Malicious damage to property

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

16,056

16,637

16,681

16,098

15,560

15,858

15,462

15,642

16,261

Free State

11,063

10,512

10,017

9,510

9,588

9,366

9,411

9,986

10,710

Gauteng

33,047

34,979

34,889

33,248

33,071

36,097

38,208

39,072

43,194

KwaZulu-Natal

18,935

20,433

19,861

18,365

19,897

20,610

20,719

21,664

22,825

Mpumalanga

6,597

7,451

7,724

7,429

7,754

7,800

7,883

8,084

8,542

North West

7,245

7,978

8,119

8,576

8,506

8,586

9,237

9,752

11,032

Northern Cape

4,545

4,977

4,762

4,549

4,591

4,662

4,310

4,267

4,628

Limpopo

5,677

6,176

6,789

6,787

6,899

6,957

7,667

8,244

8,401

Western Cape

20,140

20,536

20,939

21,980

23,298

24,410

26,558

28,740

31,477

RSA Total

123,305

129,679

129,781

126,542

129,164

134,346

139,455

145,451

157,070

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

266.4

270.7

266.1

251.8

238.7

238.1

225.8

223.4

227.1

Free State

439.4

409.3

382.5

355.9

351.9

345.0

337.2

352.3

372.0

Gauteng

472.4

489.4

477.6

445.4

433.5

462.4

485.3

487.2

528.7

KwaZulu-Natal

235.9

249.3

237.3

214.9

228.0

231.0

230.5

236.9

245.2

Mpumalanga

249.4

274.6

277.6

260.5

265.2

259.7

259.1

259.8

268.5

North West

226.8

244.4

243.4

251.7

244.4

241.0

259.0

269.0

299.3

Northern Cape

559.0

603.3

568.9

535.8

533.2

532.8

493.8

483.9

519.5

Limpopo

122.9

129.9

138.8

134.8

133.2

130.4

139.0

145.0

143.4

Western Cape

531.1

531.6

531.9

548.0

570.1

585.2

633.7

675.3

728.3

RSA Total

319.2

328.5

321.7

306.9

306.6

312.0

319.2

326.4

345.6

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

3.6%

0.3%

-3.5%

-3.3%

1.9%

-2.5%

1.2%

4.0%

1.3%

Free State

-5.0%

-4.7%

-5.1%

0.8%

-2.3%

0.5%

6.1%

7.3%

-3.2%

Gauteng

5.8%

-0.3%

-4.7%

-0.5%

9.2%

5.8%

2.3%

10.5%

30.7%

KwaZulu-Natal

7.9%

-2.8%

-7.5%

8.3%

3.6%

0.5%

4.6%

5.4%

20.5%

Mpumalanga

12.9%

3.7%

-3.8%

4.4%

0.6%

1.1%

2.5%

5.7%

29.5%

North West

10.1%

1.8%

5.6%

-0.8%

0.9%

7.6%

5.6%

13.1%

52.3%

Northern Cape

9.5%

-4.3%

-4.5%

0.9%

1.5%

-7.6%

-1.0%

8.5%

1.8%

Limpopo

8.8%

9.9%

-0.0%

1.7%

0.8%

10.2%

7.5%

1.9%

48.0%

Western Cape

2.0%

2.0%

5.0%

6.0%

4.8%

8.8%

8.2%

9.5%

56.3%

RSA Total

5.2%

0.1%

-2.5%

2.1%

4.0%

3.8%

4.3%

8.0%

27.4%