Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

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

5,927

5,689

5,663

5,615

6,065

6,055

6,175

5,928

5,662

Free State

3,914

4,020

3,589

3,484

3,511

3,363

2,980

2,972

3,184

Gauteng

57,306

52,045

51,639

54,769

54,153

51,593

50,945

47,008

43,424

KwaZulu-Natal

18,597

17,640

17,030

17,623

19,330

19,039

17,345

17,932

16,763

Mpumalanga

3,983

4,099

4,343

4,351

4,823

4,438

4,075

3,858

3,781

North West

4,260

4,040

3,725

4,173

4,018

4,470

4,042

4,178

3,635

Northern Cape

472

498

439

474

528

519

507

437

480

Limpopo

2,070

2,017

2,419

2,265

2,725

2,565

2,055

1,876

1,676

Western Cape

9,338

8,621

8,485

9,817

12,295

10,999

11,906

12,670

14,528

RSA Total

105,867

98,669

97,332

102,571

107,448

103,041

100,030

96,859

93,133

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

98.3

92.5

90.3

87.8

93.0

90.9

90.2

84.7

79.1

Free State

155.4

156.5

137.0

130.4

128.8

123.9

106.8

104.9

110.6

Gauteng

819.1

728.1

706.9

733.7

709.9

660.9

647.1

586.1

531.5

KwaZulu-Natal

231.7

215.3

203.5

206.2

221.5

213.3

193.0

196.1

180.1

Mpumalanga

150.6

151.1

156.1

152.6

164.9

147.8

133.9

124.0

118.9

North West

133.3

123.8

111.7

122.5

115.4

125.5

113.3

115.2

98.6

Northern Cape

58.1

60.4

52.4

55.8

61.3

59.3

58.1

49.6

53.9

Limpopo

44.8

42.4

49.5

45.0

52.6

48.1

37.3

33.0

28.6

Western Cape

246.3

223.2

215.5

244.8

300.8

263.7

284.1

297.7

336.2

RSA Total

274.0

249.9

241.3

248.8

255.0

239.3

229.0

217.4

204.9

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

-4.0%

-0.5%

-0.8%

8.0%

-0.2%

2.0%

-4.0%

-4.5%

-4.5%

Free State

2.7%

-10.7%

-2.9%

0.8%

-4.2%

-11.4%

-0.3%

7.1%

-18.7%

Gauteng

-9.2%

-0.8%

6.1%

-1.1%

-4.7%

-1.3%

-7.7%

-7.6%

-24.2%

KwaZulu-Natal

-5.1%

-3.5%

3.5%

9.7%

-1.5%

-8.9%

3.4%

-6.5%

-9.9%

Mpumalanga

2.9%

6.0%

0.2%

10.8%

-8.0%

-8.2%

-5.3%

-2.0%

-5.1%

North West

-5.2%

-7.8%

12.0%

-3.7%

11.2%

-9.6%

3.4%

-13.0%

-14.7%

Northern Cape

5.5%

-11.8%

8.0%

11.4%

-1.7%

-2.3%

-13.8%

9.8%

1.7%

Limpopo

-2.6%

19.9%

-6.4%

20.3%

-5.9%

-19.9%

-8.7%

-10.7%

-19.0%

Western Cape

-7.7%

-1.6%

15.7%

25.2%

-10.5%

8.2%

6.4%

14.7%

55.6%

RSA Total

-6.8%

-1.4%

5.4%

4.8%

-4.1%

-2.9%

-3.2%

-3.8%

-12.0%