Fraud

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

Reported Crime Figures

Province

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

Eastern Cape

7,246

5,890

6,229

6,526

6,369

6,380

6,993

5,465

4,842

Free State

4,129

4,178

3,863

3,819

3,286

3,484

3,577

3,002

2,816

Gauteng

22,494

22,114

22,982

23,734

23,604

27,306

27,625

24,712

23,605

KwaZulu-Natal

9,738

9,146

8,780

8,946

9,609

10,009

11,083

9,741

9,351

Mpumalanga

2,931

3,223

3,245

3,166

3,254

3,146

3,189

2,779

2,805

North West

3,024

3,305

3,366

3,305

3,148

3,537

3,117

2,766

2,648

Northern Cape

2,085

1,552

1,295

1,355

1,239

1,327

1,162

1,237

1,035

Limpopo

2,279

2,564

2,770

2,652

2,795

2,525

2,448

2,494

2,218

Western Cape

8,655

9,044

9,656

10,129

8,782

9,059

8,737

8,624

7,504

RSA Total

62,581

61,016

62,186

63,632

62,086

66,773

67,931

60,820

56,824

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

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

Eastern Cape

120.2

95.8

99.4

102.1

97.7

95.8

102.1

78.1

67.6

Free State

164.0

162.7

147.5

142.9

120.6

128.3

128.2

105.9

97.8

Gauteng

321.5

309.4

314.6

317.9

309.4

349.8

350.9

308.1

288.9

KwaZulu-Natal

121.3

111.6

104.9

104.7

110.1

112.2

123.3

106.5

100.5

Mpumalanga

110.8

118.8

116.6

111.0

111.3

104.8

104.8

89.3

88.2

North West

94.6

101.3

100.9

97.0

90.4

99.3

87.4

76.3

71.8

Northern Cape

256.5

188.1

154.7

159.6

143.9

151.7

133.1

140.3

116.2

Limpopo

49.3

53.9

56.6

52.7

54.0

47.3

44.4

43.9

37.9

Western Cape

228.2

234.1

245.3

252.5

214.9

217.2

208.5

202.6

173.6

RSA Total

162.0

154.6

154.1

154.3

147.4

155.1

155.5

136.5

125.0

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-18.7%

5.8%

4.8%

-2.4%

0.2%

9.6%

-21.9%

-11.4%

-33.2%

Free State

1.2%

-7.5%

-1.1%

-14.0%

6.0%

2.7%

-16.1%

-6.2%

-31.8%

Gauteng

-1.7%

3.9%

3.3%

-0.5%

15.7%

1.2%

-10.5%

-4.5%

4.9%

KwaZulu-Natal

-6.1%

-4.0%

1.9%

7.4%

4.2%

10.7%

-12.1%

-4.0%

-4.0%

Mpumalanga

10.0%

0.7%

-2.4%

2.8%

-3.3%

1.4%

-12.9%

0.9%

-4.3%

North West

9.3%

1.8%

-1.8%

-4.8%

12.4%

-11.9%

-11.3%

-4.3%

-12.4%

Northern Cape

-25.6%

-16.6%

4.6%

-8.6%

7.1%

-12.4%

6.5%

-16.3%

-50.4%

Limpopo

12.5%

8.0%

-4.3%

5.4%

-9.7%

-3.0%

1.9%

-11.1%

-2.7%

Western Cape

4.5%

6.8%

4.9%

-13.3%

3.2%

-3.6%

-1.3%

-13.0%

-13.3%

RSA Total

-2.5%

1.9%

2.3%

-2.4%

7.5%

1.7%

-10.5%

-6.6%

-9.2%