Abduction

in the RSA for the period January to December 1994-2002

Reported Crime Figures

Province

Jan to Dec 1994

Jan to Dec 1995

Jan to Dec 1996

Jan to Dec 1997

Jan to Dec 1998

Jan to Dec 1999

Jan to Dec 2000

Jan to Dec 2001

Jan to Dec 2002

Eastern Cape

354

319

293

329

431

414

401

307

324

Free State

209

162

149

264

251

240

226

230

227

Gauteng

864

625

576

697

781

774

881

818

1,287

KwaZulu-Natal

466

428

351

458

517

576

496

453

584

Mpumalanga

110

91

75

142

176

193

201

162

249

North West

156

174

188

236

245

309

278

210

291

Northern Cape

42

35

28

56

64

66

58

56

59

Limpopo

345

248

121

194

231

211

318

260

276

Western Cape

262

217

238

329

394

531

595

558

596

RSA Total

2,808

2,299

2,019

2,705

3,090

3,314

3,454

3,054

3,893

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

Jan to Dec 1994

Jan to Dec 1995

Jan to Dec 1996

Jan to Dec 1997

Jan to Dec 1998

Jan to Dec 1999

Jan to Dec 2000

Jan to Dec 2001

Jan to Dec 2002

Eastern Cape

5.9

5.2

4.7

5.1

6.6

6.2

5.9

4.4

4.5

Free State

8.3

6.3

5.7

9.9

9.2

8.8

8.1

8.1

7.9

Gauteng

12.3

8.7

7.9

9.3

10.2

9.9

11.2

10.2

15.8

KwaZulu-Natal

5.8

5.2

4.2

5.4

5.9

6.5

5.5

5.0

6.3

Mpumalanga

4.2

3.4

2.7

5.0

6.0

6.4

6.6

5.2

7.8

North West

4.9

5.3

5.6

6.9

7.0

8.7

7.8

5.8

7.9

Northern Cape

5.2

4.2

3.3

6.6

7.4

7.5

6.6

6.4

6.6

Limpopo

7.5

5.2

2.5

3.9

4.5

4.0

5.8

4.6

4.7

Western Cape

6.9

5.6

6.0

8.2

9.6

12.7

14.2

13.1

13.8

RSA Total

7.3

5.8

5.0

6.6

7.3

7.7

7.9

6.9

8.6

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-9.9%

-8.2%

12.3%

31.0%

-3.9%

-3.1%

-23.4%

5.5%

-8.5%

Free State

-22.5%

-8.0%

77.2%

-4.9%

-4.4%

-5.8%

1.8%

-1.3%

8.6%

Gauteng

-27.7%

-7.8%

21.0%

12.1%

-0.9%

13.8%

-7.2%

57.3%

49.0%

KwaZulu-Natal

-8.2%

-18.0%

30.5%

12.9%

11.4%

-13.9%

-8.7%

28.9%

25.3%

Mpumalanga

-17.3%

-17.6%

89.3%

23.9%

9.7%

4.1%

-19.4%

53.7%

126.4%

North West

11.5%

8.0%

25.5%

3.8%

26.1%

-10.0%

-24.5%

38.6%

86.5%

Northern Cape

-16.7%

-20.0%

100.0%

14.3%

3.1%

-12.1%

-3.4%

5.4%

40.5%

Limpopo

-28.1%

-51.2%

60.3%

19.1%

-8.7%

50.7%

-18.2%

6.2%

-20.0%

Western Cape

-17.2%

9.7%

38.2%

19.8%

34.8%

12.1%

-6.2%

6.8%

127.5%

RSA Total

-18.1%

-12.2%

34.0%

14.2%

7.2%

4.2%

-11.6%

27.5%

38.6%