Public violence

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

226

204

286

265

326

357

217

197

223

Free State

95

70

46

89

56

38

44

29

96

Gauteng

279

253

171

291

236

287

286

105

164

KwaZulu-Natal

166

136

89

96

99

87

87

64

94

Mpumalanga

39

25

22

38

48

67

88

58

70

North West

46

44

55

32

38

65

64

44

64

Northern Cape

55

24

32

47

32

35

36

46

90

Limpopo

37

34

28

48

51

76

34

35

30

Western Cape

280

202

178

137

207

214

245

212

286

RSA Total

1,223

992

907

1,043

1,093

1,226

1,101

790

1,117

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

3.7

3.3

4.6

4.1

5.0

5.4

3.2

2.8

3.1

Free State

3.8

2.7

1.8

3.3

2.1

1.4

1.6

1.0

3.3

Gauteng

4.0

3.5

2.3

3.9

3.1

3.7

3.6

1.3

2.0

KwaZulu-Natal

2.1

1.7

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

0.7

1.0

Mpumalanga

1.5

0.9

0.8

1.3

1.6

2.2

2.9

1.9

2.2

North West

1.4

1.3

1.6

0.9

1.1

1.8

1.8

1.2

1.7

Northern Cape

6.8

2.9

3.8

5.5

3.7

4.0

4.1

5.2

10.1

Limpopo

0.8

0.7

0.6

1.0

1.0

1.4

0.6

0.6

0.5

Western Cape

7.4

5.2

4.5

3.4

5.1

5.1

5.8

5.0

6.6

RSA Total

3.2

2.5

2.2

2.5

2.6

2.8

2.5

1.8

2.5

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1994/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-9.7%

40.2%

-7.3%

23.0%

9.5%

-39.2%

-9.2%

13.2%

-1.3%

Free State

-26.3%

-34.3%

93.5%

-37.1%

-32.1%

15.8%

-34.1%

231.0%

1.1%

Gauteng

-9.3%

-32.4%

70.2%

-18.9%

21.6%

-0.3%

-63.3%

56.2%

-41.2%

KwaZulu-Natal

-18.1%

-34.6%

7.9%

3.1%

-12.1%

0.0%

-26.4%

46.9%

-43.4%

Mpumalanga

-35.9%

-12.0%

72.7%

26.3%

39.6%

31.3%

-34.1%

20.7%

79.5%

North West

-4.3%

25.0%

-41.8%

18.8%

71.1%

-1.5%

-31.3%

45.5%

39.1%

Northern Cape

-56.4%

33.3%

46.9%

-31.9%

9.4%

2.9%

27.8%

95.7%

63.6%

Limpopo

-8.1%

-17.6%

71.4%

6.3%

49.0%

-55.3%

2.9%

-14.3%

-18.9%

Western Cape

-27.9%

-11.9%

-23.0%

51.1%

3.4%

14.5%

-13.5%

34.9%

2.1%

RSA Total

-18.9%

-8.6%

15.0%

4.8%

12.2%

-10.2%

-28.2%

41.4%

-8.7%