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Burglary at residential premises

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

25,259

25,318

24,920

26,702

30,764

33,528

34,196

36,151

38,521

Free State

15,678

16,869

16,393

15,877

17,495

17,822

18,736

19,072

21,650

Gauteng

76,899

81,944

78,293

77,714

77,762

82,804

84,810

82,201

83,226

KwaZulu-Natal

38,117

40,742

40,821

41,587

46,767

47,294

48,297

48,503

52,582

Mpumalanga

13,959

15,992

16,614

16,497

18,802

20,451

21,094

21,012

22,830

North West

12,677

14,516

14,953

15,886

17,045

18,553

19,620

19,371

20,340

Northern Cape

4,926

5,304

4,969

4,894

5,815

6,322

6,647

6,432

7,443

Limpopo

9,127

10,699

11,695

11,639

13,161

14,062

16,565

15,894

15,993

Western Cape

34,713

37,519

36,007

40,783

46,470

49,085

53,197

54,021

57,399

RSA Total

231,355

248,903

244,665

251,579

274,081

289,921

303,162

302,657

319,984

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

419.1

411.9

397.5

417.7

471.9

503.5

499.4

516.3

538.1

Free State

622.6

656.9

625.9

594.2

642.0

656.4

671.4

672.8

752.0

Gauteng

1,099.2

1,146.4

1,071.8

1,041.0

1,019.4

1,060.6

1,077.2

1,024.9

1,018.6

KwaZulu-Natal

474.9

497.2

487.8

486.6

536.0

530.0

537.4

530.3

564.9

Mpumalanga

527.8

589.5

597.2

578.4

643.0

681.0

693.3

675.4

717.7

North West

396.8

444.7

448.4

466.3

489.7

520.9

550.1

534.2

551.8

Northern Cape

605.9

642.9

593.7

576.4

675.4

722.5

761.5

729.4

835.5

Limpopo

197.6

225.1

239.1

231.3

254.1

263.5

300.4

279.6

273.0

Western Cape

915.4

971.2

914.6

1,016.8

1,137.0

1,176.8

1,269.4

1,269.4

1,328.1

RSA Total

598.9

630.5

606.4

610.2

650.6

673.4

694.0

679.2

704.0

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

0.2%

-1.6%

7.2%

15.2%

9.0%

2.0%

5.7%

6.6%

52.5%

Free State

7.6%

-2.8%

-3.1%

10.2%

1.9%

5.1%

1.8%

13.5%

38.1%

Gauteng

6.6%

-4.5%

-0.7%

0.1%

6.5%

2.4%

-3.1%

1.2%

8.2%

KwaZulu-Natal

6.9%

0.2%

1.9%

12.5%

1.1%

2.1%

0.4%

8.4%

37.9%

Mpumalanga

14.6%

3.9%

-0.7%

14.0%

8.8%

3.1%

-0.4%

8.7%

63.6%

North West

14.5%

3.0%

6.2%

7.3%

8.8%

5.8%

-1.3%

5.0%

60.4%

Northern Cape

7.7%

-6.3%

-1.5%

18.8%

8.7%

5.1%

-3.2%

15.7%

51.1%

Limpopo

17.2%

9.3%

-0.5%

13.1%

6.8%

17.8%

-4.1%

0.6%

75.2%

Western Cape

8.1%

-4.0%

13.3%

13.9%

5.6%

8.4%

1.5%

6.3%

65.4%

RSA Total

7.6%

-1.7%

2.8%

8.9%

5.8%

4.6%

-0.2%

5.7%

38.3%