Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

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

40,150

39,372

40,842

41,029

39,874

41,541

41,897

41,784

41,002

Free State

17,567

18,005

17,590

17,485

17,448

18,360

18,785

17,485

18,355

Gauteng

38,539

42,322

46,162

47,454

47,716

55,455

59,452

54,962

54,872

KwaZulu-Natal

24,027

24,939

26,218

26,391

28,135

32,373

34,237

33,642

35,909

Mpumalanga

13,824

14,557

15,776

15,638

16,632

19,051

20,085

19,742

20,244

North West

18,580

20,169

20,856

22,230

21,813

23,371

25,062

23,976

25,708

Northern Cape

11,638

13,136

12,879

13,053

13,695

14,163

13,908

11,957

12,420

Limpopo

17,530

18,337

19,423

19,869

20,697

23,111

24,732

23,982

21,689

Western Cape

33,816

32,260

31,751

31,670

31,808

34,379

37,131

36,482

36,122

RSA Total

215,671

223,097

231,497

234,819

237,818

261,804

275,289

264,012

266,321

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

666.2

640.5

651.5

641.8

611.7

623.8

611.9

596.8

572.7

Free State

697.7

701.1

671.6

654.4

640.3

676.2

673.1

616.9

637.5

Gauteng

550.9

592.1

631.9

635.7

625.5

710.3

755.1

685.3

671.6

KwaZulu-Natal

299.4

304.3

313.3

308.8

322.4

362.8

381.0

367.8

385.8

Mpumalanga

522.6

536.6

567.1

548.3

568.8

634.4

660.1

634.6

636.4

North West

581.5

617.9

625.4

652.5

626.6

656.1

702.7

661.2

697.4

Northern Cape

1,431.5

1,592.2

1,538.7

1,537.5

1,590.6

1,618.6

1,593.4

1,355.9

1,394.2

Limpopo

379.5

385.8

397.1

394.8

399.6

433.0

448.5

422.0

370.3

Western Cape

891.8

835.1

806.5

789.6

778.3

824.2

886.0

857.2

835.8

RSA Total

558.3

565.1

573.8

569.6

564.5

608.1

630.2

592.5

585.9

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

-1.9%

3.7%

0.5%

-2.8%

4.2%

0.9%

-0.3%

-1.9%

2.1%

Free State

2.5%

-2.3%

-0.6%

-0.2%

5.2%

2.3%

-6.9%

5.0%

4.5%

Gauteng

9.8%

9.1%

2.8%

0.6%

16.2%

7.2%

-7.6%

-0.2%

42.4%

KwaZulu-Natal

3.8%

5.1%

0.7%

6.6%

15.1%

5.8%

-1.7%

6.7%

49.5%

Mpumalanga

5.3%

8.4%

-0.9%

6.4%

14.5%

5.4%

-1.7%

2.5%

46.4%

North West

8.6%

3.4%

6.6%

-1.9%

7.1%

7.2%

-4.3%

7.2%

38.4%

Northern Cape

12.9%

-2.0%

1.4%

4.9%

3.4%

-1.8%

-14.0%

3.9%

6.7%

Limpopo

4.6%

5.9%

2.3%

4.2%

11.7%

7.0%

-3.0%

-9.6%

23.7%

Western Cape

-4.6%

-1.6%

-0.3%

0.4%

8.1%

8.0%

-1.7%

-1.0%

6.8%

RSA Total

3.4%

3.8%

1.4%

1.3%

10.1%

5.2%

-4.1%

0.9%

23.5%