Eastern Cape provincial crime stats April 2009 to March 2010, issued by SAPS September 9 2010

Crime Category

2003-2004

2004-2005

2005-2006

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

Yearly Inc/Dec

%

CONTACT CRIME (CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON)

Murder

3,360

3,352

3,669

3,626

3,526

3,260

3,218

-42

-1.3%

Total Sexual Crimes

8,238

8,626

10,312

9,117

9,087

9,456

9,047

-409

-4.3%

Attempted  murder

3,364

3,046

2,525

2,150

2,166

1,996

1,941

-55

-2.8%

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

40,010

40,447

37,398

35,503

34,571

31,428

32,247

819

2.6%

Common assault

27,277

25,763

22,713

21,230

19,979

16,895

17,313

418

2.5%

Common robbery

9,673

9,597

8,205

7,735

7,121

5,960

5,390

-570

-9.6%

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

9,316

9,576

9,202

9,262

8,951

9,814

9,677

-137

-1.4%

CONTACT-RELATED CRIME

Arson

1,416

1,417

1,310

1,274

1,237

1,056

1,125

69

6.5%

Malicious damage to property

15,369

15,170

14,886

15,794

14,901

13,630

13,169

-461

-3.4%

PROPERTY-RELATED CRIME

Burglary at non-residential premises

7,182

6,415

6,032

5,398

5,993

6,212

6,424

212

3.4%

Burglary at residential premises

33,881

33,364

33,134

31,699

29,628

28,572

28,384

-188

-0.7%

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

5,496

5,352

5,507

5,673

4,740

4,337

4,265

-72

-1.7%

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

15,434

13,744

12,943

11,898

10,118

9,761

10,301

540

5.5%

Stock-theft

11,798

9,038

7,537

6,886

7,050

6,808

7,586

778

11.4%

CRIME HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON POLICE ACTION FOR DETECTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

2,231

1,938

1,540

1,445

1,441

1,525

1,426

-99

-6.5%

Drug-related  crime

7,893

9,061

7,511

7,231

8,003

8,437

8,946

509

6.0%

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

4,008

4,356

3,843

4,733

6,048

8,929

10,991

2,062

23.1%

OTHER SERIOUS CRIME

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

57,045

51,271

40,721

38,346

35,948

33,648

28,915

-4,733

-14.1%

Commercial  crime

4,218

4,398

4,498

5,726

5,363

6,767

7,795

1,028

15.2%

Shoplifting

8,175

7,296

6,912

6,799

6,689

7,929

7,991

62

0.8%

SUBCATEGORIES  FORMING PART OF AGGRAVATED  ROBBERY ABOVE

Carjacking

402

529

523

608

604

706

606

-100

-14.2%

Truck hijacking

66

41

64

23

28

30

57

27

90.0%

Robbery at residential premises

1,286

1,077

619

345

663

1,517

1,606

89

5.9%

Robbery at non-residential premises

346

317

231

241

488

851

1,273

422

49.6%

OTHER CRIME CATEGORIES

Culpable homicide

1,271

1,312

1,457

1,475

1,445

1,265

1,355

90

7.1%

Public violence

261

191

130

102

88

201

125

-76

-37.8%

Crimen injuria

5,346

5,324

4,449

4,057

3,591

2,886

2,824

-62

-2.1%

Neglect and ill-treatment of children

610

465

477

430

382

358

356

-2

-0.6%

Kidnapping

349

273

202

108

93

88

137

49

55.7%