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

Province : RSA Total

Area : RSA Total

Crime Category

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

Murder

26,832

26,637

25,782

24,588

24,875

23,823

21,683

21,180

21,738

Attempted murder

27,300

26,512

28,516

28,148

29,418

28,662

28,023

29,994

35,012

Culpable homicide

12,583

13,383

13,943

13,502

13,140

12,166

10,726

10,845

11,087

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

84,900

80,071

67,249

69,691

88,319

97,173

110,590

119,446

119,185

Other robbery

32,423

40,881

51,506

52,678

62,111

71,803

87,247

89,486

100,900

Public violence

1,223

992

907

1,043

1,093

1,226

1,101

790

1,117

Rape

43,216

48,172

51,061

52,696

49,754

51,738

53,383

54,493

52,107

Indecent assault

3,874

4,873

5,220

5,053

4,851

5,762

6,602

7,418

8,469

Crimen Injuria

30,849

35,099

36,312

38,540

40,202

45,269

57,572

60,267

62,600

Child abuse

2,723

2,905

2,315

2,368

2,083

2,407

2,483

2,536

3,789

Kidnapping

3,984

4,167

4,156

4,035

4,196

4,663

5,014

4,814

3,191

Abduction

2,808

2,299

2,019

2,705

3,090

3,314

3,454

3,054

3,893

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

210,250

220,990

230,425

234,554

234,056

256,434

274,622

266,355

264,399

Common assault

193,764

205,101

205,333

201,863

199,313

221,927

250,476

256,593

278,368

Burglary at non-residential premises

89,058

86,379

87,863

88,610

94,102

92,789

92,078

90,605

75,437

Burglary at residential premises

228,021

244,063

246,438

249,375

266,817

285,515

302,826

303,235

315,623

Stock theft

45,137

44,629

41,818

42,908

40,490

41,781

41,407

41,114

46,244

Shoplifting

67,059

63,037

62,198

63,795

63,001

65,937

67,590

67,864

68,924

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

104,302

101,056

96,715

100,637

107,513

103,502

100,647

98,482

93,606

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

182,624

189,811

180,229

176,254

188,438

192,747

199,274

202,308

197,062

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

382,407

388,252

380,197

387,836

427,132

479,637

548,722

576,410

603,250

Arson

11,357

9,761

10,064

9,830

10,130

9,900

8,773

8,742

9,118

Malicious damage to property

122,598

128,393

130,313

127,004

127,590

132,863

139,082

143,871

153,217

Fraud

62,581

61,016

62,186

63,632

62,086

66,773

67,931

60,820

56,824

Drug related crime

47,323

40,782

39,241

42,805

39,830

41,461

45,572

49,839

55,195

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

26,771

23,174

23,979

27,806

25,606

26,001

25,308

25,777

22,323

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

11,136

11,886

12,886

12,877

14,463

15,372

14,989

15,390

15,592

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

Carjacking

-

-

12,860

13,011

15,111

15,447

14,999

15,292

15,291

Truck hijacking

-

-

3,694

4,296

5,773

5,506

4,769

3,792

1,259

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

410

230

214

224

234

162

421

Bank robbery

-

-

642

497

476

458

447

432

153

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10,146

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7,004