PROVINCE: NORTHERN PROVINCE
Number of cases reported by area and type of serious crime	BUSHVELD			CENTRAL			FAR NORTH			GIYANI			TOTAL
	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996
MURDER	161	159	166	501	352	305	118	141	123	298	264	326	1,078	916	920
ATTEMPTED MURDER	225	174	236	1,576	865	742	183	181	255	375	416	515	2,359	1,636	1,748
ROBBERY : AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES	537	494	507	2,263	1,558	1,144	334	356	586	851	696	629	3,985	3,104	2,866
OTHER ROBBERY	255	248	252	661	655	1,050	207	213	274	613	745	869	1,736	1,861	2,445
PUBLIC VIOLENCE	4	1	2	11	10	13	3	1	4	19	22	9	37	34	28
ILLEGAL STRIKES	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	8	4	3
RAPE AND ATTEMPTED RAPE	443	573	643	754	918	997	535	567	558	885	979	1,039	2,617	3,037	3,237
STATUTORY RAPE	4	4	8	9	0	7	8	4	1	5	6	9	26	14	25
INDECENT ASSAULT	34	32	52	33	39	43	14	46	29	27	42	44	108	159	168
CRUELTY TOWARDS AND ILL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN (EXCLUDING SEXUAL OFFENCES, ASSAULT AND MURDER)	13	7	10	43	72	75	113	120	19	96	101	83	265	300	187
KIDNAPPING	10	25	28	70	74	94	30	26	35	64	88	101	174	213	258
ABDUCTION	16	18	37	219	100	15	49	55	35	61	75	34	345	248	121
ASSAULT WITH THE INTENT TO INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM	2,587	2,865	3,033	4,050	4,348	4,459	3,648	3,745	4,261	6,771	7,371	7,517	17,056	18,329	19,270
COMMON ASSAULT	2,508	2,649	2,288	2,860	3,128	3,339	3,198	3,394	3,462	4,816	4,641	5,067	13,382	13,812	14,156
HOUSEBREAKING - BUSINESS PREMISES	945	1,011	1,269	1,784	1,441	1,243	1,075	1,077	1,066	1,504	1,255	2,042	5,308	4,784	5,620
HOUSEBREAKING - RESIDENTIAL PREMISES	1,683	1,853	2,134	2,302	2,966	3,897	1,649	1,910	1,944	3,246	3,697	3,578	8,880	10,426	11,553
STOCK-THEFT	439	543	549	531	669	616	298	312	273	522	509	439	1,790	2,033	1,877
SHOPLIFTING	755	654	731	1,351	1,483	947	309	292	475	974	782	935	3,389	3,211	3,088
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE	369	432	509	961	910	1,058	269	253	319	422	410	465	2,021	2,005	2,351
THEFT OUT OF OR FROM MOTOR VEHICLES	792	804	899	2,012	2,112	3,238	314	462	829	1,332	1,266	1,505	4,450	4,644	6,471
OTHER THEFTS	4,170	4,085	4,250	4,584	4,722	5,849	3,857	3,747	3,021	5,803	5,615	5,519	18,414	18,169	18,639
ARSON	100	69	72	127	150	213	288	267	232	374	335	303	889	821	820
MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY	941	1,023	1,076	1,412	1,869	2,030	1,237	1,249	1,281	1,942	2,009	2,127	5,532	6,150	6,514
ALL FRAUD, FORGERY, MALAPPROPRIATIONS, EMBEZZLEMENTS, ETC	545	603	809	666	739	912	415	493	510	653	729	539	2,279	2,564	2,770
DRUG-RELATED CRIME	473	266	203	406	289	422	306	280	312	390	352	420	1,575	1,187	1,357
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS	272	222	228	207	209	295	194	220	151	168	156	148	841	807	822
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION	87	67	93	155	125	263	96	89	102	107	110	200	445	391	658
EXPLOSIVES ACT	21	7	3	2	4	39	2	0	3	1	4	17	26	15	62
CAR JACKING *	-	-	54	-	-	81	-	-	19	-	-	31	-	-	185
HIJACKING OF TRUCKS *	-	-	27	-	-	30	-	-	2	-	-	5	-	-	64
ROBBERY OF CASH IN TRANSIT *	-	-	12	-	-	95	-	-	15	-	-	5	-	-	127
BANK ROBBERIES *	-	-	8	-	-	20	-	-	9	-	-	7	-	-	44
* These crimes have already been accounted for under robbery with aggravating circumstances