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Carjacking

in the RSA for the period January to December 1994-2002
This crime have already been accounted for under robbery with aggravating circumstances
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

-

-

648

607

744

722

762

869

694

Free State

-

-

173

147

160

184

152

126

141

Gauteng

-

-

7,612

7,906

9,213

9,167

9,008

8,977

9,430

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

2,721

2,709

3,143

3,258

2,856

2,668

2,736

Mpumalanga

-

-

683

638

678

716

648

711

600

North West

-

-

536

479

566

718

757

855

552

Northern Cape

-

-

14

11

18

9

4

6

15

Limpopo

-

-

185

192

190

169

220

299

231

Western Cape

-

-

288

322

399

504

592

781

892

RSA Total

-

-

12,860

13,011

15,111

15,447

14,999

15,292

15,291

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

-

-

10.3

9.5

11.4

10.8

11.1

12.4

9.7

Free State

-

-

6.6

5.5

5.9

6.8

5.4

4.4

4.9

Gauteng

-

-

104.2

105.9

120.8

117.4

114.4

111.9

115.4

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

32.5

31.7

36.0

36.5

31.8

29.2

29.4

Mpumalanga

-

-

24.6

22.4

23.2

23.8

21.3

22.9

18.9

North West

-

-

16.1

14.1

16.3

20.2

21.2

23.6

15.0

Northern Cape

-

-

1.7

1.3

2.1

1.0

0.5

0.7

1.7

Limpopo

-

-

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.2

4.0

5.3

3.9

Western Cape

-

-

7.3

8.0

9.8

12.1

14.1

18.4

20.6

RSA Total

-

-

31.9

31.6

35.9

35.9

34.3

34.3

33.6

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1996/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-

-

-6.3%

22.6%

-3.0%

5.5%

14.0%

-20.1%

7.1%

Free State

-

-

-15.0%

8.8%

15.0%

-17.4%

-17.1%

11.9%

-18.5%

Gauteng

-

-

3.9%

16.5%

-0.5%

-1.7%

-0.3%

5.0%

23.9%

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

-0.4%

16.0%

3.7%

-12.3%

-6.6%

2.5%

0.6%

Mpumalanga

-

-

-6.6%

6.3%

5.6%

-9.5%

9.7%

-15.6%

-12.2%

North West

-

-

-10.6%

18.2%

26.9%

5.4%

12.9%

-35.4%

3.0%

Northern Cape

-

-

-21.4%

63.6%

-50.0%

-55.6%

50.0%

150.0%

7.1%

Limpopo

-

-

3.8%

-1.0%

-11.1%

30.2%

35.9%

-22.7%

24.9%

Western Cape

-

-

11.8%

23.9%

26.3%

17.5%

31.9%

14.2%

209.7%

RSA Total

-

-

1.2%

16.1%

2.2%

-2.9%

2.0%

-0.0%

18.9%