Attempted murder

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

Reported Crime Figures

Province

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

Eastern Cape

2,009

2,658

3,458

3,465

3,683

3,398

3,147

3,832

4,039

Free State

1,020

1,115

1,251

1,210

1,292

1,165

972

1,482

1,665

Gauteng

7,745

6,994

7,207

7,102

7,331

6,916

7,225

7,463

9,058

KwaZulu-Natal

8,249

7,761

7,347

6,891

7,615

7,462

7,087

7,203

8,498

Mpumalanga

1,317

1,578

1,877

1,655

1,713

1,734

1,672

1,624

2,093

North West

1,274

1,727

1,890

1,915

1,985

1,940

1,950

2,376

2,190

Northern Cape

286

402

419

408

488

450

360

1,649

2,018

Limpopo

2,228

1,552

1,858

1,649

1,514

1,441

1,602

1,685

1,457

Western Cape

2,678

3,089

3,269

3,850

3,924

3,673

4,113

3,979

4,843

RSA Total

26,806

26,876

28,576

28,145

29,545

28,179

28,128

31,293

35,861

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

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

Eastern Cape

33.3

43.2

55.2

54.2

56.5

51.0

46.0

54.7

56.4

Free State

40.5

43.4

47.8

45.3

47.4

42.9

34.8

52.3

57.8

Gauteng

110.7

97.8

98.7

95.1

96.1

88.6

91.8

93.1

110.9

KwaZulu-Natal

102.8

94.7

87.8

80.6

87.3

83.6

78.9

78.8

91.3

Mpumalanga

49.8

58.2

67.5

58.0

58.6

57.7

55.0

52.2

65.8

North West

39.9

52.9

56.7

56.2

57.0

54.5

54.7

65.5

59.4

Northern Cape

35.2

48.7

50.1

48.1

56.7

51.4

41.2

187.0

226.5

Limpopo

48.2

32.7

38.0

32.8

29.2

27.0

29.0

29.6

24.9

Western Cape

70.6

80.0

83.0

96.0

96.0

88.1

98.1

93.5

112.1

RSA Total

69.4

68.1

70.8

68.3

70.1

65.5

64.4

70.2

78.9

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994-1995 /1995-1996

1995-1996 /1996-1997

1996-1997 /1997-1998

1997-1998 /1998-1999

1998-1999 /1999-2000

1999-2000 /2000-2001

2000-2001 /2001-2002

2001-2002 /2002-2003

1994-1995/ 2002-2003

Eastern Cape

32.3%

30.1%

0.2%

6.3%

-7.7%

-7.4%

21.8%

5.4%

101.0%

Free State

9.3%

12.2%

-3.3%

6.8%

-9.8%

-16.6%

52.5%

12.3%

63.2%

Gauteng

-9.7%

3.0%

-1.5%

3.2%

-5.7%

4.5%

3.3%

21.4%

17.0%

KwaZulu-Natal

-5.9%

-5.3%

-6.2%

10.5%

-2.0%

-5.0%

1.6%

18.0%

3.0%

Mpumalanga

19.8%

18.9%

-11.8%

3.5%

1.2%

-3.6%

-2.9%

28.9%

58.9%

North West

35.6%

9.4%

1.3%

3.7%

-2.3%

0.5%

21.8%

-7.8%

71.9%

Northern Cape

40.6%

4.2%

-2.6%

19.6%

-7.8%

-20.0%

358.1%

22.4%

605.6%

Limpopo

-30.3%

19.7%

-11.2%

-8.2%

-4.8%

11.2%

5.2%

-13.5%

-34.6%

Western Cape

15.3%

5.8%

17.8%

1.9%

-6.4%

12.0%

-3.3%

21.7%

80.8%

RSA Total

0.3%

6.3%

-1.5%

5.0%

-4.6%

-0.2%

11.3%

14.6%

33.8%