Theft out of or from motor vehicle

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

15,089

16,105

14,409

16,201

17,023

19,265

16,973

16,650

18,100

Free State

9,751

9,217

9,164

8,855

8,960

8,766

8,934

9,728

9,663

Gauteng

71,281

71,035

59,655

54,411

52,873

57,783

59,818

59,926

59,077

KwaZulu-Natal

30,637

34,805

31,627

31,417

34,220

33,253

34,306

33,259

31,936

Mpumalanga

9,418

9,116

8,744

8,978

10,020

9,722

10,326

8,953

8,607

North West

5,218

6,597

7,838

8,838

8,619

8,674

9,959

9,223

9,395

Northern Cape

3,637

4,328

3,389

3,180

3,664

3,577

3,951

3,987

4,122

Limpopo

4,570

4,727

6,835

5,798

6,481

6,764

7,133

6,839

6,208

Western Cape

33,766

35,903

33,014

41,513

48,167

47,607

49,132

50,717

48,788

RSA Total

183,367

191,833

174,675

179,191

190,027

195,411

200,532

199,282

195,896

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

250.4

262.0

229.8

253.4

261.1

289.3

247.9

237.8

252.8

Free State

387.3

358.9

349.9

331.4

328.8

322.9

320.1

343.2

335.6

Gauteng

1,018.9

993.8

816.6

728.9

693.1

740.1

759.8

747.2

723.1

KwaZulu-Natal

381.7

424.7

377.9

367.6

392.2

372.6

381.7

363.6

343.1

Mpumalanga

356.1

336.0

314.3

314.8

342.7

323.7

339.4

287.8

270.6

North West

163.3

202.1

235.0

259.4

247.6

243.5

279.2

254.4

254.9

Northern Cape

447.4

524.6

404.9

374.6

425.6

408.8

452.6

452.1

462.7

Limpopo

98.9

99.5

139.7

115.2

125.1

126.7

129.3

120.3

106.0

Western Cape

890.5

929.4

838.6

1,035.0

1,178.5

1,141.4

1,172.4

1,191.7

1,128.9

RSA Total

474.7

485.9

433.0

434.6

451.0

453.9

459.0

447.2

431.0

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

6.7%

-10.5%

12.4%

5.1%

13.2%

-11.9%

-1.9%

8.7%

20.0%

Free State

-5.5%

-0.6%

-3.4%

1.2%

-2.2%

1.9%

8.9%

-0.7%

-0.9%

Gauteng

-0.3%

-16.0%

-8.8%

-2.8%

9.3%

3.5%

0.2%

-1.4%

-17.1%

KwaZulu-Natal

13.6%

-9.1%

-0.7%

8.9%

-2.8%

3.2%

-3.1%

-4.0%

4.2%

Mpumalanga

-3.2%

-4.1%

2.7%

11.6%

-3.0%

6.2%

-13.3%

-3.9%

-8.6%

North West

26.4%

18.8%

12.8%

-2.5%

0.6%

14.8%

-7.4%

1.9%

80.0%

Northern Cape

19.0%

-21.7%

-6.2%

15.2%

-2.4%

10.5%

0.9%

3.4%

13.3%

Limpopo

3.4%

44.6%

-15.2%

11.8%

4.4%

5.5%

-4.1%

-9.2%

35.8%

Western Cape

6.3%

-8.0%

25.7%

16.0%

-1.2%

3.2%

3.2%

-3.8%

44.5%

RSA Total

4.6%

-8.9%

2.6%

6.0%

2.8%

2.6%

-0.6%

-1.7%

6.8%