

-13.9%

169.6%

North West

37.8%

-5.9%

-10.4%

-16.3%

63.9%

27.1%

-56.0%

121.2%

97.3%

Northern Cape

-16.7%

28.0%

28.1%

-7.3%

-18.4%

45.2%

55.6%

-7.1%

116.7%

Limpopo

29.6%

-25.7%

103.8%

24.5%

-6.1%

-50.0%

9.7%

-17.6%

3.7%

Western Cape

-13.0%

-1.7%

2.9%

20.5%

-12.7%

42.7%

-6.1%

8.5%

34.5%

RSA Total

8.3%

-10.3%

23.7%

0.5%

7.9%

-13.1%

-12.6%

15.7%

14.4%