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National crime statistics 2010/2011

Most categories of crime show year-on-year decline

Below is a table of the national crime statistics for 2010/2011 released in Pretoria today, September 8 2011:

Crime Category

April 2003 to March 2004

April 2004 to March 2005

April 2005 to March 2006

April 2006 to March 2007

April 2007 to March 2008

April 2008 to March 2009

April 2009 to March 2010

April 2010 to March 2011

CONTACT CRIMES (CRIMES AGAINST A PERSON)

Murder

19 824

18 793

18 545

19 202

18 487

18 148

16 834

15 940

Total Sexual Crimes

66 079

69 117

68 076

65 201

63 818

70 514

68 332

66 196

Attempted murder

30 076

24 516

20 553

20 142

18 795

18 298

17 410

15 493

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

260 082

249 369

226 942

218 030

210 104

203 777

205 293

198 602

Common assault

280 942

267 857

227 553

210 057

198 049

192 838

197 284

185 891

Common robbery

95 551

90 825

74 723

71 156

64 985

59 232

57 537

54 883

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

133 658

126 789

119 726

126 558

118 312

121 392

113 755

101 463

CONTACT- RELATED CRIMES

Arson

8 806

8 184

7 622

7 858

7 396

6 846

6 701

6 533

Malicious damage to property

158 247

150 785

144 265

143 336

136 968

134 261

132 134

125 327

PROPERTY- RELATED CRIMES

Burglary at non-residential premises

64 629

56 048

54 367

58 438

62 995

70 009

71 773

69 082

Burglary at residential premises

299 290

276 164

262 535

249 665

237 853

246 616

256 577

247 630

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

88 144

83 857

85 964

86 298

80 226

75 968

71 776

64 504

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

171 982

148 512

139 090

124 029

111 661

109 548

120 862

123 091

Stock-theft

41 273

32 675

28 742

28 828

28 778

30 043

32 380

30 144

CRIMES HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON POLICE ACTION FOR DETECTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

16 839

15 497

13 453

14 354

13 476

14 045

14 542

14 472

Drug-related crime

62 689

84 001

95 690

104 689

109 134

117 172

134 840

150 673

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

24 886

29 927

33 116

38 261

48 405

56 165

62 939

66 697

OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

606 460

536 281

432 629

415 163

395 296

394 124

367 442

368 095

Commercial crime

55 869

53 931

54 214

61 690

65 286

77 474

84 842

88 388

Shoplifting

71 888

66 525

64 491

65 489

66 992

80 773

88 634

78 383

SUBCATEGORIES FORMING PART OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY ABOVE

Carjacking

13 793

12 434

12 825

13 599

14 201

14 915

13 902

10 627

Truck hijacking

901

930

829

892

1 245

1 437

1 412

999

Robbery at residential premises

9 351

9 391

10 173

12 761

14 481

18 438

18 786

16 889

Robbery at non-residential premises

3 677

3 320

4 387

6 689

9 862

13 920

14 534

14 667

OTHER CRIMES CATEGORIES

Culpable homicide

11 096

11 995

12 415

12 871

13 184

12 571

12 272

11 974

Public violence

979

974

1 044

1 023

895

1 500

1 323

1 226

Crimen injuria

59 908

55 929

44 512

36 747

33 064

30 355

32 356

33 308

Neglect and ill-treatment of children

6 504

5 568

4 828

4 258

4 106

4 034

4 014

3 473

Kidnapping

3 004

2 618

2 320

2 345

2 323

2 535

2 889

3 604

Source: www.saps.gov.za, September 8 2011

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