Rape and Attempted Rape

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

5,700

6,265

6,699

7,224

6,407

7,098

6,854

6,759

6,066

Free State

3,707

3,944

3,856

3,835

3,472

3,582

3,541

3,839

3,733

Gauteng

11,660

12,442

12,883

12,732

11,784

12,425

12,336

12,576

12,091

KwaZulu-Natal

7,308

8,372

8,926

8,579

8,618

9,365

9,196

9,346

9,489

Mpumalanga

2,577

2,990

3,301

3,069

3,147

3,329

3,556

3,687

3,534

North West

3,973

4,710

4,576

4,734

4,518

4,672

4,716

5,046

5,038

Northern Cape

1,384

1,654

1,473

1,482

1,494

1,489

1,526

1,460

1,472

Limpopo

2,764

3,171

3,398

3,674

3,856

3,965

4,361

4,795

4,472

Western Cape

5,678

6,265

6,323

6,630

6,383

6,966

6,786

6,785

6,530

RSA Total

44,751

49,813

51,435

51,959

49,679

52,891

52,872

54,293

52,425

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

94.6

101.9

106.9

113.0

98.3

106.6

100.1

96.5

84.7

Free State

147.2

153.6

147.2

143.5

127.4

131.9

126.9

135.4

129.7

Gauteng

166.7

174.1

176.4

170.6

154.5

159.2

156.7

156.8

148.0

KwaZulu-Natal

91.1

102.2

106.7

100.4

98.8

104.9

102.3

102.2

101.9

Mpumalanga

97.4

110.2

118.7

107.6

107.6

110.9

116.9

118.5

111.1

North West

124.4

144.3

137.2

138.9

129.8

131.2

132.2

139.2

136.7

Northern Cape

170.2

200.5

176.0

174.6

173.5

170.2

174.8

165.6

165.2

Limpopo

59.8

66.7

69.5

73.0

74.5

74.3

79.1

84.4

76.3

Western Cape

149.7

162.2

160.6

165.3

156.2

167.0

161.9

159.4

151.1

RSA Total

115.8

126.2

127.5

126.0

117.9

122.9

121.0

121.8

115.3

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

9.9%

6.9%

7.8%

-11.3%

10.8%

-3.4%

-1.4%

-10.3%

6.4%

Free State

6.4%

-2.2%

-0.5%

-9.5%

3.2%

-1.1%

8.4%

-2.8%

0.7%

Gauteng

6.7%

3.5%

-1.2%

-7.4%

5.4%

-0.7%

1.9%

-3.9%

3.7%

KwaZulu-Natal

14.6%

6.6%

-3.9%

0.5%

8.7%

-1.8%

1.6%

1.5%

29.8%

Mpumalanga

16.0%

10.4%

-7.0%

2.5%

5.8%

6.8%

3.7%

-4.1%

37.1%

North West

18.6%

-2.8%

3.5%

-4.6%

3.4%

0.9%

7.0%

-0.2%

26.8%

Northern Cape

19.5%

-10.9%

0.6%

0.8%

-0.3%

2.5%

-4.3%

0.8%

6.4%

Limpopo

14.7%

7.2%

8.1%

5.0%

2.8%

10.0%

10.0%

-6.7%

61.8%

Western Cape

10.3%

0.9%

4.9%

-3.7%

9.1%

-2.6%

-0.0%

-3.8%

15.0%

RSA Total

11.3%

3.3%

1.0%

-4.4%

6.5%

-0.0%

2.7%

-3.4%

17.1%