PROVINCE: MPUMALANGA
Number of cases reported by area and type of serious crime	EASTERN HIGHVELD			HIGHVELD			LOWVELD			TOTAL
	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996
MURDER	368	430	513	389	430	579	302	263	295	1,059	1,123	1,387
ATTEMPTED MURDER	460	503	633	651	607	833	313	364	418	1,424	1,474	1,884
ROBBERY : AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES	1,250	1,255	1,182	1,626	1,525	1,800	1,019	915	847	3,895	3,695	3,829
OTHER ROBBERY	547	712	845	848	829	924	113	221	327	1,508	1,762	2,096
PUBLIC VIOLENCE	21	12	12	12	9	9	6	4	1	39	25	22
ILLEGAL STRIKES	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	0	3	7
RAPE AND ATTEMPTED RAPE	809	960	1,049	1,023	1,219	1,388	640	692	784	2,472	2,871	3,221
STATUTORY RAPE	14	14	17	4	4	8	5	3	4	23	21	29
INDECENT ASSAULT	66	99	136	60	53	257	28	33	48	154	185	441
CRUELTY TOWARDS AND ILL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN (EXCLUDING SEXUAL OFFENCES, ASSAULT AND MURDER)	26	25	31	34	94	131	12	20	18	72	139	180
KIDNAPPING	60	82	89	108	143	127	18	29	29	186	254	245
ABDUCTION	35	29	29	53	39	27	22	23	19	110	91	75
ASSAULT WITH THE INTENT TO INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM	4,428	4,674	4,986	5,376	5,780	6,178	3,682	4,075	4,340	13,486	14,529	15,504
COMMON ASSAULT	3,070	3,473	3,604	3,172	3,476	3,549	2,042	2,545	2,826	8,284	9,494	9,979
HOUSEBREAKING - BUSINESS PREMISES	2,304	2,455	2,230	2,144	2,069	2,363	1,445	1,529	1,601	5,893	6,053	6,194
HOUSEBREAKING - RESIDENTIAL PREMISES	4,546	5,038	5,878	5,212	6,192	6,437	3,956	4,175	4,406	13,714	15,405	16,721
STOCK-THEFT	3,030	3,290	3,132	1,336	1,365	1,298	504	421	336	4,870	5,076	4,766
SHOPLIFTING	1,645	1,348	1,383	1,462	1,619	1,678	1,426	1,638	1,433	4,533	4,605	4,494
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE	1,288	1,377	1,488	1,710	1,896	1,946	870	846	893	3,868	4,119	4,327
THEFT OUT OF OR FROM MOTOR VEHICLES	2,636	2,815	2,672	3,303	3,456	3,567	3,284	2,825	2,725	9,223	9,096	8,964
OTHER THEFTS	8,931	9,125	9,076	9,143	9,499	9,573	6,665	6,465	6,774	24,739	25,089	25,423
ARSON	221	172	204	204	250	255	135	147	171	560	569	630
MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY	2,570	2,666	2,962	2,443	3,064	3,026	1,417	1,658	1,697	6,430	7,388	7,685
ALL FRAUD, FORGERY, MALAPPROPRIATIONS, EMBEZZLEMENTS, ETC	1,002	1,029	1,101	1,133	1,356	1,284	796	838	860	2,931	3,223	3,245
DRUG-RELATED CRIME	854	744	718	622	461	531	832	555	630	2,308	1,760	1,879
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS	821	746	701	455	529	822	317	266	316	1,593	1,541	1,839
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION	197	190	281	184	234	244	210	139	166	591	563	691
EXPLOSIVES ACT	11	11	20	9	12	4	12	7	7	32	30	31
CAR JACKING *	-	-	224	-	-	349	-	-	110	-	-	683
HIJACKING OF TRUCKS *	-	-	107	-	-	152	-	-	23	-	-	282
ROBBERY OF CASH IN TRANSIT *	-	-	16	-	-	17	-	-	1	-	-	34
BANK ROBBERIES *	-	-	15	-	-	15	-	-	7	-	-	37
* These crimes have already been accounted for under robbery with aggravating circumstances