Drug related crime

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

5,197

4,454

5,650

5,726

5,078

5,139

5,795

7,386

7,532

Free State

4,506

3,919

3,949

3,480

3,391

3,316

3,541

4,572

4,272

Gauteng

7,595

6,167

6,179

6,006

5,318

5,480

5,955

8,737

8,874

KwaZulu-Natal

8,540

7,194

7,946

8,893

8,631

8,802

9,286

10,241

10,726

Mpumalanga

2,200

1,726

1,894

1,906

1,772

1,838

1,801

1,699

1,530

North West

2,607

2,495

2,476

2,277

1,964

2,114

2,297

3,142

3,173

Northern Cape

1,570

1,520

1,521

1,551

1,424

1,805

1,805

1,914

2,046

Limpopo

1,461

1,184

1,513

1,644

1,552

1,409

1,484

1,780

1,844

Western Cape

12,252

10,675

9,235

10,969

10,363

13,699

12,975

13,429

13,813

RSA Total

45,928

39,334

40,363

42,452

39,493

43,602

44,939

52,900

53,810

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

86.2

72.5

90.1

89.6

77.9

77.2

84.6

105.5

105.2

Free State

179.0

152.6

150.8

130.2

124.4

122.1

126.9

161.3

148.4

Gauteng

108.6

86.3

84.6

80.5

69.7

70.2

75.6

108.9

108.6

KwaZulu-Natal

106.4

87.8

94.9

104.1

98.9

98.6

103.3

112.0

115.2

Mpumalanga

83.2

63.6

68.1

66.8

60.6

61.2

59.2

54.6

48.1

North West

81.6

76.4

74.2

66.8

56.4

59.3

64.4

86.7

86.1

Northern Cape

193.1

184.2

181.7

182.7

165.4

206.3

206.8

217.1

229.7

Limpopo

31.6

24.9

30.9

32.7

30.0

26.4

26.9

31.3

31.5

Western Cape

323.1

276.3

234.6

273.5

253.6

328.4

309.6

315.6

319.6

RSA Total

118.9

99.6

100.0

103.0

93.7

101.3

102.9

118.7

118.4

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

-14.3%

26.9%

1.3%

-11.3%

1.2%

12.8%

27.5%

2.0%

44.9%

Free State

-13.0%

0.8%

-11.9%

-2.6%

-2.2%

6.8%

29.1%

-6.6%

-5.2%

Gauteng

-18.8%

0.2%

-2.8%

-11.5%

3.0%

8.7%

46.7%

1.6%

16.8%

KwaZulu-Natal

-15.8%

10.5%

11.9%

-2.9%

2.0%

5.5%

10.3%

4.7%

25.6%

Mpumalanga

-21.5%

9.7%

0.6%

-7.0%

3.7%

-2.0%

-5.7%

-9.9%

-30.5%

North West

-4.3%

-0.8%

-8.0%

-13.7%

7.6%

8.7%

36.8%

1.0%

21.7%

Northern Cape

-3.2%

0.1%

2.0%

-8.2%

26.8%

0.0%

6.0%

6.9%

30.3%

Limpopo

-19.0%

27.8%

8.7%

-5.6%

-9.2%

5.3%

19.9%

3.6%

26.2%

Western Cape

-12.9%

-13.5%

18.8%

-5.5%

32.2%

-5.3%

3.5%

2.9%

12.7%

RSA Total

-14.4%

2.6%

5.2%

-7.0%

10.4%

3.1%

17.7%

1.7%

17.2%