Shoplifting

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

9,094

8,134

8,879

9,089

9,152

8,879

8,366

8,203

8,318

Free State

5,139

4,651

4,337

4,352

4,649

4,359

4,118

4,140

3,594

Gauteng

16,139

15,048

14,677

15,234

15,066

16,776

16,931

16,920

16,770

KwaZulu-Natal

11,524

12,819

12,222

12,367

13,108

13,128

13,140

13,215

13,158

Mpumalanga

4,643

4,555

4,309

4,173

3,912

4,023

4,393

4,606

4,528

North West

3,133

3,252

3,044

2,857

2,684

2,658

3,253

3,612

3,563

Northern Cape

2,676

2,336

2,134

1,995

2,284

2,236

2,477

2,516

2,659

Limpopo

3,279

3,210

3,170

3,330

3,291

3,156

3,696

3,899

4,146

Western Cape

10,675

9,333

9,014

10,125

10,451

10,831

11,291

11,293

12,269

RSA Total

66,302

63,338

61,786

63,522

64,597

66,046

67,665

68,404

69,005

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

150.9

132.3

141.6

142.2

140.4

133.3

122.2

117.2

116.2

Free State

204.1

181.1

165.6

162.9

170.6

160.6

147.6

146.1

124.8

Gauteng

230.7

210.5

200.9

204.1

197.5

214.9

215.0

211.0

205.3

KwaZulu-Natal

143.6

156.4

146.0

144.7

150.2

147.1

146.2

144.5

141.4

Mpumalanga

175.5

167.9

154.9

146.3

133.8

134.0

144.4

148.1

142.3

North West

98.1

99.6

91.3

83.9

77.1

74.6

91.2

99.6

96.7

Northern Cape

329.2

283.2

255.0

235.0

265.3

255.5

283.8

285.3

298.5

Limpopo

71.0

67.5

64.8

66.2

63.5

59.1

67.0

68.6

70.8

Western Cape

281.5

241.6

229.0

252.4

255.7

259.7

269.4

265.4

283.9

RSA Total

171.6

160.4

153.1

154.1

153.3

153.4

154.9

153.5

151.8

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

-10.6%

9.2%

2.4%

0.7%

-3.0%

-5.8%

-1.9%

1.4%

-8.5%

Free State

-9.5%

-6.8%

0.3%

6.8%

-6.2%

-5.5%

0.5%

-13.2%

-30.1%

Gauteng

-6.8%

-2.5%

3.8%

-1.1%

11.4%

0.9%

-0.1%

-0.9%

3.9%

KwaZulu-Natal

11.2%

-4.7%

1.2%

6.0%

0.2%

0.1%

0.6%

-0.4%

14.2%

Mpumalanga

-1.9%

-5.4%

-3.2%

-6.3%

2.8%

9.2%

4.8%

-1.7%

-2.5%

North West

3.8%

-6.4%

-6.1%

-6.1%

-1.0%

22.4%

11.0%

-1.4%

13.7%

Northern Cape

-12.7%

-8.6%

-6.5%

14.5%

-2.1%

10.8%

1.6%

5.7%

-0.6%

Limpopo

-2.1%

-1.2%

5.0%

-1.2%

-4.1%

17.1%

5.5%

6.3%

26.4%

Western Cape

-12.6%

-3.4%

12.3%

3.2%

3.6%

4.2%

0.0%

8.6%

14.9%

RSA Total

-4.5%

-2.5%

2.8%

1.7%

2.2%

2.5%

1.1%

0.9%

4.1%