Murder

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

4,600

4,495

4,437

3,938

3,905

3,740

3,471

3,553

3,365

Free State

1,286

1,394

1,336

1,229

1,172

1,047

945

926

957

Gauteng

5,852

5,838

5,628

5,824

5,881

5,045

4,967

4,779

4,830

KwaZulu-Natal

7,686

7,611

6,434

6,211

6,513

6,041

5,515

5,371

5,405

Mpumalanga

999

1,187

1,399

1,218

1,156

1,069

973

923

1,050

North West

1,216

1,463

1,568

1,320

1,413

1,124

1,077

1,108

1,143

Northern Cape

571

696

591

547

602

511

485

451

433

Limpopo

1,023

937

935

973

954

817

803

847

706

Western Cape

2,732

3,256

3,142

3,226

3,531

3,210

3,522

3,447

3,664

RSA Total

25,965

26,877

25,470

24,486

25,127

22,604

21,758

21,405

21,553

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

76.3

73.1

70.8

61.6

59.9

56.2

50.7

50.7

47.0

Free State

51.1

54.3

51.0

46.0

43.0

38.6

33.9

32.7

33.2

Gauteng

83.6

81.7

77.0

78.0

77.1

64.6

63.1

59.6

59.1

KwaZulu-Natal

95.8

92.9

76.9

72.7

74.6

67.7

61.4

58.7

58.1

Mpumalanga

37.8

43.8

50.3

42.7

39.5

35.6

32.0

29.7

33.0

North West

38.1

44.8

47.0

38.7

40.6

31.6

30.2

30.6

31.0

Northern Cape

70.2

84.4

70.6

64.4

69.9

58.4

55.6

51.1

48.6

Limpopo

22.1

19.7

19.1

19.3

18.4

15.3

14.6

14.9

12.1

Western Cape

72.0

84.3

79.8

80.4

86.4

77.0

84.0

81.0

84.8

RSA Total

67.2

68.1

63.1

59.4

59.6

52.5

49.8

48.0

47.4

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

-2.3%

-1.3%

-11.2%

-0.8%

-4.2%

-7.2%

2.4%

-5.3%

-26.8%

Free State

8.4%

-4.2%

-8.0%

-4.6%

-10.7%

-9.7%

-2.0%

3.3%

-25.6%

Gauteng

-0.2%

-3.6%

3.5%

1.0%

-14.2%

-1.5%

-3.8%

1.1%

-17.5%

KwaZulu-Natal

-1.0%

-15.5%

-3.5%

4.9%

-7.2%

-8.7%

-2.6%

0.6%

-29.7%

Mpumalanga

18.8%

17.9%

-12.9%

-5.1%

-7.5%

-9.0%

-5.1%

13.8%

5.1%

North West

20.3%

7.2%

-15.8%

7.0%

-20.5%

-4.2%

2.9%

3.2%

-6.0%

Northern Cape

21.9%

-15.1%

-7.4%

10.1%

-15.1%

-5.1%

-7.0%

-4.0%

-24.2%

Limpopo

-8.4%

-0.2%

4.1%

-2.0%

-14.4%

-1.7%

5.5%

-16.6%

-31.0%

Western Cape

19.2%

-3.5%

2.7%

9.5%

-9.1%

9.7%

-2.1%

6.3%

34.1%

RSA Total

3.5%

-5.2%

-3.9%

2.6%

-10.0%

-3.7%

-1.6%

0.7%

-17.0%