Robbery with aggravating circumstances

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

6,544

6,215

4,970

5,211

6,447

6,987

7,652

8,530

8,533

Free State

2,968

2,859

2,468

1,983

2,315

2,169

2,081

2,473

2,542

Gauteng

38,193

34,414

28,059

31,305

41,159

45,599

52,270

55,768

54,669

KwaZulu-Natal

17,233

17,567

16,007

16,049

19,724

22,026

23,668

24,397

25,244

Mpumalanga

3,895

3,695

3,829

3,613

3,968

4,625

5,165

5,578

6,114

North West

4,803

4,932

3,287

3,410

4,184

4,471

5,412

5,877

5,849

Northern Cape

668

965

620

371

383

400

431

465

420

Limpopo

3,985

3,104

2,866

2,428

2,657

2,606

3,164

3,315

3,292

Western Cape

6,611

6,320

5,143

5,321

7,482

8,290

10,747

13,043

12,522

RSA Total

84,900

80,071

67,249

69,691

88,319

97,173

110,590

119,446

119,185

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

108.6

101.1

79.3

81.5

98.9

104.9

111.8

121.8

119.2

Free State

117.9

111.3

94.2

74.2

85.0

79.9

74.6

87.2

88.3

Gauteng

545.9

481.4

384.1

419.4

539.6

584.1

663.9

695.3

669.1

KwaZulu-Natal

214.7

214.4

191.3

187.8

226.0

246.8

263.4

266.7

271.2

Mpumalanga

147.3

136.2

137.6

126.7

135.7

154.0

169.8

179.3

192.2

North West

150.3

151.1

98.6

100.1

120.2

125.5

151.7

162.1

158.7

Northern Cape

82.2

117.0

74.1

43.7

44.5

45.7

49.4

52.7

47.1

Limpopo

86.3

65.3

58.6

48.2

51.3

48.8

57.4

58.3

56.2

Western Cape

174.3

163.6

130.6

132.7

183.1

198.8

256.5

306.5

289.7

RSA Total

219.8

202.8

166.7

169.0

209.6

225.7

253.1

268.1

262.2

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-5.0%

-20.0%

4.8%

23.7%

8.4%

9.5%

11.5%

0.0%

30.4%

Free State

-3.7%

-13.7%

-19.7%

16.7%

-6.3%

-4.1%

18.8%

2.8%

-14.4%

Gauteng

-9.9%

-18.5%

11.6%

31.5%

10.8%

14.6%

6.7%

-2.0%

43.1%

KwaZulu-Natal

1.9%

-8.9%

0.3%

22.9%

11.7%

7.5%

3.1%

3.5%

46.5%

Mpumalanga

-5.1%

3.6%

-5.6%

9.8%

16.6%

11.7%

8.0%

9.6%

57.0%

North West

2.7%

-33.4%

3.7%

22.7%

6.9%

21.0%

8.6%

-0.5%

21.8%

Northern Cape

44.5%

-35.8%

-40.2%

3.2%

4.4%

7.8%

7.9%

-9.7%

-37.1%

Limpopo

-22.1%

-7.7%

-15.3%

9.4%

-1.9%

21.4%

4.8%

-0.7%

-17.4%

Western Cape

-4.4%

-18.6%

3.5%

40.6%

10.8%

29.6%

21.4%

-4.0%

89.4%

RSA Total

-5.7%

-16.0%

3.6%

26.7%

10.0%

13.8%

8.0%

-0.2%

40.4%