Culpable homicide

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

1,478

1,445

1,594

1,606

1,505

1,305

1,125

1,096

1,137

Free State

930

970

1,034

942

940

868

757

774

757

Gauteng

2,804

2,931

3,073

3,071

3,004

2,674

2,271

2,432

2,452

KwaZulu-Natal

2,594

2,725

2,708

2,611

2,607

2,571

2,270

2,201

2,294

Mpumalanga

1,059

1,199

1,304

1,169

1,179

1,100

965

1,023

985

North West

1,096

1,354

1,332

1,288

1,115

963

857

868

920

Northern Cape

283

300

302

319

314

303

267

251

281

Limpopo

888

989

915

939

891

874

841

873

855

Western Cape

1,451

1,470

1,681

1,557

1,585

1,508

1,373

1,327

1,406

RSA Total

12,583

13,383

13,943

13,502

13,140

12,166

10,726

10,845

11,087

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

24.5

23.5

25.4

25.1

23.1

19.6

16.4

15.7

15.9

Free State

36.9

37.8

39.5

35.3

34.5

32.0

27.1

27.3

26.3

Gauteng

40.1

41.0

42.1

41.1

39.4

34.3

28.8

30.3

30.0

KwaZulu-Natal

32.3

33.3

32.4

30.6

29.9

28.8

25.3

24.1

24.6

Mpumalanga

40.0

44.2

46.9

41.0

40.3

36.6

31.7

32.9

31.0

North West

34.3

41.5

39.9

37.8

32.0

27.0

24.0

23.9

25.0

Northern Cape

34.8

36.4

36.1

37.6

36.5

34.6

30.6

28.5

31.5

Limpopo

19.2

20.8

18.7

18.7

17.2

16.4

15.2

15.4

14.6

Western Cape

38.3

38.1

42.7

38.8

38.8

36.2

32.8

31.2

32.5

RSA Total

32.6

33.9

34.6

32.7

31.2

28.3

24.6

24.3

24.4

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-2.2%

10.3%

0.8%

-6.3%

-13.3%

-13.8%

-2.6%

3.7%

-23.1%

Free State

4.3%

6.6%

-8.9%

-0.2%

-7.7%

-12.8%

2.2%

-2.2%

-18.6%

Gauteng

4.5%

4.8%

-0.1%

-2.2%

-11.0%

-15.1%

7.1%

0.8%

-12.6%

KwaZulu-Natal

5.1%

-0.6%

-3.6%

-0.2%

-1.4%

-11.7%

-3.0%

4.2%

-11.6%

Mpumalanga

13.2%

8.8%

-10.4%

0.9%

-6.7%

-12.3%

6.0%

-3.7%

-7.0%

North West

23.5%

-1.6%

-3.3%

-13.4%

-13.6%

-11.0%

1.3%

6.0%

-16.1%

Northern Cape

6.0%

0.7%

5.6%

-1.6%

-3.5%

-11.9%

-6.0%

12.0%

-0.7%

Limpopo

11.4%

-7.5%

2.6%

-5.1%

-1.9%

-3.8%

3.8%

-2.1%

-3.7%

Western Cape

1.3%

14.4%

-7.4%

1.8%

-4.9%

-9.0%

-3.4%

6.0%

-3.1%

RSA Total

6.4%

4.2%

-3.2%

-2.7%

-7.4%

-11.8%

1.1%

2.2%

-11.9%