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

Province : Western Cape

Area : Southern Cape

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

348

523

394

377

421

382

380

342

317

Attempted murder

120

172

184

222

238

272

279

231

219

Culpable homicide

200

255

250

217

195

213

183

171

173

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

387

345

260

222

317

305

399

286

344

Other robbery

394

518

490

530

730

915

877

1,025

1,019

Public violence

1

10

7

14

17

16

35

61

23

Rape

781

1,023

823

923

942

1,001

927

904

889

Indecent assault

80

110

104

157

154

182

224

249

288

Crimen Injuria

768

897

886

1,030

1,113

1,373

1,590

1,692

2,031

Child abuse

118

85

100

93

75

115

153

143

212

Kidnapping

39

44

25

31

34

30

34

25

27

Abduction

16

11

15

43

41

39

27

32

38

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

5,916

6,047

5,672

5,507

5,767

6,046

6,275

6,243

6,124

Common assault

5,221

5,279

5,005

4,983

5,368

7,142

7,424

7,016

7,530

Burglary at non-residential premises

1,732

1,823

1,654

1,980

2,692

2,420

2,152

1,957

1,795

Burglary at residential premises

3,853

3,674

3,765

3,897

4,986

5,659

5,565

5,859

6,434

Stock theft

793

592

679

709

778

810

801

756

903

Shoplifting

1,197

1,336

1,182

1,195

1,374

1,388

1,444

1,444

1,631

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

293

267

212

298

434

343

350

319

490

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

1,269

1,195

1,089

1,299

1,944

2,449

2,451

2,705

2,926

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

6,828

6,611

6,217

6,809

7,844

9,280

9,843

10,038

11,502

Arson

150

162

150

162

184

168

152

175

142

Malicious damage to property

2,652

2,670

2,490

2,524

2,774

3,195

3,168

3,219

3,092

Fraud

829

888

692

843

889

799

801

720

603

Drug related crime

1,443

1,253

1,204

1,534

1,245

1,638

1,405

1,552

1,646

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

665

694

596

763

768

733

720

859

794

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

36

57

76

68

67

117

100

79

79

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

Carjacking

-

-

6

6

8

6

3

3

8

Truck hijacking

-

-

0

0

2

0

0

6

0

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

2

0

1

1

0

1

0

Bank robbery

-

-

1

1

1

1

1

2

0

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0