Crime Statistics for South Africa (1994/1995 to 2003/2004)

Crime Information Analysis Centre - South African Police Service

Crime in the RSA for the period April to March 1994/1995 to 2003/2004 Crime Information Anlysis Centre (CIAC)

RSA Total

	April to March
Crime Category	1994/1995	1995/1996	1996/1997	1997/1998	1998/1999	1999/2000	2000/2001	2001/2002	2002/2003	2003/2004
Murder	25,965	26,877	25,470	24,486	25,127	22,604	21,758	21,405	21,553	19,824
Rape	44,751	49,813	51,435	51,959	49,679	52,891	52,872	54,293	52,425	52,733
Attempted murder	26,806	26,876	28,576	28,145	29,545	28,179	28,128	31,293	35,861	30,076
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm	215,671	223,097	231,497	234,819	237,818	261,804	275,289	264,012	266,321	260,082
Common assault	200,248	206,006	203,023	201,317	203,678	232,024	248,862	261,886	282,526	280,942
Robbery with aggravating circumstances	84,785	77,167	66,163	73,053	92,630	98,813	113,716	116,736	126,905	133,658
Common robbery	32,659	45,683	50,676	54,932	64,978	74,711	90,215	90,205	101,537	95,551
Indecent assault	4,009	5,127	5,224	4,920	4,968	6,106	6,652	7,683	8,815	9,302
Kidnapping	4,101	4,174	4,091	4,036	4,267	4,902	4,916	4,433	3,071	3,004
Abduction	2,802	2,175	2,057	2,951	3,147	3,372	3,302	3,132	4,210	4,044
Neglect and ill-treatment of children	3,070	2,634	2,264	2,297	2,173	2,497	2,487	2,648	4,798	6,504
Culpable homicide	12,560	13,885	13,679	13,492	13,004	11,706	10,635	10,944	11,202	11,096
Public violence	917	993	891	1,102	1,107	1,195	1,038	907	1,049	979
Carjacking (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	12,912	13,052	15,773	15,172	14,930	15,846	14,691	13,793
Truck hijacking (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	3,732	4,657	6,134	5,088	4,548	3,333	986	901
Bank robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	561	463	493	450	469	356	127	54
Robbery of cash in transit (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	359	236	223	226	196	238	374	192
House robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9,063	9,351
Business robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,498	3,677
Arson	10,948	9,611	10,110	9,863	10,037	9,583	8,945	8,739	9,186	8,806
Malicious damage to property	123,305	129,679	129,781	126,542	129,164	134,346	139,455	145,451	157,070	158,247
Crimen Injuria	33,381	35,262	36,500	39,373	41,291	49,510	57,611	60,919	63,717	59,908
Burglary at residential premises	231,355	248,903	244,665	251,579	274,081	289,921	303,162	302,657	319,984	299,290
Burglary at business premises	87,600	87,377	87,153	90,294	94,273	93,077	91,445	87,114	73,975	64,629
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle	105,867	98,669	97,332	102,571	107,448	103,041	100,030	96,859	93,133	88,144
Theft out of or from motor vehicle	183,367	191,833	174,675	179,191	190,027	195,411	200,532	199,282	195,896	171,982
Stock theft	47,287	43,429	41,992	41,573	41,492	41,429	41,536	41,635	46,680	41,273
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition	10,999	12,336	12,750	13,386	14,714	15,387	14,770	15,494	15,839	16,839
Drug related crime	45,928	39,334	40,363	42,452	39,493	43,602	44,939	52,900	53,810	62,689
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs	25,699	23,040	24,522	28,749	25,109	26,035	25,512	24,553	22,144	24,886
All theft not mentioned elsewhere	386,292	387,612	375,180	399,042	441,521	496,345	559,636	576,676	620,240	606,460
Commercial Crime	63,056	60,949	62,182	63,292	63,350	67,915	66,573	58,462	56,232	55,869
Shoplifting	66,302	63,338	61,786	63,522	64,597	66,046	67,665	68,404	69,005	71,888

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CONTENTS: Crime Statistics: 1994/1995 to 2003/2004

Crime Statistics for South Africa (1994/1995 to 2003/2004)
Crime Statistics for the Western Cape (1994/1995 to 2003/2004)
Detailed Breakdown Crime Statistics by Type of Crime
Western Cape Crime Statistics per Area

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