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

Province : RSA Total

Area : RSA Total

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

25,965

26,877

25,470

24,486

25,127

22,604

21,758

21,405

21,553

Attempted murder

26,806

26,876

28,576

28,145

29,545

28,179

28,128

31,293

35,861

Culpable homicide

12,560

13,885

13,679

13,492

13,004

11,706

10,635

10,944

11,202

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

84,785

77,167

66,163

73,053

92,630

98,813

113,716

116,736

126,905

Other robbery

32,659

45,683

50,676

54,932

64,978

74,711

90,215

90,205

101,537

Public violence

917

993

891

1,102

1,107

1,195

1,038

907

1,049

Rape

44,751

49,813

51,435

51,959

49,679

52,891

52,872

54,293

52,425

Indecent assault

4,009

5,127

5,224

4,920

4,968

6,106

6,652

7,683

8,815

Crimen Injuria

33,381

35,262

36,500

39,373

41,291

49,510

57,611

60,919

63,717

Child abuse

3,070

2,634

2,264

2,297

2,173

2,497

2,487

2,648

4,798

Kidnapping

4,101

4,174

4,091

4,036

4,267

4,902

4,916

4,433

3,071

Abduction

2,802

2,175

2,057

2,951

3,147

3,372

3,302

3,132

4,210

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

215,671

223,097

231,497

234,819

237,818

261,804

275,289

264,012

266,321

Common assault

200,248

206,006

203,023

201,317

203,678

232,024

248,862

261,886

282,526

Burglary at non-residential premises

87,600

87,377

87,153

90,294

94,273

93,077

91,445

87,114

73,975

Burglary at residential premises

231,355

248,903

244,665

251,579

274,081

289,921

303,162

302,657

319,984

Stock theft

47,287

43,429

41,992

41,573

41,492

41,429

41,536

41,635

46,680

Shoplifting

66,302

63,338

61,786

63,522

64,597

66,046

67,665

68,404

69,005

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

105,867

98,669

97,332

102,571

107,448

103,041

100,030

96,859

93,133

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

183,367

191,833

174,675

179,191

190,027

195,411

200,532

199,282

195,896

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

386,292

387,612

375,180

399,042

441,521

496,345

559,636

576,676

620,240

Arson

10,948

9,611

10,110

9,863

10,037

9,583

8,945

8,739

9,186

Malicious damage to property

123,305

129,679

129,781

126,542

129,164

134,346

139,455

145,451

157,070

Fraud

63,056

60,949

62,182

63,292

63,350

67,915

66,573

58,462

56,232

Drug related crime

45,928

39,334

40,363

42,452

39,493

43,602

44,939

52,900

53,810

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

25,699

23,040

24,522

28,749

25,109

26,035

25,512

24,553

22,144

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

10,999

12,336

12,750

13,386

14,714

15,387

14,770

15,494

15,839

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

Carjacking

-

-

12,912

13,052

15,773

15,172

14,930

15,846

14,691

Truck hijacking

-

-

3,732

4,657

6,134

5,088

4,548

3,333

986

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

359

236

223

226

196

238

374

Bank robbery

-

-

561

463

493

450

469

356

127

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9,063

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5,498