Arson

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

1,851

1,634

2,103

1,760

1,872

1,952

1,546

1,517

1,543

Free State

717

616

555

556

590

519

485

416

493

Gauteng

1,779

1,652

1,777

1,850

1,899

1,874

1,724

1,732

1,866

KwaZulu-Natal

3,580

2,755

2,382

2,162

2,294

2,186

1,888

1,779

1,815

Mpumalanga

560

569

630

595

567

621

516

583

574

North West

841

619

715

688

670

650

614

607

727

Northern Cape

199

244

209

250

225

245

255

258

262

Limpopo

889

821

820

1,047

948

838

747

935

905

Western Cape

941

851

873

922

1,065

1,015

998

915

933

RSA Total

11,357

9,761

10,064

9,830

10,130

9,900

8,773

8,742

9,118

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

30.7

26.6

33.5

27.5

28.7

29.3

22.6

21.7

21.6

Free State

28.5

24.0

21.2

20.8

21.7

19.1

17.4

14.7

17.1

Gauteng

25.4

23.1

24.3

24.8

24.9

24.0

21.9

21.6

22.8

KwaZulu-Natal

44.6

33.6

28.5

25.3

26.3

24.5

21.0

19.5

19.5

Mpumalanga

21.2

21.0

22.6

20.9

19.4

20.7

17.0

18.7

18.0

North West

26.3

19.0

21.4

20.2

19.2

18.2

17.2

16.7

19.7

Northern Cape

24.5

29.6

25.0

29.4

26.1

28.0

29.2

29.3

29.4

Limpopo

19.2

17.3

16.8

20.8

18.3

15.7

13.5

16.5

15.4

Western Cape

24.8

22.0

22.2

23.0

26.1

24.3

23.8

21.5

21.6

RSA Total

29.4

24.7

24.9

23.8

24.0

23.0

20.1

19.6

20.1

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-11.7%

28.7%

-16.3%

6.4%

4.3%

-20.8%

-1.9%

1.7%

-16.6%

Free State

-14.1%

-9.9%

0.2%

6.1%

-12.0%

-6.6%

-14.2%

18.5%

-31.2%

Gauteng

-7.1%

7.6%

4.1%

2.6%

-1.3%

-8.0%

0.5%

7.7%

4.9%

KwaZulu-Natal

-23.0%

-13.5%

-9.2%

6.1%

-4.7%

-13.6%

-5.8%

2.0%

-49.3%

Mpumalanga

1.6%

10.7%

-5.6%

-4.7%

9.5%

-16.9%

13.0%

-1.5%

2.5%

North West

-26.4%

15.5%

-3.8%

-2.6%

-3.0%

-5.5%

-1.1%

19.8%

-13.6%

Northern Cape

22.6%

-14.3%

19.6%

-10.0%

8.9%

4.1%

1.2%

1.6%

31.7%

Limpopo

-7.6%

-0.1%

27.7%

-9.5%

-11.6%

-10.9%

25.2%

-3.2%

1.8%

Western Cape

-9.6%

2.6%

5.6%

15.5%

-4.7%

-1.7%

-8.3%

2.0%

-0.9%

RSA Total

-14.1%

3.1%

-2.3%

3.1%

-2.3%

-11.4%

-0.4%

4.3%

-19.7%