Stock theft

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

12,392

11,757

11,438

11,635

10,751

10,761

10,703

10,766

12,647

Free State

6,819

6,700

6,043

6,270

5,814

6,147

5,924

5,621

6,793

Gauteng

2,534

1,624

1,367

1,276

1,018

965

1,116

909

781

KwaZulu-Natal

8,467

8,810

8,541

9,070

8,893

9,410

9,399

9,499

10,343

Mpumalanga

4,870

5,076

4,766

4,547

4,328

4,656

4,371

4,228

4,385

North West

3,806

4,226

3,664

4,230

3,946

4,017

3,979

3,993

4,799

Northern Cape

2,441

2,626

2,303

2,130

2,117

2,168

2,241

2,333

2,407

Limpopo

1,790

2,033

1,877

1,926

1,611

1,566

1,571

1,901

2,154

Western Cape

2,018

1,777

1,819

1,824

2,012

2,091

2,103

1,864

1,935

RSA Total

45,137

44,629

41,818

42,908

40,490

41,781

41,407

41,114

46,244

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

205.6

191.3

182.5

182.0

164.9

161.6

156.3

153.8

176.7

Free State

270.8

260.9

230.7

234.7

213.4

226.4

212.3

198.3

236.0

Gauteng

36.2

22.7

18.7

17.1

13.3

12.4

14.2

11.3

9.6

KwaZulu-Natal

105.5

107.5

102.1

106.1

101.9

105.4

104.6

103.9

111.1

Mpumalanga

184.1

187.1

171.3

159.4

148.0

155.0

143.7

135.9

137.8

North West

119.1

129.5

109.9

124.2

113.4

112.8

111.6

110.1

130.2

Northern Cape

300.2

318.3

275.1

250.9

245.9

247.8

256.7

264.6

270.2

Limpopo

38.8

42.8

38.4

38.3

31.1

29.3

28.5

33.4

36.8

Western Cape

53.2

46.0

46.2

45.5

49.2

50.1

50.2

43.8

44.8

RSA Total

116.8

113.1

103.7

104.1

96.1

97.0

94.8

92.3

101.7

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-5.1%

-2.7%

1.7%

-7.6%

0.1%

-0.5%

0.6%

17.5%

2.1%

Free State

-1.7%

-9.8%

3.8%

-7.3%

5.7%

-3.6%

-5.1%

20.9%

-0.4%

Gauteng

-35.9%

-15.8%

-6.7%

-20.2%

-5.2%

15.6%

-18.5%

-14.1%

-69.2%

KwaZulu-Natal

4.1%

-3.1%

6.2%

-2.0%

5.8%

-0.1%

1.1%

8.9%

22.2%

Mpumalanga

4.2%

-6.1%

-4.6%

-4.8%

7.6%

-6.1%

-3.3%

3.7%

-10.0%

North West

11.0%

-13.3%

15.4%

-6.7%

1.8%

-0.9%

0.4%

20.2%

26.1%

Northern Cape

7.6%

-12.3%

-7.5%

-0.6%

2.4%

3.4%

4.1%

3.2%

-1.4%

Limpopo

13.6%

-7.7%

2.6%

-16.4%

-2.8%

0.3%

21.0%

13.3%

20.3%

Western Cape

-11.9%

2.4%

0.3%

10.3%

3.9%

0.6%

-11.4%

3.8%

-4.1%

RSA Total

-1.1%

-6.3%

2.6%

-5.6%

3.2%

-0.9%

-0.7%

12.5%

2.5%