South African Crime Statistics

Crime Information Analysis Centre - South African Police Service

Ap Crime Category

1994/199 1995/199 1996/199 5 6 7

Murder

25,965

26,877

25,470

Attempted murder

26,806

26,876

28,576

Culpable homicide

12,560

13,885

13,679

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

215,671

223,097

231,497

Common assault

200,248

206,006

203,023

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

84,785

77,167

66,163

Common robbery

32,659

45,683

50,676

Rape

44,751

49,813

51,435

Indecent assault

4,009

5,127

5,224

Kidnapping

4,101

4,174

4,091

Abduction

2,802

2,175

2,057

Neglect and ill-treatment of children

3,070

2,634

2,264

917

993

891

Carjacking (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)

-

-

12,912

Truck hijacking (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)

-

-

3,732

Bank robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)

-

-

561

Robbery of cash in transit (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)

-

-

359

House robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)

-

-

-

Business robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating)

-

-

-

10,948

9,611

10,110

123,305

129,679

129,781

33,381

35,262

36,500

231,355

248,903

244,665

87,600

87,377

87,153

Public violence

Arson Malicious damage to property Crimen Injuria Burglary at residential premises Burglary at business premises Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

105,867

98,669

97,332

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

183,367

191,833

174,675

Stock theft

47,287

43,429

41,992

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

10,999

12,336

12,750

Drug related crime

45,928

39,334

40,363

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

25,699

23,040

24,522

386,292

387,612

375,180

Commercial Crime

63,056

60,949

62,182

Shoplifting

66,302

63,338

61,786

2,079,730

2,115,879

2,101,601

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

Total Crimes

April to March 1997/199 1998/199 1999/200 2000/200 2001/200 2002/200 2003/200 2004/200 2005/200 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 24,486

25,127

22,604

21,758

21,405

21,553

19,824

18,793

18,528

28,145

29,545

28,179

28,128

31,293

35,861

30,076

24,516

20,571

13,492

13,004

11,706

10,635

10,944

11,202

11,096

11,995

12,415

234,819

237,818

261,804

275,289

264,012

266,321

260,082

249,369

226,942

201,317

203,678

232,024

248,862

261,886

282,526

280,942

267,857

227,553

73,053

92,630

98,813

113,716

116,736

126,905

133,658

126,789

119,726

54,932

64,978

74,711

90,215

90,205

101,537

95,551

90,825

74,723

51,959

49,679

52,891

52,872

54,293

52,425

52,733

55,114

54,926

4,920

4,968

6,106

6,652

7,683

8,815

9,302

10,123

9,805

4,036

4,267

4,902

4,916

4,433

3,071

3,004

2,618

2,320

2,951

3,147

3,372

3,302

3,132

4,210

4,044

3,880

3,345

2,297

2,173

2,497

2,487

2,648

4,798

6,504

5,568

4,828

1,102

1,107

1,195

1,038

907

1,049

979

974

1044

13,052

15,773

15,172

14,930

15,846

14,691

13,793

12,434

12,825

4,657

6,134

5,088

4,548

3,333

986

901

930

829

463

493

450

469

356

127

54

58

59

236

223

226

196

238

374

192

220

383

-

-

-

-

-

9,063

9,351

9,391

10,173

-

-

-

-

-

5,498

3,677

3,320

4,387

9,863

10,037

9,583

8,945

8,739

9,186

8,806

8,184

7,622

126,542

129,164

134,346

139,455

145,451

157,070

158,247

150,785

144,265

39,373

41,291

49,510

57,611

60,919

63,717

59,908

55,929

44,512

251,579

274,081

289,921

303,162

302,657

319,984

299,290

276,164

262,535

90,294

94,273

93,077

91,445

87,114

73,975

64,629

56,048

54,367

102,571

107,448

103,041

100,030

96,859

93,133

88,144

83,857

85,964

179,191

190,027

195,411

200,532

199,282

195,896

171,982

148,512

139,090

41,573

41,492

41,429

41,536

41,635

46,680

41,273

32,675

28,742

13,386

14,714

15,387

14,770

15,494

15,839

16,839

15,497

13,453

42,452

39,493

43,602

44,939

52,900

53,810

62,689

84,001

95,690

28,749

25,109

26,035

25,512

24,553

22,144

24,886

29,927

33,116

399,042

441,521

496,345

559,636

576,676

620,240

606,460

536,281

432,629

63,292

63,350

67,915

66,573

58,462

56,232

55,869

53,931

54,214

63,522

64,597

66,046

67,665

68,404

69,005

71,888

66,525

64,491

2,167,346

2,291,341

2,453,388

2,601,824

2,628,495

2,747,923

2,666,673

2,493,090

2,266,072

% Increased from 1994/95 % Decreased from 1994/95 % Incr/ Decr 2006/200 2007/200 1994/95 vs Ave No 7 8 2007/08 p/day -2007 /08 19,202 18,487 -28.8% 51 20,142 18,795 -29.9% 51 12,871

13,184

5.0%

36

218,030

210,104

-2.6%

576

210,057

198,049

-1.1%

543

126,558

118,312

39.5%

324

71,156

64,985

99.0%

178

52,617

36,190

-19.1%

99

9,367

6,763

68.7%

19

2,345

2,323

-43.4%

6

3,217

2,728

-2.6%

7

4,258

4,106

33.7%

11

1023

895

-2.4%

13,599

14,201

10.0%

39 % incr/ decr since initial record

892

1245

-66.6%

3 % incr/ decr since initial record

129

144

-74.3%

0 % incr/ decr since initial record

467

395

10.0%

1 % incr/ decr since initial record

12,761

14,481

59.8%

40 % incr/ decr since initial record

6,689

9,862

79.4%

27 % incr/ decr since initial record

7,858

7,396

-32.4%

20

143,336

136,968

11.1%

375

2

36,747

33,064

-0.9%

91

249,665

237,853

2.8%

652

58,438

62,995

-28.1%

173

86,298

80,226

-24.2%

220

124,029

111,661

-39.1%

306

28,828

28,778

-39.1%

79

14,354

13,476

22.5%

37

104,689

109,134

137.6%

299

38,261

48,405

88.4%

133

415,613

395,296

2.3%

1083

61,690

65,286

3.5%

179

65,489

66,992

1.0%

184

2,220,675

2,132,779

2.6%

5843

p/day Murder Rape Attempted murder Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm Common assault Robbery with aggravating circumstances Common robbery Indecent assault Kidnapping Abduction Neglect and ill-treatment of children Culpable homicide Public violence Carjacking (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating) Truck hijacking (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating) Bank robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating) Robbery of cash in transit (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating) House robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating) Business robbery (Sub Category of Robbery Aggravating) Arson Malicious damage to property Crimen Injuria Burglary at residential premises Burglary at business premises Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle Theft out of or from motor vehicle Stock theft Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition Drug related crime Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs All theft not mentioned elsewhere Commercial Crime Shoplifting

51 99 51 576 543 324 178 19 6 7 11 36 2 39 3 0 1 40 27 20 375 91 652 173 220 306 79 37 299 133 1083 179 184 5843