Common assault

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

27,416

28,688

29,317

28,321

27,251

29,663

30,174

30,129

29,887

Free State

20,227

19,813

19,437

19,423

20,757

23,530

24,878

25,307

26,890

Gauteng

49,204

48,195

44,488

42,167

41,933

48,335

53,924

60,468

70,151

KwaZulu-Natal

27,297

27,858

26,671

25,816

26,649

29,842

32,984

35,575

39,266

Mpumalanga

8,718

9,565

9,824

9,439

9,349

10,917

12,083

12,830

14,801

North West

11,814

13,676

13,966

14,722

14,655

16,585

17,697

19,249

19,211

Northern Cape

7,660

8,356

8,062

8,294

8,516

9,172

9,145

8,975

9,918

Limpopo

13,650

13,446

14,710

15,099

15,401

16,954

19,599

21,601

20,725

Western Cape

34,262

36,409

36,548

38,036

39,167

47,026

48,378

47,752

51,677

RSA Total

200,248

206,006

203,023

201,317

203,678

232,024

248,862

261,886

282,526

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

454.9

466.7

467.7

443.0

418.0

445.5

440.7

430.3

417.5

Free State

803.3

771.5

742.2

726.9

761.7

866.7

891.5

892.8

934.0

Gauteng

703.3

674.2

609.0

564.9

549.7

619.1

684.9

753.9

858.6

KwaZulu-Natal

340.1

339.9

318.7

302.1

305.4

334.4

367.0

389.0

421.8

Mpumalanga

329.6

352.6

353.1

331.0

319.7

363.5

397.1

412.4

465.3

North West

369.8

419.0

418.8

432.1

421.0

465.6

496.2

530.9

521.2

Northern Cape

942.2

1,012.8

963.2

976.9

989.1

1,048.2

1,047.7

1,017.8

1,113.3

Limpopo

295.5

282.9

300.8

300.0

297.4

317.7

355.4

380.1

353.8

Western Cape

903.5

942.5

928.3

948.3

958.3

1,127.5

1,154.4

1,122.1

1,195.7

RSA Total

518.4

521.9

503.2

488.3

483.5

538.9

569.7

587.7

621.6

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

4.6%

2.2%

-3.4%

-3.8%

8.9%

1.7%

-0.1%

-0.8%

9.0%

Free State

-2.0%

-1.9%

-0.1%

6.9%

13.4%

5.7%

1.7%

6.3%

32.9%

Gauteng

-2.1%

-7.7%

-5.2%

-0.6%

15.3%

11.6%

12.1%

16.0%

42.6%

KwaZulu-Natal

2.1%

-4.3%

-3.2%

3.2%

12.0%

10.5%

7.9%

10.4%

43.8%

Mpumalanga

9.7%

2.7%

-3.9%

-1.0%

16.8%

10.7%

6.2%

15.4%

69.8%

North West

15.8%

2.1%

5.4%

-0.5%

13.2%

6.7%

8.8%

-0.2%

62.6%

Northern Cape

9.1%

-3.5%

2.9%

2.7%

7.7%

-0.3%

-1.9%

10.5%

29.5%

Limpopo

-1.5%

9.4%

2.6%

2.0%

10.1%

15.6%

10.2%

-4.1%

51.8%

Western Cape

6.3%

0.4%

4.1%

3.0%

20.1%

2.9%

-1.3%

8.2%

50.8%

RSA Total

2.9%

-1.4%

-0.8%

1.2%

13.9%

7.3%

5.2%

7.9%

41.1%