REPLIES

Gauteng crime statistics 2010/2011

Large declines in number of business and residential robberies

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

4 433

3 818

3 621

3 884

3 766

3 963

3 444

3 257

Total Sexual Crimes

16 402

16 333

15 676

15 124

15 398

18 176

15 645

13 987

Attempted murder

8 588

6 661

5 761

5 741

5 313

5 207

4 800

4 104

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

56 962

54 138

51 371

50 084

48 076

48 257

49 082

46 600

Common assault

77 389

72 484

63 012

58 915

58 000

58 566

58 956

54 476

Common robbery

32 307

30 641

25 504

25 307

22 664

20 599

20 107

18 207

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

63 639

57 628

52 437

55 329

51 280

51 251

47 289

40 052

CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES

Arson

2 013

1 985

2 003

2 099

1 864

1 747

1 597

1 624

Malicious damage to property

47 633

45 445

44 237

43 655

42 433

43 657

44 142

41 017

PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES

Burglary at non-residential premises

14 981

12 986

13 274

14 722

15 321

17 563

17 904

16 757

Burglary at residential premises

84 643

77 383

75 243

67 886

63 799

69 300

74 902

70 794

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

41 584

39 738

41 667

42 117

40 296

38 923

36 337

32 278

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

53 990

47 638

46 208

39 791

36 560

35 891

39 133

37 443

Stock-theft

896

682

630

610

655

798

886

711

CRIMES HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON POLICE ACTION FOR DETECTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

4 968

3 974

3 388

3 920

3 486

4 040

4 113

3 665

Drug-related crime

9 428

10 722

14 202

12 582

12 742

13 574

14 729

16 457

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

6 275

6 619

7 277

7 539

9 833

13 150

14 910

21 417

OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

192 673

169 992

136 435

130 983

123 559

123 478

117 226

116 518

Commercial crime

24 714

23 337

24 368

26 869

26 986

30 757

34 095

34 756

Shoplifting

18 920

17 946

18 627

18 944

20 466

24 846

27 764

24 767

SUBCATEGORIES FORMING PART OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY ABOVE

Carjacking

8 914

7 230

7 250

7 337

7 489

7 662

7 444

5 936

Truck hijacking

472

469

438

544

775

906

860

600

Robbery at residential premises

5 383

5 618

6 208

7 776

7 377

8 190

8 051

7 039

Robbery at non-residential premises

2 338

2 116

3 150

4 505

5 113

6 244

6 379

5 553

OTHER CRIMES CATEGORIES

Culpable homicide

2 542

2 706

2 873

3 119

3 048

2 897

2 741

2 579

Public violence

165

167

225

186

197

462

311

234

Crimen injuria

11 041

10 080

8 235

6 817

6 244

5 816

7 016

8 040

Neglect and ill-treatment of children

1 589

1 348

1 201

1 144

1 035

1 000

1 057

973

Kidnapping

1 065

922

856

949

952

1 066

1 167

1 374

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

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