Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

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

3,122

2,984

2,844

3,212

3,338

3,748

3,944

3,814

3,330

Free State

1,228

1,227

1,190

1,189

1,285

1,205

1,164

1,025

1,111

Gauteng

8,260

6,315

7,533

9,716

7,074

6,846

6,352

6,168

5,123

KwaZulu-Natal

3,703

3,600

3,676

5,069

4,765

5,027

4,630

3,556

4,114

Mpumalanga

1,522

1,542

1,820

1,669

1,858

1,990

1,718

1,473

1,365

North West

1,673

1,487

1,437

1,331

1,144

1,108

1,142

1,278

1,227

Northern Cape

824

795

737

673

743

889

857

885

755

Limpopo

845

781

874

678

637

761

1,035

1,460

665

Western Cape

4,522

4,309

4,411

5,212

4,265

4,461

4,670

4,894

4,454

RSA Total

25,699

23,040

24,522

28,749

25,109

26,035

25,512

24,553

22,144

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

51.8

48.5

45.4

50.2

51.2

56.3

57.6

54.5

46.5

Free State

48.8

47.8

45.4

44.5

47.2

44.4

41.7

36.2

38.6

Gauteng

118.1

88.3

103.1

130.2

92.7

87.7

80.7

76.9

62.7

KwaZulu-Natal

46.1

43.9

43.9

59.3

54.6

56.3

51.5

38.9

44.2

Mpumalanga

57.5

56.8

65.4

58.5

63.5

66.3

56.5

47.3

42.9

North West

52.4

45.6

43.1

39.1

32.9

31.1

32.0

35.2

33.3

Northern Cape

101.4

96.4

88.1

79.3

86.3

101.6

98.2

100.4

84.7

Limpopo

18.3

16.4

17.9

13.5

12.3

14.3

18.8

25.7

11.4

Western Cape

119.3

111.5

112.0

129.9

104.4

107.0

111.4

115.0

103.1

RSA Total

66.5

58.4

60.8

69.7

59.6

60.5

58.4

55.1

48.7

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

-4.4%

-4.7%

12.9%

3.9%

12.3%

5.2%

-3.3%

-12.7%

6.7%

Free State

-0.1%

-3.0%

-0.1%

8.1%

-6.2%

-3.4%

-11.9%

8.4%

-9.5%

Gauteng

-23.5%

19.3%

29.0%

-27.2%

-3.2%

-7.2%

-2.9%

-16.9%

-38.0%

KwaZulu-Natal

-2.8%

2.1%

37.9%

-6.0%

5.5%

-7.9%

-23.2%

15.7%

11.1%

Mpumalanga

1.3%

18.0%

-8.3%

11.3%

7.1%

-13.7%

-14.3%

-7.3%

-10.3%

North West

-11.1%

-3.4%

-7.4%

-14.0%

-3.1%

3.1%

11.9%

-4.0%

-26.7%

Northern Cape

-3.5%

-7.3%

-8.7%

10.4%

19.7%

-3.6%

3.3%

-14.7%

-8.4%

Limpopo

-7.6%

11.9%

-22.4%

-6.0%

19.5%

36.0%

41.1%

-54.5%

-21.3%

Western Cape

-4.7%

2.4%

18.2%

-18.2%

4.6%

4.7%

4.8%

-9.0%

-1.5%

RSA Total

-10.3%

6.4%

17.2%

-12.7%

3.7%

-2.0%

-3.8%

-9.8%

-13.8%