Attempted murder

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

1,939

2,385

3,435

3,467

3,607

3,506

3,231

3,671

3,986

Free State

1,064

1,016

1,267

1,178

1,334

1,209

989

1,307

1,692

Gauteng

7,888

7,160

7,173

7,133

7,313

7,025

7,054

7,342

8,706

KwaZulu-Natal

8,380

7,943

7,505

7,009

7,392

7,523

7,173

7,078

8,158

Mpumalanga

1,424

1,474

1,884

1,679

1,687

1,770

1,667

1,568

2,054

North West

1,306

1,608

1,831

1,892

1,974

2,056

1,851

2,245

2,306

Northern Cape

261

380

419

423

462

468

378

1,207

2,047

Limpopo

2,359

1,636

1,748

1,728

1,544

1,475

1,601

1,618

1,520

Western Cape

2,679

2,910

3,254

3,639

4,105

3,630

4,079

3,958

4,543

RSA Total

27,300

26,512

28,516

28,148

29,418

28,662

28,023

29,994

35,012

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

32.2

38.8

54.8

54.2

55.3

52.7

47.2

52.4

55.7

Free State

42.3

39.6

48.4

44.1

49.0

44.5

35.4

46.1

58.8

Gauteng

112.8

100.2

98.2

95.6

95.9

90.0

89.6

91.5

106.6

KwaZulu-Natal

104.4

96.9

89.7

82.0

84.7

84.3

79.8

77.4

87.6

Mpumalanga

53.8

54.3

67.7

58.9

57.7

58.9

54.8

50.4

64.6

North West

40.9

49.3

54.9

55.5

56.7

57.7

51.9

61.9

62.6

Northern Cape

32.1

46.1

50.1

49.8

53.7

53.5

43.3

136.9

229.8

Limpopo

51.1

34.4

35.7

34.3

29.8

27.6

29.0

28.5

25.9

Western Cape

70.6

75.3

82.7

90.7

100.4

87.0

97.3

93.0

105.1

RSA Total

70.7

67.2

70.7

68.3

69.8

66.6

64.1

67.3

77.0

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

23.0%

44.0%

0.9%

4.0%

-2.8%

-7.8%

13.6%

8.6%

105.6%

Free State

-4.5%

24.7%

-7.0%

13.2%

-9.4%

-18.2%

32.2%

29.5%

59.0%

Gauteng

-9.2%

0.2%

-0.6%

2.5%

-3.9%

0.4%

4.1%

18.6%

10.4%

KwaZulu-Natal

-5.2%

-5.5%

-6.6%

5.5%

1.8%

-4.7%

-1.3%

15.3%

-2.6%

Mpumalanga

3.5%

27.8%

-10.9%

0.5%

4.9%

-5.8%

-5.9%

31.0%

44.2%

North West

23.1%

13.9%

3.3%

4.3%

4.2%

-10.0%

21.3%

2.7%

76.6%

Northern Cape

45.6%

10.3%

1.0%

9.2%

1.3%

-19.2%

219.3%

69.6%

684.3%

Limpopo

-30.6%

6.8%

-1.1%

-10.6%

-4.5%

8.5%

1.1%

-6.1%

-35.6%

Western Cape

8.6%

11.8%

11.8%

12.8%

-11.6%

12.4%

-3.0%

14.8%

69.6%

RSA Total

-2.9%

7.6%

-1.3%

4.5%

-2.6%

-2.2%

7.0%

16.7%

28.2%