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LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES


Published in Monograph No 101, July 2004

National Victims of Crime Survey
South Africa 2003

Patrick Burton, Anton du Plessis, Ted Leggettt, Antoinette Louw, Duxita Mistry, Hennie van Vuuren

 
FIGURE 1
Sample by area type
 
FIGURE 2
Sample by province
 
FIGURE 3
Sample by gender
 
FIGURE 4
Sample by age
 
FIGURE 5
Sample by race
 
FIGURE 6
Monthly income categories by household member (after tax)
 
FIGURE 7
Total monthly income contribu ted to households
 
FIGURE 8
Annual per capita income per household
 
FIGURE 9
Economic status of sample
 
FIGURE 10
Highest school grade comple ted (respondents)
 
FIGURE 11
Length of time respondents had lived in area
 
FIGURE 12
Perceptions of how violent and property crime levels have changed in the last 3 years, in respondent’s area of residence
 
FIGURE 13
The one type of crime that respondents thought occurred most in their area of residence
 
FIGURE 14
The one type of crime that respondents were most afraid of in the area where they live
 
FIGURE 15
The single most commonly discussed crime in the past two weeks (values less than 1 excluded)
 
FIGURE 16
Respondents’ feelings of safety when walking alone in their area during the day and after dark
 
FIGURE 17
Respondents’ feelings of safety when walking alone in their area during the day, 1998 and 2003
 
FIGURE 18
Respondents’ feelings of safety when walking alone in their area after dark, 1998 and 2003
 
FIGURE 19
Respondents’ feelings of safety when walking alone in their area, by area type
 
FIGURE 20
Respondents’ feelings of safety when walking alone in their area during the day, by race
 
FIGURE 21
Respondents who were preven ted from engaging in daily, recreational and commercial activities when alone as a result of crime in their area
 
FIGURE 22
Those who knew someone in their area who makes a living from crime, by province
 
FIGURE 23
Views on the motivations of most perpetrators of property and violent crime
 
FIGURE 24
Length of time it takes, on average, to get to the nearest police station using usual mode of transport, by area type
 
FIGURE 25
How often police are seen, in uniform and on duty in the respondent’s area of residence
 
FIGURE 26
Respondents who see police once a day, in uniform and on duty, in their area of residence, by province
 
FIGURE 27
Respondents’ rating of the police in their area, by race
 
FIGURE 28
Respondents who said the police are doing a good job in their area, by province
 
FIGURE 29
Relationship between how often police are seen on duty and whether they are believed to be doing a good job
 
FIGURE 30
Reasons for saying the police are doing a good job
 
FIGURE 31
Reasons for saying the police are doing a poor job
 
FIGURE 32
Length of time taken to reach nearest magistrate’s court using usual mode of transport, by area
 
FIGURE 33
Respondents who said the courts generally are performing their duties adequately, by province
 
FIGURE 34
Satisfaction with the way courts generally deal with perpetrators of crime, by area
 
FIGURE 35
Reasons for being satisfied with the way courts generally deal with perpetrators of crime
 
FIGURE 36
Reasons for being dissatisfied with the way courts generally deal with perpetrators of crime
 
FIGURE 37
Respondents who knew where to take victims for various forms of support
 
FIGURE 38
Places where respondents would take rape and violent crime victims for support
 
FIGURE 39
Which one of the following should government spend money on to make your area safe from crime?
 
FIGURE 40
Which one of the following should government spend money on to make your area safe from violent crime? by race
 
FIGURE 41
Victimisation rates, September 2002–August 2003
 
FIGURE 42
Reporting to the police for crimes with rates >1%
 
FIGURE 43
Comparative reporting rates, 2003 and 1998, selec ted crimes
 
FIGURE 44
Percentage of all those who were asked to pay a bribe in the past year, by department or sector
 
FIGURE 45
Percentage of respondents, of those who were asked, who paid the bribe, in the past year
 
FIGURE 46
Reasons for not reporting requests for bribes to the authorities, all respondents
 
FIGURE 47
Perpetrators of assault
 
FIGURE 48
Provincial robbery rates, 2003
 
TABLE 1
Sample distribution by province
 
TABLE 2
Sample by race and province (%)
 
TABLE 3
The one crime type respondents were most scared of, by area (%)
 
TABLE 4
Respondents who were preven ted from engaging in daily activities when alone as a result of crime in their area, by race (%)
 
TABLE 5
Respondents who were preven ted from engaging in daily activities when alone as a result of crime in their area, by area type (%)
 
TABLE 6
Respondents who were preven ted from engaging in recreational and commercial activities as a result of crime in their area, by area type (%)
 
TABLE 7
Views on where those most likely to commit property and violent crime live (%)
 
TABLE 8
Views on the birthplace of those most likely to commit property and violent crime (%)
 
TABLE 9
Views on why most perpetrators’ commit property and violent crime, by race (%)
 
TABLE 10
Police to population ratios, by province
 
TABLE 11
Comparative victimisation rates, 1998 and 2003 (%)
 
TABLE 12
Victims’ reasons for not reporting crime to the police, selec ted crimes (%)
 
TABLE 13
The one thing that respondents were most concerned with after the crime (%)