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

Province : Western Cape

Area : Boland

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

707

799

810

863

935

853

854

809

728

Attempted murder

327

442

503

560

613

640

755

638

730

Culpable homicide

460

517

528

547

543

480

447

383

429

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

728

634

504

491

666

733

951

914

918

Other robbery

830

1,027

1,105

1,095

1,373

1,673

1,837

2,120

2,191

Public violence

31

61

49

43

54

48

59

59

77

Rape

1,568

1,698

1,774

1,732

1,742

1,988

1,947

1,841

1,832

Indecent assault

272

313

350

332

377

494

612

624

742

Crimen Injuria

1,779

2,013

2,142

2,719

2,979

3,637

4,145

3,925

4,048

Child abuse

198

146

119

115

148

205

212

215

305

Kidnapping

58

60

58

70

66

97

74

84

73

Abduction

47

46

51

50

70

107

77

81

86

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

12,123

11,940

12,590

12,257

12,422

12,974

13,297

12,372

12,192

Common assault

10,683

11,973

12,295

12,917

13,924

16,065

16,408

15,451

16,092

Burglary at non-residential premises

3,809

3,668

3,906

4,439

5,119

5,488

5,267

4,882

3,795

Burglary at residential premises

7,917

8,206

8,412

8,953

11,466

13,301

14,405

14,016

14,472

Stock theft

1,083

973

975

919

1,087

1,022

1,108

1,017

945

Shoplifting

2,482

2,193

2,084

2,386

2,619

2,782

3,105

2,691

2,872

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

736

692

662

780

1,096

1,032

1,016

1,066

1,101

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

3,131

3,422

3,986

5,208

6,698

7,271

8,452

7,841

7,281

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

13,981

13,897

13,360

15,055

17,459

19,981

23,104

22,975

24,952

Arson

205

201

217

223

304

275

290

221

276

Malicious damage to property

5,847

5,920

6,079

6,370

7,008

7,327

7,918

7,817

8,136

Fraud

1,255

1,551

1,528

1,561

1,490

1,543

1,549

1,340

1,196

Drug related crime

4,033

3,491

3,178

3,943

3,768

4,024

4,056

4,662

5,078

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

1,066

1,094

1,152

1,388

1,380

1,383

1,424

1,546

1,274

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

142

164

184

193

317

273

355

274

273

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

Carjacking

-

-

17

17

24

23

20

31

25

Truck hijacking

-

-

1

1

4

3

1

6

1

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

1

1

1

2

1

2

0

Bank robbery

-

-

6

4

4

12

3

4

2

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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