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

Province : Western Cape

Area : East Metropole

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

844

1,048

1,023

1,073

1,146

1,060

1,178

1,140

1,361

Attempted murder

1,009

1,230

1,159

1,539

1,474

1,369

1,477

1,396

1,887

Culpable homicide

430

427

429

482

456

455

448

432

451

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

2,268

2,194

1,677

2,223

2,973

3,237

4,255

4,702

5,369

Other robbery

1,789

1,935

1,982

2,457

2,900

3,290

4,146

4,637

5,903

Public violence

75

65

54

49

66

48

65

42

92

Rape

1,651

1,799

1,972

2,147

1,974

2,191

2,148

2,263

2,049

Indecent assault

359

456

471

531

554

694

710

833

917

Crimen Injuria

1,540

1,456

1,828

1,982

1,992

2,505

2,935

3,329

3,818

Child abuse

398

177

172

177

182

197

205

234

420

Kidnapping

147

127

125

164

160

200

211

235

168

Abduction

85

77

90

137

171

192

235

200

243

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

8,114

7,470

7,230

7,948

7,724

8,983

10,342

10,622

10,575

Common assault

8,662

9,308

9,916

10,725

10,401

12,714

13,442

13,958

15,399

Burglary at non-residential premises

3,603

3,691

3,515

4,381

4,495

4,325

4,554

4,255

3,828

Burglary at residential premises

9,470

10,635

10,215

12,129

13,787

14,019

16,462

16,939

18,825

Stock theft

141

107

125

137

141

130

125

114

66

Shoplifting

2,669

2,247

2,197

2,337

2,429

2,574

2,527

2,702

3,107

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

2,590

2,399

2,719

3,456

4,297

3,938

4,535

4,770

5,573

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

7,466

7,736

7,269

8,940

11,042

11,914

13,445

14,411

13,848

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

16,652

16,302

16,653

19,544

21,762

25,835

29,053

32,023

37,026

Arson

278

246

267

283

285

264

264

290

300

Malicious damage to property

5,341

5,437

5,828

6,259

6,436

6,895

7,545

8,292

9,752

Fraud

2,912

2,868

3,565

3,469

2,976

3,055

2,931

2,660

2,860

Drug related crime

2,827

2,771

1,963

2,304

2,141

3,066

2,980

2,496

2,729

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

1,315

1,151

1,147

1,180

944

1,120

1,099

1,272

1,135

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

389

566

552

717

705

711

748

647

786

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

Carjacking

-

-

107

158

183

184

263

291

356

Truck hijacking

-

-

19

24

25

63

73

50

30

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

5

10

3

13

5

5

7

Bank robbery

-

-

7

8

8

13

12

14

1

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

110

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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