PROVINCE: KWAZULU-NATAL - PART 1
Number of cases reported by area and type of serious crime	DURBAN			MIDLANDS			TUGELA			ULUNDI
	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996
MURDER	2,969	2,803	2,351	1,543	1,440	1,417	793	620	535	646	607	605
ATTEMPTED MURDER	3,031	2,854	2,668	1,709	1,725	1,698	735	621	617	518	565	646
ROBBERY : AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES	9,591	9,588	8,634	2,856	2,900	2,612	1,086	979	905	677	661	714
OTHER ROBBERY	2,337	3,553	4,179	661	822	1,172	681	792	932	171	178	255
PUBLIC VIOLENCE	51	36	40	35	37	19	8	11	4	5	5	3
ILLEGAL STRIKES	1	0	2	0	2	5	0	2	0	1	0	1
RAPE AND ATTEMPTED RAPE	2,957	3,387	3,449	1,271	1,401	1,689	798	912	910	550	569	684
STATUTORY RAPE	50	43	28	7	9	9	28	20	2	4	3	2
INDECENT ASSAULT	325	438	370	85	124	91	46	117	107	18	38	22
CRUELTY TOWARDS AND ILL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN (EXCLUDING SEXUAL OFFENCES, ASSAULT AND MURDER)	134	147	139	26	54	53	18	34	23	16	16	10
KIDNAPPING	450	474	352	105	122	124	75	90	58	57	49	40
ABDUCTION	203	170	146	112	109	96	47	54	30	43	30	27
ASSAULT WITH THE INTENT TO INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM	7,725	7,990	8,785	4,581	4,667	4,983	3,375	3,505	3,441	2,447	2,346	2,758
COMMON ASSAULT	13,534	13,619	13,155	4,591	4,824	4,649	3,218	3,404	3,186	1,602	1,727	1,743
HOUSEBREAKING - BUSINESS PREMISES	7,090	6,572	6,851	3,115	3,025	3,009	1,663	1,711	1,360	835	870	850
HOUSEBREAKING - RESIDENTIAL PREMISES	14,939	16,069	16,004	7,707	7,936	8,446	3,610	3,711	4,246	1,744	1,924	2,288
STOCK-THEFT	267	214	196	2,503	2,698	2,706	2,078	2,066	1,899	1,448	1,635	1,669
SHOPLIFTING	5,095	5,502	5,591	1,694	1,572	1,639	1,256	1,235	1,181	622	579	673
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE	12,822	12,570	11,908	2,063	2,029	2,249	690	861	792	377	402	425
THEFT OUT OF OR FROM MOTOR VEHICLES	17,634	19,959	20,343	5,244	5,228	5,184	1,780	2,075	2,060	649	538	774
OTHER THEFTS	25,796	27,735	26,748	10,547	10,256	10,372	5,996	5,994	5,715	3,505	3,578	3,319
ARSON	803	547	500	663	547	467	294	246	160	483	336	355
MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY	9,816	10,178	10,638	3,031	3,230	3,245	1,994	2,187	2,005	842	822	934
ALL FRAUD, FORGERY, MALAPPROPRIATIONS, EMBEZZLEMENTS, ETC	5,741	4,934	4,776	1,388	1,324	1,333	791	921	738	444	306	395
DRUG-RELATED CRIME	4,606	3,707	4,050	1,655	1,225	927	626	514	579	550	449	482
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS	1,998	1,681	1,777	647	627	681	261	360	362	127	131	125
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION	787	1,132	1,264	1,173	1,047	1,048	547	459	246	343	293	477
EXPLOSIVES ACT	33	10	13	12	7	3	10	3	11	6	2	1
CAR JACKING *	-	-	1,775	-	-	386	-	-	107	-	-	75
HIJACKING OF TRUCKS *	-	-	300	-	-	170	-	-	26	-	-	31
ROBBERY OF CASH IN TRANSIT *	-	-	15	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	-	4
BANK ROBBERIES *	-	-	46	-	-	27	-	-	7	-	-	5
* These crimes have already been accounted for under robbery with aggravating circumstances