PROVINCE: NORTHERN CAPE
Number of cases reported by area and type of serious crime	DIAMONDFIELD			GORDONIA			NAMAQUALAND			UPPER KAROO			TOTAL
	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996
MURDER	245	302	252	173	197	216	36	40	40	102	117	117	556	656	625
ATTEMPTED MURDER	157	231	217	44	76	110	24	25	49	36	48	43	261	380	419
ROBBERY : AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES	582	799	443	47	113	109	10	30	31	29	23	37	668	965	620
OTHER ROBBERY	674	957	926	174	175	257	10	26	35	83	84	113	941	1,242	1,331
PUBLIC VIOLENCE	40	17	23	11	3	4	0	2	3	4	2	2	55	24	32
ILLEGAL STRIKES	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
RAPE AND ATTEMPTED RAPE	763	933	823	312	346	325	58	66	87	193	185	215	1,326	1,530	1,450
STATUTORY RAPE	14	4	7	10	6	7	1	0	3	7	1	9	32	11	26
INDECENT ASSAULT	55	55	59	20	38	44	27	13	16	13	14	20	115	120	139
CRUELTY TOWARDS AND ILL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN (EXCLUDING SEXUAL OFFENCES, ASSAULT AND MURDER)	56	153	53	9	6	18	5	7	5	31	28	17	101	194	93
KIDNAPPING	25	24	23	3	9	11	1	3	7	3	9	6	32	45	47
ABDUCTION	35	27	21	5	4	6	1	2	1	1	2	0	42	35	28
ASSAULT WITH THE INTENT TO INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM	5,460	6,162	5,991	3,513	3,780	4,254	514	632	734	1,920	2,041	2,099	11,407	12,615	13,078
COMMON ASSAULT	4,101	4,702	4,557	1,064	1,399	1,200	670	713	882	1,296	1,428	1,604	7,131	8,242	8,243
HOUSEBREAKING - BUSINESS PREMISES	1,365	1,536	1,217	592	593	765	256	244	273	386	437	456	2,599	2,810	2,711
HOUSEBREAKING - RESIDENTIAL PREMISES	3,019	3,220	2,944	930	1,040	1,197	336	311	339	562	609	614	4,847	5,180	5,094
STOCK-THEFT	972	986	906	778	863	714	121	111	84	570	666	599	2,441	2,626	2,303
SHOPLIFTING	1,398	1,234	1,100	803	637	614	125	159	188	374	336	323	2,700	2,366	2,225
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE	326	393	321	51	50	66	33	24	29	29	25	54	439	492	470
THEFT OUT OF OR FROM MOTOR VEHICLES	2,819	3,526	2,555	408	533	789	66	63	72	186	159	149	3,479	4,281	3,565
OTHER THEFTS	6,505	6,722	6,319	2,342	2,376	2,687	471	439	495	1,267	1,282	1,404	10,585	10,819	10,905
ARSON	122	130	113	34	68	45	13	13	18	30	33	33	199	244	209
MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY	2,561	2,910	2,535	974	1,105	1,183	297	305	404	576	559	665	4,408	4,879	4,787
ALL FRAUD, FORGERY, MALAPPROPRIATIONS, EMBEZZLEMENTS, ETC	1,654	1,055	746	228	314	367	59	51	81	144	132	101	2,085	1,552	1,295
DRUG-RELATED CRIME	497	652	471	371	303	502	237	198	248	458	388	313	1,563	1,541	1,534
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS	483	478	385	158	151	153	125	111	112	73	73	98	839	813	748
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION	60	125	93	14	26	33	8	11	6	7	14	18	89	176	150
EXPLOSIVES ACT	13	12	8	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	17	16	13
CAR JACKING *	-	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	14
HIJACKING OF TRUCKS *	-	-	3	-	-	0	-	-	0	-	-	3	-	-	6
ROBBERY OF CASH IN TRANSIT *	-	-	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-	-	0	-	-	1
BANK ROBBERIES *	-	-	5	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	0	-	-	7
* These crimes have already been accounted for under robbery with aggravating circumstances