REPLIES

Western Cape crime statistics 2010/2011

Most categories stable, but large increase in number of business 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

2 839

2 680

2 750

2 881

2 836

2 346

2 274

2 311

Total Sexual Crimes

9 751

10 498

9 631

8 969

8 623

8 772

9 678

9 299

Attempted murder

3 633

2 490

1 856

2 046

1 844

1 766

1 707

2 162

Assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm

36 912

33 869

28 479

25 905

24 915

23 086

24 061

24 723

Common assault

52 339

48 739

38 226

35 083

32 663

31 680

34 410

33 278

Common robbery

14 943

13 283

9 387

8 697

8 578

8 439

9 473

10 399

Robbery with aggravating circumstances

13 855

13 143

12 945

15 226

14 555

12 729

12 543

12 250

CONTACT-RELATED CRIMES

Arson

967

720

595

625

629

524

598

632

Malicious damage to property

32 032

29 871

27 875

29 227

27 301

25 132

24 431

23 334

PROPERTY-RELATED CRIMES

Burglary at non-residential premises

11 784

8 950

7 944

10 118

10 639

10 450

11 544

11 582

Burglary at residential premises

54 069

46 977

41 000

43 142

42 376

42 920

43 300

43 801

Theft of motor vehicle and motorcycle

13 847

12 311

12 795

13 510

12 955

10 814

10 039

9 098

Theft out of or from motor vehicle

41 273

36 983

34 648

33 626

31 778

29 924

35 367

36 453

Stock-theft

1 732

1 120

834

780

792

907

1 109

995

CRIMES HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON POLICE ACTION FOR DETECTION

Illegal possession of firearms and ammunition

1 912

2 247

2 252

2 526

2 346

2 314

2 181

2 551

Drug-related crime

19 940

30 432

34 788

41 067

45 985

52 781

60 409

70 588

Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs

4 957

6 583

8 114

9 583

11 616

12 741

15 644

17 244

OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES

All theft not mentioned elsewhere

121 789

113 814

90 028

93 314

90 966

90 655

86 583

84 989

Commercial crime

7 713

7 651

7 139

7 819

9 659

11 366

11 697

11 888

Shoplifting

13 901

12 851

12 618

13 950

14 850

18 836

20 500

18 763

SUBCATEGORIES FORMING PART OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY ABOVE

Carjacking

1 015

901

965

911

923

698

575

457

Truck hijacking

16

16

10

9

23

27

14

17

Robbery at residential premises

319

307

434

658

796

974

1 167

1 215

Robbery at non-residential premises

109

84

110

197

635

1 058

1 058

1 309

OTHER CRIMES CATEGORIES

Culpable homicide

1 252

1 407

1 396

1 437

1 443

1 280

1 135

1 126

Public violence

268

285

308

406

257

467

335

402

Crimen injuria

14 200

12 522

8 574

6 805

6 737

6 185

7 135

7 337

Neglect and ill-treatment of children

1 762

1 437

1 103

914

978

883

847

667

Kidnapping

450

290

216

201

188

169

232

392

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

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