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

Province : Western Cape

Area : Provincial Total

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

2,732

3,256

3,142

3,226

3,531

3,210

3,522

3,447

3,664

Attempted murder

2,678

3,089

3,269

3,850

3,924

3,673

4,113

3,979

4,843

Culpable homicide

1,460

1,560

1,605

1,600

1,553

1,459

1,385

1,288

1,421

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

6,474

6,268

4,813

5,823

7,830

8,672

11,494

12,300

14,311

Other robbery

5,601

6,752

6,596

8,125

10,118

11,507

13,858

14,400

16,889

Public violence

200

174

171

176

212

185

264

248

269

Rape

5,678

6,265

6,323

6,630

6,383

6,966

6,786

6,785

6,530

Indecent assault

1,186

1,444

1,463

1,571

1,709

2,055

2,176

2,427

2,690

Crimen Injuria

6,227

6,353

6,782

7,688

7,927

9,767

11,110

11,511

13,105

Child abuse

960

563

497

486

502

618

690

730

1,258

Kidnapping

383

384

330

442

412

467

511

533

444

Abduction

276

225

229

372

423

574

565

550

628

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

33,816

32,260

31,751

31,670

31,808

34,379

37,131

36,482

36,122

Common assault

34,262

36,409

36,548

38,036

39,167

47,026

48,378

47,752

51,677

Burglary at non-residential premises

14,392

14,694

14,689

16,744

17,600

17,270

16,438

15,886

13,197

Burglary at residential premises

34,713

37,519

36,007

40,783

46,470

49,085

53,197

54,021

57,399

Stock theft

2,081

1,729

1,846

1,836

2,055

2,002

2,079

1,906

1,921

Shoplifting

10,675

9,333

9,014

10,125

10,451

10,831

11,291

11,293

12,269

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

9,338

8,621

8,485

9,817

12,295

10,999

11,906

12,670

14,528

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

33,766

35,903

33,014

41,513

48,167

47,607

49,132

50,717

48,788

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

58,378

57,039

55,473

64,803

73,205

84,535

94,740

99,850

114,935

Arson

932

842

885

927

1,094

1,005

974

921

960

Malicious damage to property

20,140

20,536

20,939

21,980

23,298

24,410

26,558

28,740

31,477

Fraud

8,902

8,955

9,808

9,882

8,917

8,927

8,909

8,026

7,593

Drug related crime

12,252

10,675

9,235

10,969

10,363

13,699

12,975

13,429

13,813

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

4,522

4,309

4,411

5,212

4,265

4,461

4,670

4,894

4,454

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

1,090

1,486

1,449

1,764

2,002

2,015

2,177

2,135

2,162

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

Carjacking

-

-

273

344

422

522

655

793

965

Truck hijacking

-

-

55

50

67

127

211

151

49

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

18

24

14

26

15

14

14

Bank robbery

-

-

34

33

33

42

37

42

4

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

335

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

124