Culpable homicide

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

1,449

1,550

1,578

1,574

1,440

1,276

1,099

1,109

1,197

Free State

927

1,057

1,026

894

937

827

765

769

765

Gauteng

2,739

3,088

2,979

3,112

2,966

2,550

2,267

2,463

2,454

KwaZulu-Natal

2,620

2,739

2,643

2,637

2,619

2,496

2,214

2,236

2,284

Mpumalanga

1,087

1,242

1,260

1,178

1,149

1,088

945

1,037

984

North West

1,083

1,406

1,319

1,263

1,106

925

841

904

931

Northern Cape

277

304

324

304

313

288

266

253

286

Limpopo

918

939

945

930

921

797

853

885

880

Western Cape

1,460

1,560

1,605

1,600

1,553

1,459

1,385

1,288

1,421

RSA Total

12,560

13,885

13,679

13,492

13,004

11,706

10,635

10,944

11,202

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

24.0

25.2

25.2

24.6

22.1

19.2

16.1

15.8

16.7

Free State

36.8

41.2

39.2

33.5

34.4

30.5

27.4

27.1

26.6

Gauteng

39.2

43.2

40.8

41.7

38.9

32.7

28.8

30.7

30.0

KwaZulu-Natal

32.6

33.4

31.6

30.9

30.0

28.0

24.6

24.4

24.5

Mpumalanga

41.1

45.8

45.3

41.3

39.3

36.2

31.1

33.3

30.9

North West

33.9

43.1

39.6

37.1

31.8

26.0

23.6

24.9

25.3

Northern Cape

34.1

36.8

38.7

35.8

36.4

32.9

30.5

28.7

32.1

Limpopo

19.9

19.8

19.3

18.5

17.8

14.9

15.5

15.6

15.0

Western Cape

38.5

40.4

40.8

39.9

38.0

35.0

33.0

30.3

32.9

RSA Total

32.5

35.2

33.9

32.7

30.9

27.2

24.3

24.6

24.6

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

7.0%

1.8%

-0.3%

-8.5%

-11.4%

-13.9%

0.9%

7.9%

-17.4%

Free State

14.0%

-2.9%

-12.9%

4.8%

-11.7%

-7.5%

0.5%

-0.5%

-17.5%

Gauteng

12.7%

-3.5%

4.5%

-4.7%

-14.0%

-11.1%

8.6%

-0.4%

-10.4%

KwaZulu-Natal

4.5%

-3.5%

-0.2%

-0.7%

-4.7%

-11.3%

1.0%

2.1%

-12.8%

Mpumalanga

14.3%

1.4%

-6.5%

-2.5%

-5.3%

-13.1%

9.7%

-5.1%

-9.5%

North West

29.8%

-6.2%

-4.2%

-12.4%

-16.4%

-9.1%

7.5%

3.0%

-14.0%

Northern Cape

9.7%

6.6%

-6.2%

3.0%

-8.0%

-7.6%

-4.9%

13.0%

3.2%

Limpopo

2.3%

0.6%

-1.6%

-1.0%

-13.5%

7.0%

3.8%

-0.6%

-4.1%

Western Cape

6.8%

2.9%

-0.3%

-2.9%

-6.1%

-5.1%

-7.0%

10.3%

-2.7%

RSA Total

10.5%

-1.5%

-1.4%

-3.6%

-10.0%

-9.1%

2.9%

2.4%

-10.8%