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

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

1,335

1,347

1,339

1,285

1,162

1,101

942

926

964

Attempted murder

1,064

1,016

1,267

1,178

1,334

1,209

989

1,307

1,692

Culpable homicide

930

970

1,034

942

940

868

757

774

757

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

2,968

2,859

2,468

1,983

2,315

2,169

2,081

2,473

2,542

Other robbery

1,888

2,079

2,452

2,605

2,764

3,234

4,080

4,243

5,127

Public violence

95

70

46

89

56

38

44

29

96

Rape

3,637

3,859

3,886

3,909

3,536

3,511

3,572

3,815

3,704

Indecent assault

213

340

336

306

279

319

391

437

542

Crimen Injuria

3,093

3,886

3,661

3,948

4,380

5,093

7,059

6,880

7,193

Child abuse

133

158

155

181

162

195

192

204

273

Kidnapping

247

265

224

147

162

153

160

152

71

Abduction

209

162

149

264

251

240

226

230

227

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

17,347

17,921

17,596

17,635

17,320

18,172

18,590

17,884

18,008

Common assault

19,239

19,984

19,521

19,586

19,939

22,496

25,208

24,890

26,561

Burglary at non-residential premises

7,567

7,137

7,656

6,853

6,843

6,656

6,525

6,549

5,308

Burglary at residential premises

15,488

16,663

16,342

16,228

16,962

17,749

18,801

18,815

21,096

Stock theft

6,819

6,700

6,043

6,270

5,814

6,147

5,924

5,621

6,793

Shoplifting

5,339

4,644

4,440

4,343

4,501

4,471

4,186

4,144

3,733

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

3,881

4,030

3,768

3,411

3,516

3,417

3,050

3,036

3,040

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

9,768

9,261

9,799

8,392

9,217

8,742

8,814

9,763

9,442

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

31,238

30,681

30,146

29,392

30,171

31,996

35,727

37,684

40,231

Arson

717

616

555

556

590

519

485

416

493

Malicious damage to property

10,925

10,812

10,121

9,497

9,663

9,368

9,450

9,832

10,403

Fraud

4,129

4,178

3,863

3,819

3,286

3,484

3,577

3,002

2,816

Drug related crime

4,649

4,060

3,832

3,670

3,211

3,500

3,375

4,078

4,648

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

1,260

1,213

1,208

1,201

1,166

1,294

1,192

1,069

1,094

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

589

582

646

615

593

608

558

537

567

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

Carjacking

-

-

173

147

160

184

152

126

141

Truck hijacking

-

-

121

100

124

106

132

115

35

Robbery of cash in transit

-

-

5

9

10

7

4

9

11

Bank robbery

-

-

40

34

15

19

15

14

4

House robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

135

Business robbery

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

157