Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

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

845

1,000

1,430

1,674

1,811

1,983

2,059

2,180

2,123

Free State

589

582

646

615

593

608

558

537

567

Gauteng

2,547

2,737

2,799

2,967

3,269

3,484

3,552

3,683

3,885

KwaZulu-Natal

4,541

4,392

4,334

3,867

4,356

4,997

4,319

4,244

4,410

Mpumalanga

591

563

691

649

799

868

808

838

861

North West

512

676

654

722

790

765

756

810

882

Northern Cape

89

176

150

162

164

127

157

167

117

Limpopo

445

391

658

603

628

614

592

721

694

Western Cape

977

1,369

1,524

1,618

2,053

1,926

2,188

2,210

2,053

RSA Total

11,136

11,886

12,886

12,877

14,463

15,372

14,989

15,390

15,592

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

14.0

16.3

22.8

26.2

27.8

29.8

30.1

31.1

29.7

Free State

23.4

22.7

24.7

23.0

21.8

22.4

20.0

18.9

19.7

Gauteng

36.4

38.3

38.3

39.7

42.9

44.6

45.1

45.9

47.5

KwaZulu-Natal

56.6

53.6

51.8

45.2

49.9

56.0

48.1

46.4

47.4

Mpumalanga

22.3

20.8

24.8

22.8

27.3

28.9

26.6

26.9

27.1

North West

16.0

20.7

19.6

21.2

22.7

21.5

21.2

22.3

23.9

Northern Cape

10.9

21.3

17.9

19.1

19.0

14.5

18.0

18.9

13.1

Limpopo

9.6

8.2

13.5

12.0

12.1

11.5

10.7

12.7

11.8

Western Cape

25.8

35.4

38.7

40.3

50.2

46.2

52.2

51.9

47.5

RSA Total

28.8

30.1

31.9

31.2

34.3

35.7

34.3

34.5

34.3

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

18.3%

43.0%

17.1%

8.2%

9.5%

3.8%

5.9%

-2.6%

151.2%

Free State

-1.2%

11.0%

-4.8%

-3.6%

2.5%

-8.2%

-3.8%

5.6%

-3.7%

Gauteng

7.5%

2.3%

6.0%

10.2%

6.6%

2.0%

3.7%

5.5%

52.5%

KwaZulu-Natal

-3.3%

-1.3%

-10.8%

12.6%

14.7%

-13.6%

-1.7%

3.9%

-2.9%

Mpumalanga

-4.7%

22.7%

-6.1%

23.1%

8.6%

-6.9%

3.7%

2.7%

45.7%

North West

32.0%

-3.3%

10.4%

9.4%

-3.2%

-1.2%

7.1%

8.9%

72.3%

Northern Cape

97.8%

-14.8%

8.0%

1.2%

-22.6%

23.6%

6.4%

-29.9%

31.5%

Limpopo

-12.1%

68.3%

-8.4%

4.1%

-2.2%

-3.6%

21.8%

-3.7%

56.0%

Western Cape

40.1%

11.3%

6.2%

26.9%

-6.2%

13.6%

1.0%

-7.1%

110.1%

RSA Total

6.7%

8.4%

-0.1%

12.3%

6.3%

-2.5%

2.7%

1.3%

40.0%