Fraud

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

6,722

5,977

6,211

6,666

6,256

6,583

6,673

5,201

4,656

Free State

4,347

4,089

3,830

3,639

3,319

3,533

3,530

2,694

3,023

Gauteng

22,826

22,126

23,020

23,578

24,449

28,202

26,698

24,074

23,420

KwaZulu-Natal

9,946

9,002

8,848

8,864

9,880

10,302

10,980

9,690

8,845

Mpumalanga

2,918

3,352

3,161

3,265

3,257

3,097

3,080

2,713

2,823

North West

3,047

3,430

3,285

3,353

3,182

3,473

3,040

2,584

2,703

Northern Cape

2,093

1,452

1,261

1,317

1,265

1,310

1,208

1,146

1,019

Limpopo

2,255

2,566

2,758

2,728

2,825

2,488

2,455

2,334

2,150

Western Cape

8,902

8,955

9,808

9,882

8,917

8,927

8,909

8,026

7,593

RSA Total

63,056

60,949

62,182

63,292

63,350

67,915

66,573

58,462

56,232

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

111.5

97.2

99.1

104.3

96.0

98.9

97.5

74.3

65.0

Free State

172.6

159.2

146.2

136.2

121.8

130.1

126.5

95.0

105.0

Gauteng

326.3

309.5

315.1

315.8

320.5

361.2

339.1

300.2

286.6

KwaZulu-Natal

123.9

109.8

105.7

103.7

113.2

115.4

122.2

105.9

95.0

Mpumalanga

110.3

123.6

113.6

114.5

111.4

103.1

101.2

87.2

88.7

North West

95.4

105.1

98.5

98.4

91.4

97.5

85.2

71.3

73.3

Northern Cape

257.4

176.0

150.7

155.1

146.9

149.7

138.4

130.0

114.4

Limpopo

48.8

54.0

56.4

54.2

54.5

46.6

44.5

41.1

36.7

Western Cape

234.8

231.8

249.1

246.4

218.2

214.0

212.6

188.6

175.7

RSA Total

163.2

154.4

154.1

153.5

150.4

157.7

152.4

131.2

123.7

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

-11.1%

3.9%

7.3%

-6.2%

5.2%

1.4%

-22.1%

-10.5%

-30.7%

Free State

-5.9%

-6.3%

-5.0%

-8.8%

6.4%

-0.1%

-23.7%

12.2%

-30.5%

Gauteng

-3.1%

4.0%

2.4%

3.7%

15.4%

-5.3%

-9.8%

-2.7%

2.6%

KwaZulu-Natal

-9.5%

-1.7%

0.2%

11.5%

4.3%

6.6%

-11.7%

-8.7%

-11.1%

Mpumalanga

14.9%

-5.7%

3.3%

-0.2%

-4.9%

-0.5%

-11.9%

4.1%

-3.3%

North West

12.6%

-4.2%

2.1%

-5.1%

9.1%

-12.5%

-15.0%

4.6%

-11.3%

Northern Cape

-30.6%

-13.2%

4.4%

-3.9%

3.6%

-7.8%

-5.1%

-11.1%

-51.3%

Limpopo

13.8%

7.5%

-1.1%

3.6%

-11.9%

-1.3%

-4.9%

-7.9%

-4.7%

Western Cape

0.6%

9.5%

0.8%

-9.8%

0.1%

-0.2%

-9.9%

-5.4%

-14.7%

RSA Total

-3.3%

2.0%

1.8%

0.1%

7.2%

-2.0%

-12.2%

-3.8%

-10.8%