Robbery with aggravating circumstances
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

6,343

6,035

4,966

5,529

6,634

7,108

7,616

8,583

8,890

Free State

2,951

2,842

2,273

2,037

2,278

2,124

2,080

2,534

2,676

Gauteng

38,410

32,069

28,156

33,041

43,389

46,560

53,873

54,127

58,167

KwaZulu-Natal

17,407

17,608

15,560

16,630

20,802

22,216

23,893

24,115

26,575

Mpumalanga

3,788

3,739

3,833

3,613

4,231

4,593

5,325

5,591

6,464

North West

4,738

4,745

3,231

3,563

4,373

4,523

5,732

5,752

5,987

Northern Cape

717

970

496

405

390

384

435

452

522

Limpopo

3,957

2,891

2,835

2,412

2,703

2,633

3,268

3,282

3,313

Western Cape

6,474

6,268

4,813

5,823

7,830

8,672

11,494

12,300

14,311

RSA Total

84,785

77,167

66,163

73,053

92,630

98,813

113,716

116,736

126,905

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

105.2

98.2

79.2

86.5

101.8

106.7

111.2

122.6

124.2

Free State

117.2

110.7

86.8

76.2

83.6

78.2

74.5

89.4

92.9

Gauteng

549.0

448.6

385.4

442.6

568.8

596.4

684.3

674.9

711.9

KwaZulu-Natal

216.9

214.9

185.9

194.6

238.4

248.9

265.9

263.7

285.5

Mpumalanga

143.2

137.8

137.8

126.7

144.7

152.9

175.0

179.7

203.2

North West

148.3

145.4

96.9

104.6

125.6

127.0

160.7

158.6

162.4

Northern Cape

88.2

117.6

59.3

47.7

45.3

43.9

49.8

51.3

58.6

Limpopo

85.7

60.8

58.0

47.9

52.2

49.3

59.3

57.7

56.6

Western Cape

170.7

162.3

122.3

145.2

191.6

207.9

274.3

289.0

331.1

RSA Total

219.5

195.5

164.0

177.2

219.9

229.5

260.3

262.0

279.2

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

-4.9%

-17.7%

11.3%

20.0%

7.1%

7.1%

12.7%

3.6%

40.2%

Free State

-3.7%

-20.0%

-10.4%

11.8%

-6.8%

-2.1%

21.8%

5.6%

-9.3%

Gauteng

-16.5%

-12.2%

17.3%

31.3%

7.3%

15.7%

0.5%

7.5%

51.4%

KwaZulu-Natal

1.2%

-11.6%

6.9%

25.1%

6.8%

7.5%

0.9%

10.2%

52.7%

Mpumalanga

-1.3%

2.5%

-5.7%

17.1%

8.6%

15.9%

5.0%

15.6%

70.6%

North West

0.1%

-31.9%

10.3%

22.7%

3.4%

26.7%

0.3%

4.1%

26.4%

Northern Cape

35.3%

-48.9%

-18.3%

-3.7%

-1.5%

13.3%

3.9%

15.5%

-27.2%

Limpopo

-26.9%

-1.9%

-14.9%

12.1%

-2.6%

24.1%

0.4%

0.9%

-16.3%

Western Cape

-3.2%

-23.2%

21.0%

34.5%

10.8%

32.5%

7.0%

16.3%

121.1%

RSA Total

-9.0%

-14.3%

10.4%

26.8%

6.7%

15.1%

2.7%

8.7%

49.7%