Indecent assault

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

410

500

567

599

521

703

727

726

859

Free State

232

371

345

271

274

340

406

458

589

Gauteng

1,019

1,166

1,056

934

914

1,122

1,269

1,655

1,833

KwaZulu-Natal

646

816

727

749

791

926

1,051

1,169

1,405

Mpumalanga

136

228

436

196

188

214

232

268

290

North West

169

279

327

266

259

327

368

446

510

Northern Cape

99

139

130

149

166

242

226

280

355

Limpopo

112

184

173

185

146

177

197

254

284

Western Cape

1,186

1,444

1,463

1,571

1,709

2,055

2,176

2,427

2,690

RSA Total

4,009

5,127

5,224

4,920

4,968

6,106

6,652

7,683

8,815

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

6.8

8.1

9.0

9.4

8.0

10.6

10.6

10.4

12.0

Free State

9.2

14.4

13.2

10.1

10.1

12.5

14.5

16.2

20.5

Gauteng

14.6

16.3

14.5

12.5

12.0

14.4

16.1

20.6

22.4

KwaZulu-Natal

8.0

10.0

8.7

8.8

9.1

10.4

11.7

12.8

15.1

Mpumalanga

5.1

8.4

15.7

6.9

6.4

7.1

7.6

8.6

9.1

North West

5.3

8.5

9.8

7.8

7.4

9.2

10.3

12.3

13.8

Northern Cape

12.2

16.8

15.5

17.6

19.3

27.7

25.9

31.8

39.8

Limpopo

2.4

3.9

3.5

3.7

2.8

3.3

3.6

4.5

4.8

Western Cape

31.3

37.4

37.2

39.2

41.8

49.3

51.9

57.0

62.2

RSA Total

10.4

13.0

12.9

11.9

11.8

14.2

15.2

17.2

19.4

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

22.0%

13.4%

5.6%

-13.0%

34.9%

3.4%

-0.1%

18.3%

109.5%

Free State

59.9%

-7.0%

-21.4%

1.1%

24.1%

19.4%

12.8%

28.6%

153.9%

Gauteng

14.4%

-9.4%

-11.6%

-2.1%

22.8%

13.1%

30.4%

10.8%

79.9%

KwaZulu-Natal

26.3%

-10.9%

3.0%

5.6%

17.1%

13.5%

11.2%

20.2%

117.5%

Mpumalanga

67.6%

91.2%

-55.0%

-4.1%

13.8%

8.4%

15.5%

8.2%

113.2%

North West

65.1%

17.2%

-18.7%

-2.6%

26.3%

12.5%

21.2%

14.3%

201.8%

Northern Cape

40.4%

-6.5%

14.6%

11.4%

45.8%

-6.6%

23.9%

26.8%

258.6%

Limpopo

64.3%

-6.0%

6.9%

-21.1%

21.2%

11.3%

28.9%

11.8%

153.6%

Western Cape

21.8%

1.3%

7.4%

8.8%

20.2%

5.9%

11.5%

10.8%

126.8%

RSA Total

27.9%

1.9%

-5.8%

1.0%

22.9%

8.9%

15.5%

14.7%

119.9%