Stock theft

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

12,448

11,887

11,319

11,138

11,001

10,712

10,563

11,145

12,974

Free State

7,267

6,307

6,118

6,129

5,977

6,044

5,943

5,711

6,796

Gauteng

2,417

1,565

1,361

1,158

1,036

963

1,118

855

769

KwaZulu-Natal

9,024

8,608

8,662

8,832

9,137

9,526

9,444

9,457

10,389

Mpumalanga

5,226

4,906

4,746

4,449

4,503

4,532

4,422

4,098

4,420

North West

4,270

3,959

3,746

4,194

4,006

3,940

4,044

4,111

4,843

Northern Cape

2,564

2,534

2,263

2,027

2,210

2,140

2,333

2,297

2,463

Limpopo

1,990

1,934

1,931

1,810

1,567

1,570

1,590

2,055

2,105

Western Cape

2,081

1,729

1,846

1,836

2,055

2,002

2,079

1,906

1,921

RSA Total

47,287

43,429

41,992

41,573

41,492

41,429

41,536

41,635

46,680

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

206.5

193.4

180.6

174.2

168.8

160.9

154.3

159.2

181.2

Free State

288.6

245.6

233.6

229.4

219.3

222.6

213.0

201.5

236.1

Gauteng

34.5

21.9

18.6

15.5

13.6

12.3

14.2

10.7

9.4

KwaZulu-Natal

112.4

105.0

103.5

103.3

104.7

106.7

105.1

103.4

111.6

Mpumalanga

197.6

180.8

170.6

156.0

154.0

150.9

145.3

131.7

138.9

North West

133.6

121.3

112.3

123.1

115.1

110.6

113.4

113.4

131.4

Northern Cape

315.4

307.2

270.4

238.8

256.7

244.6

267.3

260.5

276.5

Limpopo

43.1

40.7

39.5

36.0

30.3

29.4

28.8

36.2

35.9

Western Cape

54.9

44.8

46.9

45.8

50.3

48.0

49.6

44.8

44.4

RSA Total

122.4

110.0

104.1

100.8

98.5

96.2

95.1

93.4

102.7

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

-4.5%

-4.8%

-1.6%

-1.2%

-2.6%

-1.4%

5.5%

16.4%

4.2%

Free State

-13.2%

-3.0%

0.2%

-2.5%

1.1%

-1.7%

-3.9%

19.0%

-6.5%

Gauteng

-35.3%

-13.0%

-14.9%

-10.5%

-7.0%

16.1%

-23.5%

-10.1%

-68.2%

KwaZulu-Natal

-4.6%

0.6%

2.0%

3.5%

4.3%

-0.9%

0.1%

9.9%

15.1%

Mpumalanga

-6.1%

-3.3%

-6.3%

1.2%

0.6%

-2.4%

-7.3%

7.9%

-15.4%

North West

-7.3%

-5.4%

12.0%

-4.5%

-1.6%

2.6%

1.7%

17.8%

13.4%

Northern Cape

-1.2%

-10.7%

-10.4%

9.0%

-3.2%

9.0%

-1.5%

7.2%

-3.9%

Limpopo

-2.8%

-0.2%

-6.3%

-13.4%

0.2%

1.3%

29.2%

2.4%

5.8%

Western Cape

-16.9%

6.8%

-0.5%

11.9%

-2.6%

3.8%

-8.3%

0.8%

-7.7%

RSA Total

-8.2%

-3.3%

-1.0%

-0.2%

-0.2%

0.3%

0.2%

12.1%

-1.3%