Mpumalanga 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

1,056

1,099

882

869

835

902

878

-24

-2.7%

Total Sexual Crimes

4,375

4,674

4,756

4,631

4,169

4,695

4,603

-92

-2.0%

Attempted  murder

1,805

1,568

1,343

1,305

1,271

1,265

1,227

-38

-3.0%

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

20,093

19,978

18,671

18,005

16,849

17,062

15,864

-1,198

-7.0%

Common assault

15,019

15,736

14,196

13,522

12,202

11,491

11,203

-288

-2.5%

Common robbery

4,980

5,474

5,191

5,177

4,752

4,376

3,967

-409

-9.3%

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

6,947

6,947

6,607

6,669

5,907

6,952

6,611

-341

-4.9%

CONTACT-RELATED CRIME

Arson

647

579

626

669

588

639

575

-64

-10.0%

Malicious damage to property

8,734

8,903

8,752

8,687

8,241

8,713

8,210

-503

-5.8%

PROPERTY-RELATED CRIME

Burglary at non-residential premises

3,351

2,992

2,932

3,490

4,273

5,329

5,539

210

3.9%

Burglary at residential premises

22,434

21,216

20,360

19,503

18,855

19,839

19,350

-489

-2.5%

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

3,514

3,640

3,318

3,183

2,956

3,199

3,248

49

1.5%

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

7,618

6,802

6,553

5,753

5,286

5,592

6,427

835

14.9%

Stock-theft

3,741

2,796

2,362

2,539

2,950

3,155

3,330

175

5.5%

CRIME HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON POLICE ACTION FOR DETECTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

790

792

579

585

524

589

621

32

5.4%

Drug-related  crime

1,314

1,714

1,794

2,068

1,770

1,642

2,041

399

24.3%

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

1,416

1,332

1,132

1,334

1,987

1,918

2,122

204

10.6%

OTHER SERIOUS CRIME

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

38,364

33,462

28,854

26,652

24,502

24,794

23,367

-1,427

-5.8%

Commercial  crime

2,750

2,474

2,630

2,860

3,778

4,082

4,683

601

14.7%

Shoplifting

4,168

3,600

3,365

3,725

3,552

3,635

3,947

312

8.6%

SUBCATEGORIES  FORMING PART OF AGGRAVATED  ROBBERY ABOVE

Carjacking

341

485

515

597

664

984

709

-275

-27.9%

Truck hijacking

90

79

87

90

151

172

197

25

14.5%

Robbery at residential premises

244

340

378

540

862

1,188

1,300

112

9.4%

Robbery at non-residential premises

120

89

77

195

305

818

978

160

19.6%

OTHER CRIME CATEGORIES

Culpable homicide

990

1,086

1,124

1,112

1,312

1,329

1,344

15

1.1%

Public violence

49

48

63

50

61

75

153

78

104.0%

Crimen injuria

2,858

2,909

2,763

2,384

1,995

1,730

1,595

-135

-7.8%

Neglect and ill-treatment of children

309

331

246

203

166

170

164

-6

-3.5%

Kidnapping

149

137

115

115

107

164

194

30

18.3%