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

Province : Western Cape

Area : West 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

833

886

915

913

1,029

915

1,110

1,156

1,258

Attempted murder

1,222

1,245

1,423

1,529

1,599

1,392

1,602

1,714

2,007

Culpable homicide

370

361

398

354

359

311

307

302

368

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

3,091

3,095

2,372

2,887

3,874

4,397

5,889

6,398

7,680

Other robbery

2,588

3,272

3,019

4,043

5,115

5,629

6,998

6,618

7,776

Public violence

93

38

61

70

75

73

105

86

77

Rape

1,678

1,745

1,754

1,828

1,725

1,786

1,764

1,777

1,760

Indecent assault

475

565

538

551

624

685

630

721

743

Crimen Injuria

2,140

1,987

1,926

1,957

1,843

2,252

2,440

2,565

3,208

Child abuse

246

155

106

101

97

101

120

138

321

Kidnapping

139

153

122

177

152

140

192

189

176

Abduction

128

91

73

142

141

236

226

237

261

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

7,663

6,803

6,259

5,958

5,895

6,376

7,217

7,245

7,231

Common assault

9,696

9,849

9,332

9,411

9,474

11,105

11,104

11,327

12,656

Burglary at non-residential premises

5,248

5,512

5,614

5,944

5,294

5,037

4,465

4,792

3,779

Burglary at residential premises

13,473

15,004

13,615

15,804

16,231

16,106

16,765

17,207

17,668

Stock theft

64

57

67

71

49

40

45

19

7

Shoplifting

4,327

3,557

3,551

4,207

4,029

4,087

4,215

4,456

4,659

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

5,719

5,263

4,892

5,283

6,468

5,686

6,005

6,515

7,364

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

21,900

23,550

20,670

26,066

28,483

25,973

24,784

25,760

24,733

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

20,917

20,229

19,243

23,395

26,140

29,439

32,740

34,814

41,455

Arson

299

233

251

259

321

298

268

235

242

Malicious damage to property

6,300

6,509

6,542

6,827

7,080

6,993

7,927

9,412

10,497

Fraud

3,906

3,648

4,023

4,009

3,562

3,530

3,628

3,306

2,934

Drug related crime

3,949

3,160

2,890

3,188

3,209

4,971

4,534

4,719

4,360

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

1,476

1,370

1,516

1,881

1,173

1,225

1,427

1,217

1,251

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

523

699

637

786

913

914

974

1,135

1,024

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

Carjacking

-

-

143

163

207

309

369

468

576

Truck hijacking

-

-

35

25

36

61

137

89

18

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

10

13

9

10

9

6

7

Bank robbery

-

-

20

20

20

16

21

22

1

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

198

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

58