Crime Statistics for the Western Cape (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)

WESTERN CAPE

	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	2,732	3,256	3,142	3,226	3,531	3,210	3,522	3,447	3,664	2,839
Rape	5,678	6,265	6,323	6,630	6,383	6,966	6,786	6,785	6,530	6,315
Attempted murder	2,678	3,089	3,269	3,850	3,924	3,673	4,113	3,979	4,843	3,633
Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm	33,816	32,260	31,751	31,670	31,808	34,379	37,131	36,482	36,122	36,912
Common assault	34,262	36,409	36,548	38,036	39,167	47,026	48,378	47,752	51,677	52,339
Robbery with aggravating circumstances	6,474	6,268	4,813	5,823	7,830	8,672	11,494	12,300	14,311	13,855
Common robbery	5,601	6,752	6,596	8,125	10,118	11,507	13,858	14,400	16,889	14,943
Indecent assault	1,186	1,444	1,463	1,571	1,709	2,055	2,176	2,427	2,690	2,844
Kidnapping	383	384	330	442	412	467	511	533	444	450
Abduction	276	225	229	372	423	574	565	550	628	592
Neglect and ill-treatment of children	960	563	497	486	502	618	690	730	1,258	1,762
Culpable homicide	1,460	1,560	1,605	1,600	1,553	1,459	1,385	1,288	1,421	1,252
Public violence	200	174	171	176	212	185	264	248	269	268
Carjacking (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	273	344	422	522	655	793	965	1,015
Truck hijacking (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	55	50	67	127	211	151	49	16
Bank robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	34	33	33	42	37	42	4	1
Robbery of cash in transit (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	18	24	14	26	15	14	14	11
House robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	335	319
Business robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	124	109
Arson	932	842	885	927	1,094	1,005	974	921	960	967
Malicious damage to property	20,140	20,536	20,939	21,980	23,298	24,410	26,558	28,740	31,477	32,032
Crimen Injuria	6,227	6,353	6,782	7,688	7,927	9,767	11,110	11,511	13,105	14,200
Burglary at residential premises	34,713	37,519	36,007	40,783	46,470	49,085	53,197	54,021	57,399	54,069
Burglary at business premises	14,392	14,694	14,689	16,744	17,600	17,270	16,438	15,886	13,197	11,784
Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle	9,338	8,621	8,485	9,817	12,295	10,999	11,906	12,670	14,528	13,847
Theft out of or from motor vehicle	33,766	35,903	33,014	41,513	48,167	47,607	49,132	50,717	48,788	41,273
Stock theft	2,081	1,729	1,846	1,836	2,055	2,002	2,079	1,906	1,921	1,732
Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition	1,090	1,486	1,449	1,764	2,002	2,015	2,177	2,135	2,162	1,912
Drug related crime	12,252	10,675	9,235	10,969	10,363	13,699	12,975	13,429	13,813	19,940
Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs	4,522	4,309	4,411	5,212	4,265	4,461	4,670	4,894	4,454	4,957
All theft not mentioned elsewhere	58,378	57,039	55,473	64,803	73,205	84,535	94,740	99,850	114,935	121,789
Commercial Crime	8,902	8,955	9,808	9,882	8,917	8,927	8,909	8,026	7,593	7,713
Shoplifting	10,675	9,333	9,014	10,125	10,451	10,831	11,291	11,293	12,269	13,901

CONTENTS | < Previous Section | Next Section >

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

The content on this page was last updated on 4 April 2006

Cape Gateway is a government service aimed primarily at citizens of the Western Cape, providing information on local, provincial and national government