PROVINCE: WESTERN CAPE
Number of cases reported by area and type of serious crime	BOLAND			EASTERN METROPOLE			SOUTHERN CAPE			WESTERN METROPOLE			TOTAL
	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996	1994	1995	1996
MURDER	686	776	814	840	998	1,053	350	398	499	791	923	893	2,667	3,095	3,259
ATTEMPTED MURDER	317	392	505	984	1,174	1,166	125	145	206	1,253	1,199	1,377	2,679	2,910	3,254
ROBBERY : AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES	766	652	539	2,371	2,218	1,816	361	347	307	3,113	3,103	2,481	6,611	6,320	5,143
OTHER ROBBERY	812	959	1,157	1,684	1,858	2,109	415	462	502	2,573	3,147	3,092	5,484	6,426	6,860
PUBLIC VIOLENCE	38	57	52	84	75	59	1	10	7	157	60	60	280	202	178
ILLEGAL STRIKES	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	1	9	5	2
RAPE AND ATTEMPTED RAPE	1,502	1,564	1,711	1,591	1,679	1,882	735	803	973	1,543	1,635	1,722	5,371	5,681	6,288
STATUTORY RAPE	52	58	39	51	34	26	24	23	18	60	68	51	187	183	134
INDECENT ASSAULT	248	306	365	343	457	469	76	92	112	467	539	516	1,134	1,394	1,462
CRUELTY TOWARDS AND ILL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN (EXCLUDING SEXUAL OFFENCES, ASSAULT AND MURDER)	168	170	128	305	242	177	124	94	94	184	199	110	781	705	509
KIDNAPPING	65	60	57	131	133	122	32	47	29	139	152	139	367	392	347
ABDUCTION	45	45	52	79	73	96	22	6	19	116	93	71	262	217	238
ASSAULT WITH THE INTENT TO INFLICT GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM	11,943	11,993	12,429	8,006	7,601	7,270	5,675	6,016	5,906	7,561	6,994	6,477	33,185	32,604	32,082
COMMON ASSAULT	10,522	11,534	12,309	8,668	8,906	9,878	5,167	5,105	5,328	9,647	9,765	9,653	34,004	35,310	37,168
HOUSEBREAKING - BUSINESS PREMISES	3,750	3,732	3,899	3,500	3,696	3,533	1,795	1,691	1,775	5,300	5,388	5,594	14,345	14,507	14,801
HOUSEBREAKING - RESIDENTIAL PREMISES	7,964	8,138	8,503	9,152	10,602	10,197	3,863	3,589	3,891	13,041	14,843	13,654	34,020	37,172	36,245
STOCK-THEFT	1,039	1,002	956	136	107	125	783	609	668	60	59	70	2,018	1,777	1,819
SHOPLIFTING	2,501	2,319	2,016	2,778	2,223	2,276	1,215	1,279	1,234	4,262	3,647	3,492	10,756	9,468	9,018
THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE	743	697	664	2,677	2,409	2,613	300	253	231	5,649	5,402	4,846	9,369	8,761	8,354
THEFT OUT OF OR FROM MOTOR VEHICLES	3,056	3,285	3,896	7,472	7,707	7,284	1,259	1,184	1,100	21,522	22,663	21,336	33,309	34,839	33,616
OTHER THEFTS	13,856	13,916	13,547	16,584	16,204	16,519	6,914	6,475	6,467	20,606	20,605	19,402	57,960	57,200	55,935
ARSON	214	208	204	286	254	254	139	152	165	302	237	250	941	851	873
MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY	5,874	5,862	6,138	5,218	5,456	5,634	2,579	2,587	2,575	6,032	6,623	6,559	19,703	20,528	20,906
ALL FRAUD, FORGERY, MALAPPROPRIATIONS, EMBEZZLEMENTS, ETC	1,280	1,424	1,536	2,878	2,909	3,467	815	797	834	3,682	3,914	3,819	8,655	9,044	9,656
DRUG-RELATED CRIME	3,986	3,714	3,163	2,802	2,824	2,138	1,389	1,292	1,214	3,922	3,321	2,828	12,099	11,151	9,343
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS	1,047	1,109	1,108	1,296	1,235	1,089	674	689	572	1,465	1,400	1,532	4,482	4,433	4,301
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION	138	164	182	337	514	597	44	43	75	458	648	670	977	1,369	1,524
EXPLOSIVES ACT	7	2	9	18	6	5	8	4	1	16	4	8	49	16	23
CAR JACKING *	-	-	12	-	-	115	-	-	8	-	-	153	-	-	288
HIJACKING OF TRUCKS *	-	-	2	-	-	16	-	-	0	-	-	34	-	-	52
ROBBERY OF CASH IN TRANSIT *	-	-	1	-	-	8	-	-	2	-	-	10	-	-	21
BANK ROBBERIES *	-	-	4	-	-	9	-	-	1	-	-	19	-	-	33
* These crimes have already been accounted for under robbery with aggravating circumstances