Truck hijacking

in the RSA for the period January to December 1994-2002
This crime have already been accounted for under robbery with aggravating circumstances
Reported Crime Figures

Province

Jan to Dec 1994

Jan to Dec 1995

Jan to Dec 1996

Jan to Dec 1997

Jan to Dec 1998

Jan to Dec 1999

Jan to Dec 2000

Jan to Dec 2001

Jan to Dec 2002

Eastern Cape

-

-

189

180

163

200

196

156

182

Free State

-

-

121

100

124

106

132

115

35

Gauteng

-

-

2,287

2,699

3,678

3,421

2,789

2,101

534

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

605

884

1,168

1,178

960

773

174

Mpumalanga

-

-

282

236

300

302

309

289

144

North West

-

-

88

88

137

95

84

102

72

Northern Cape

-

-

6

4

6

6

5

5

3

Limpopo

-

-

64

62

136

92

89

78

43

Western Cape

-

-

52

43

61

106

205

173

72

RSA Total

-

-

3,694

4,296

5,773

5,506

4,769

3,792

1,259

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

Jan to Dec 1994

Jan to Dec 1995

Jan to Dec 1996

Jan to Dec 1997

Jan to Dec 1998

Jan to Dec 1999

Jan to Dec 2000

Jan to Dec 2001

Jan to Dec 2002

Eastern Cape

-

-

3.0

2.8

2.5

3.0

2.9

2.2

2.5

Free State

-

-

4.6

3.7

4.6

3.9

4.7

4.1

1.2

Gauteng

-

-

31.3

36.2

48.2

43.8

35.4

26.2

6.5

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

7.2

10.3

13.4

13.2

10.7

8.5

1.9

Mpumalanga

-

-

10.1

8.3

10.3

10.1

10.2

9.3

4.5

North West

-

-

2.6

2.6

3.9

2.7

2.4

2.8

2.0

Northern Cape

-

-

0.7

0.5

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.6

0.3

Limpopo

-

-

1.3

1.2

2.6

1.7

1.6

1.4

0.7

Western Cape

-

-

1.3

1.1

1.5

2.5

4.9

4.1

1.7

RSA Total

-

-

9.2

10.4

13.7

12.8

10.9

8.5

2.8

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994/ 1995

1995/ 1996

1996/ 1997

1997/ 1998

1998/ 1999

1999/ 2000

2000/ 2001

2001/ 2002

1996/ 2002

Eastern Cape

-

-

-4.8%

-9.4%

22.7%

-2.0%

-20.4%

16.7%

-3.7%

Free State

-

-

-17.4%

24.0%

-14.5%

24.5%

-12.9%

-69.6%

-71.1%

Gauteng

-

-

18.0%

36.3%

-7.0%

-18.5%

-24.7%

-74.6%

-76.7%

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

46.1%

32.1%

0.9%

-18.5%

-19.5%

-77.5%

-71.2%

Mpumalanga

-

-

-16.3%

27.1%

0.7%

2.3%

-6.5%

-50.2%

-48.9%

North West

-

-

0.0%

55.7%

-30.7%

-11.6%

21.4%

-29.4%

-18.2%

Northern Cape

-

-

-33.3%

50.0%

0.0%

-16.7%

0.0%

-40.0%

-50.0%

Limpopo

-

-

-3.1%

119.4%

-32.4%

-3.3%

-12.4%

-44.9%

-32.8%

Western Cape

-

-

-17.3%

41.9%

73.8%

93.4%

-15.6%

-58.4%

38.5%

RSA Total

-

-

16.3%

34.4%

-4.6%

-13.4%

-20.5%

-66.8%

-65.9%