Crimen Injuria

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

3,708

4,311

5,175

5,479

5,777

6,685

7,141

7,258

7,005

Free State

3,648

3,780

3,649

4,061

4,617

5,704

7,110

6,808

7,463

Gauteng

7,474

7,108

6,551

6,530

6,415

7,611

9,418

10,011

10,757

KwaZulu-Natal

4,236

4,444

4,538

4,299

4,798

5,388

6,274

7,198

8,044

Mpumalanga

1,512

1,580

1,555

1,665

1,683

2,132

2,400

2,740

3,055

North West

2,151

2,802

3,116

3,665

3,429

4,560

5,324

5,597

5,338

Northern Cape

2,041

2,343

2,414

2,784

3,307

3,583

3,496

3,611

4,018

Limpopo

2,384

2,541

2,720

3,202

3,338

4,080

5,338

6,185

4,932

Western Cape

6,227

6,353

6,782

7,688

7,927

9,767

11,110

11,511

13,105

RSA Total

33,381

35,262

36,500

39,373

41,291

49,510

57,611

60,919

63,717

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

61.5

70.1

82.5

85.7

88.6

100.4

104.3

103.7

97.9

Free State

144.9

147.2

139.3

152.0

169.4

210.1

254.8

240.2

259.2

Gauteng

106.8

99.4

89.7

87.5

84.1

97.5

119.6

124.8

131.7

KwaZulu-Natal

52.8

54.2

54.2

50.3

55.0

60.4

69.8

78.7

86.4

Mpumalanga

57.2

58.2

55.9

58.4

57.6

71.0

78.9

88.1

96.0

North West

67.3

85.8

93.4

107.6

98.5

128.0

149.3

154.4

144.8

Northern Cape

251.0

284.0

288.4

327.9

384.1

409.5

400.5

409.5

451.0

Limpopo

51.6

53.5

55.6

63.6

64.5

76.4

96.8

108.8

84.2

Western Cape

164.2

164.5

172.3

191.7

194.0

234.2

265.1

270.5

303.2

RSA Total

86.4

89.3

90.5

95.5

98.0

115.0

131.9

136.7

140.2

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

16.3%

20.0%

5.9%

5.4%

15.7%

6.8%

1.6%

-3.5%

88.9%

Free State

3.6%

-3.5%

11.3%

13.7%

23.5%

24.6%

-4.2%

9.6%

104.6%

Gauteng

-4.9%

-7.8%

-0.3%

-1.8%

18.6%

23.7%

6.3%

7.5%

43.9%

KwaZulu-Natal

4.9%

2.1%

-5.3%

11.6%

12.3%

16.4%

14.7%

11.8%

89.9%

Mpumalanga

4.5%

-1.6%

7.1%

1.1%

26.7%

12.6%

14.2%

11.5%

102.1%

North West

30.3%

11.2%

17.6%

-6.4%

33.0%

16.8%

5.1%

-4.6%

148.2%

Northern Cape

14.8%

3.0%

15.3%

18.8%

8.3%

-2.4%

3.3%

11.3%

96.9%

Limpopo

6.6%

7.0%

17.7%

4.2%

22.2%

30.8%

15.9%

-20.3%

106.9%

Western Cape

2.0%

6.8%

13.4%

3.1%

23.2%

13.8%

3.6%

13.8%

110.5%

RSA Total

5.6%

3.5%

7.9%

4.9%

19.9%

16.4%

5.7%

4.6%

90.9%