Crime in the RSA for the period January to December 1994-2002

Province : Eastern Cape

Area :  Provincial Total

Crime Category

Jan to Dec 1994

Jan to Dec 1995

Jan to Dec 1996

Jan to Dec 1997

Jan to Dec 1998

Jan to Dec 1999

Jan to Dec 2000

Jan to Dec 2001

Jan to Dec 2002

Murder

4,492

4,700

4,212

4,219

3,769

3,921

3,491

3,531

3,379

Attempted murder

1,939

2,385

3,435

3,467

3,607

3,506

3,231

3,671

3,986

Culpable homicide

1,478

1,445

1,594

1,606

1,505

1,305

1,125

1,096

1,137

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

6,544

6,215

4,970

5,211

6,447

6,987

7,652

8,530

8,533

Other robbery

2,641

3,245

5,154

5,419

6,702

7,947

9,916

10,238

11,296

Public violence

226

204

286

265

326

357

217

197

223

Rape

5,558

6,096

6,523

7,237

6,587

6,914

6,958

6,840

6,025

Indecent assault

417

433

569

593

518

674

725

735

814

Crimen Injuria

3,594

3,915

5,155

5,411

5,547

6,326

7,286

7,231

7,110

Child abuse

583

406

361

376

291

314

274

284

382

Kidnapping

588

580

623

561

533

563

505

502

465

Abduction

354

319

293

329

431

414

401

307

324

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

39,739

39,228

40,835

41,376

39,472

41,570

41,830

41,754

40,855

Common assault

26,937

27,979

29,541

28,882

27,091

28,494

30,998

29,821

29,979

Burglary at non-residential premises

8,010

8,566

9,262

9,617

9,947

9,961

10,250

9,717

8,734

Burglary at residential premises

25,083

25,147

25,110

26,015

29,755

32,719

34,372

35,600

38,237

Stock theft

12,392

11,757

11,438

11,635

10,751

10,761

10,703

10,766

12,647

Shoplifting

9,374

7,869

8,771

9,412

8,540

9,244

8,671

7,993

8,388

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

6,003

5,754

5,669

5,502

6,039

5,940

6,267

5,880

5,869

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

15,091

15,832

14,645

15,656

16,958

18,863

17,440

16,870

17,844

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

45,835

43,646

42,850

42,341

45,773

49,722

55,410

56,048

59,635

Arson

1,851

1,634

2,103

1,760

1,872

1,952

1,546

1,517

1,543

Malicious damage to property

16,090

16,454

16,780

16,320

15,588

15,758

15,640

15,609

15,982

Fraud

7,246

5,890

6,229

6,526

6,369

6,380

6,993

5,465

4,842

Drug related crime

5,298

4,591

5,280

5,972

5,148

5,124

5,564

6,618

7,993

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

3,267

2,958

2,857

3,101

3,321

3,555

3,916

3,996

3,306

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

845

1,000

1,430

1,674

1,811

1,983

2,059

2,180

2,123

These crimes have already been accounted for under robbery of aggravating circumstances

Carjacking

-

-

648

607

744

722

762

869

694

Truck hijacking

-

-

189

180

163

200

196

156

182

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

57

25

32

21

27

14

17

Bank robbery

-

-

53

28

39

28

33

26

18

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,528

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

704