Carjacking

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

This crime have already been accounted for under robbery with aggravating circumstances

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

-

-

655

656

734

721

775

825

669

Free State

-

-

173

129

172

174

146

145

110

Gauteng

-

-

7,613

7,896

9,672

8,986

8,903

9,315

9,371

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

2,762

2,667

3,312

3,140

2,804

2,838

2,444

Mpumalanga

-

-

726

645

653

733

655

727

495

North West

-

-

514

501

610

734

747

887

430

Northern Cape

-

-

9

14

16

7

8

9

10

Limpopo

-

-

187

200

182

155

237

307

197

Western Cape

-

-

273

344

422

522

655

793

965

RSA Total

-

-

12,912

13,052

15,773

15,172

14,930

15,846

14,691

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

-

-

10.4

10.3

11.3

10.8

11.3

11.8

9.3

Free State

-

-

6.6

4.8

6.3

6.4

5.2

5.1

3.8

Gauteng

-

-

104.2

105.8

126.8

115.1

113.1

116.1

114.7

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

33.0

31.2

38.0

35.2

31.2

31.0

26.3

Mpumalanga

-

-

26.1

22.6

22.3

24.4

21.5

23.4

15.6

North West

-

-

15.4

14.7

17.5

20.6

20.9

24.5

11.7

Northern Cape

-

-

1.1

1.6

1.9

0.8

0.9

1.0

1.1

Limpopo

-

-

3.8

4.0

3.5

2.9

4.3

5.4

3.4

Western Cape

-

-

6.9

8.6

10.3

12.5

15.6

18.6

22.3

RSA Total

-

-

32.0

31.7

37.4

35.2

34.2

35.6

32.3

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

1996-1997/ 2002-2003

Eastern Cape

-

-

0.2%

11.9%

-1.8%

7.5%

6.5%

-18.9%

2.1%

Free State

-

-

-25.4%

33.3%

1.2%

-16.1%

-0.7%

-24.1%

-36.4%

Gauteng

-

-

3.7%

22.5%

-7.1%

-0.9%

4.6%

0.6%

23.1%

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

-3.4%

24.2%

-5.2%

-10.7%

1.2%

-13.9%

-11.5%

Mpumalanga

-

-

-11.2%

1.2%

12.3%

-10.6%

11.0%

-31.9%

-31.8%

North West

-

-

-2.5%

21.8%

20.3%

1.8%

18.7%

-51.5%

-16.3%

Northern Cape

-

-

55.6%

14.3%

-56.3%

14.3%

12.5%

11.1%

11.1%

Limpopo

-

-

7.0%

-9.0%

-14.8%

52.9%

29.5%

-35.8%

5.3%

Western Cape

-

-

26.0%

22.7%

23.7%

25.5%

21.1%

21.7%

253.5%

RSA Total

-

-

1.1%

20.8%

-3.8%

-1.6%

6.1%

-7.3%

13.8%