STATISTICS
SA POLICE STATISTICS FOR REPORTED CASES OF RAPE
* Guide to reading these statistics, you will note that the SAPS have separate rape, rape against so-called "imbeciles" and indecent assault. To get an accurate assesment of rape stats in conventional terms, add all these categories for totals. In present legal definitions of indecent assault in South Africa it can include anything from attempted penetration, to fondling to anal sex and oral sex. New legal definitions will make it clear that what is now called "indecent assault" is rape. It is also of interest to note that the ratio of people raped per 100 000 members of the population in the USA in 1998 was 34,4; in that same year in South Africa the ratio per 100 000 raped was 115.8 - SpeakOut.
Rape (incl attempts) in the RSA for the period January to December 1994-1998
Cases Reported : January to December
| Province | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Eastern Cape | 5,499 | 6,037 | 6,399 | 7,138 | 6,514 |
| Free State | 3,553 | 3,802 | 3,816 | 3,864 | 3,496 |
| Gauteng | 10,813 | 11,979 | 12,938 | 12,717 | 11,808 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 7,028 | 8,020 | 8,706 | 8,638 | 8,525 |
| Mpumalanga | 2,472 | 2,871 | 3,221 | 3,111 | 3,034 |
| North West Province | 3,750 | 4,549 | 4,426 | 4,823 | 4,461 |
| Northern Cape | 1,326 | 1,530 | 1,450 | 1,517 | 1,438 |
| Northern Province | 2,617 | 3,037 | 3,237 | 3,693 | 3,800 |
| Western Cape | 5,371 | 5,681 | 6,288 | 6,658 | 6,204 |
| RSA | 42,429 | 47,506 | 50,481 | 52,159 | 49,280 |
Ratio per 100 000 of the population
| Province | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Eastern Cape | 88.5 | 96.4 | 101.5 | 112.5 | 101.9 |
| Free State | 140.5 | 147.3 | 144.9 | 143.8 | 127.5 |
| Gauteng | 154.9 | 167.3 | 176.1 | 168.7 | 152.6 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 87.6 | 97.6 | 103.4 | 100.2 | 96.5 |
| Mpumalanga | 93.5 | 105.5 | 115.0 | 107.9 | 102.3 |
| North West Province | 118.7 | 139.7 | 131.9 | 139.5 | 125.2 |
| Northern Cape | 159.8 | 183.2 | 172.6 | 179.4 | 169.0 |
| Northern Province | 57.2 | 63.9 | 65.7 | 72.2 | 71.6 |
| Western Cape | 142.4 | 147.1 | 158.9 | 164.3 | 149.5 |
| RSA | 109.6 | 119.8 | 124.4 | 125.5 | 115.8 |
% Difference in cases reported
| Province | 1995/94 | 1996/95 | 1997/96 | 1998/97 | 1998/94 |
| Eastern Cape | 9.8% | 6.0% | 11.5% | -8.7% | 18.5% |
| Free State | 7.0% | 0.4% | 1.3% | -9.5% | -1.6% |
| Gauteng | 10.8% | 8.0% | -1.7% | -7.1% | 9.2% |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 14.1% | 8.6% | -0.8% | -1.3% | 21.3% |
| Mpumalanga | 16.1% | 12.2% | -3.4% | -2.5% | 22.7% |
| North West Province | 21.3% | -2.7% | 9.0% | -7.5% | 19.0% |
| Northern Cape | 15.4% | -5.2% | 4.6% | -5.2% | 8.4% |
| Northern Province | 16.0% | 6.6% | 14.1% | 2.9% | 45.2% |
| Western Cape | 5.8% | 10.7% | 5.9% | -6.8% | 15.5% |
| RSA | 12.0% | 6.3% | 3.3% | -5.5% | 16.1% |
Intercourse with a girl under the prescribed age and/or female imbecile in the RSA for the period January to December 1994-1998
Cases Reported : January to December
| Province | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Eastern Cape | 59 | 59 | 124 | 99 | 73 |
| Free State | 84 | 57 | 70 | 45 | 40 |
| Gauteng | 217 | 163 | 88 | 48 | 58 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 103 | 94 | 50 | 70 | 103 |
| Mpumalanga | 23 | 21 | 29 | 32 | 15 |
| North West Province | 56 | 64 | 34 | 40 | 22 |
| Northern Cape | 32 | 11 | 26 | 24 | 18 |
| Northern Province | 26 | 14 | 25 | 18 | 31 |
| Western Cape | 187 | 183 | 134 | 161 | 114 |
| RSA | 787 | 666 | 580 | 537 | 474 |
Ratio per 100 000 of the population
| Province | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Eastern Cape | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.1 |
| Free State | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| Gauteng | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Mpumalanga | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 |
| North West Province | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Northern Cape | 3.9 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Northern Province | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Western Cape | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.7 |
| RSA | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
% Difference in cases reported
| Province | 1995/94 | 1996/95 | 1997/96 | 1998/97 | 1998/94 |
| Eastern Cape | 0.0% | 110.2% | -20.2% | -26.3% | 23.7% |
| Free State | -32.1% | 22.8% | -35.7% | -11.1% | -52.4% |
| Gauteng | -24.9% | -46.0% | -45.5% | 20.8% | -73.3% |
| KwaZulu-Natal | -8.7% | -46.8% | 40.0% | 47.1% | 0.0% |
| Mpumalanga | -8.7% | 38.1% | 10.3% | -53.1% | -34.8% |
| North West Province | 14.3% | -46.9% | 17.6% | -45.0% | -60.7% |
| Northern Cape | -65.6% | 136.4% | -7.7% | -25.0% | -43.8% |
| Northern Province | -46.2% | 78.6% | -28.0% | 72.2% | 19.2% |
| Western Cape | -2.1% | -26.8% | 20.1% | -29.2% | -39.0% |
| RSA | -15.4% | -12.9% | -7.4% | -11.7% | -39.8% |
Indecent assault in the RSA for the period January to December 1994-1998
Cases reported : January to December
| Province | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Eastern Cape | 417 | 433 | 569 | 593 | 518 |
| Free State | 213 | 340 | 336 | 306 | 279 |
| Gauteng | 998 | 1,144 | 1,083 | 966 | 894 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 585 | 835 | 692 | 753 | 806 |
| Mpumalanga | 154 | 185 | 441 | 221 | 183 |
| North West Province | 150 | 263 | 330 | 276 | 252 |
| Northern Cape | 115 | 120 | 139 | 138 | 167 |
| Northern Province | 108 | 159 | 168 | 208 | 145 |
| Western Cape | 1,134 | 1,394 | 1,462 | 1,592 | 1,607 |
| RSA | 3,874 | 4,873 | 5,220 | 5,053 | 4,851 |
Ratio per 100 000 of the population
| Province | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
| Eastern Cape | 6.7 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 8.1 |
| Free State | 8.4 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 10.2 |
| Gauteng | 14.3 | 16.0 | 14.7 | 12.8 | 11.6 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 7.3 | 10.2 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.1 |
| Mpumalanga | 5.8 | 6.8 | 15.7 | 7.7 | 6.2 |
| North West Province | 4.7 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 8.0 | 7.1 |
| Northern Cape | 13.9 | 14.4 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 19.6 |
| Northern Province | 2.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| Western Cape | 30.1 | 36.1 | 36.9 | 39.3 | 38.7 |
| RSA | 10.0 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.4 |
% Difference in cases reported
| Province | 1995/94 | 1996/95 | 1997/96 | 1998/97 | 1998/94 |
| Eastern Cape | 3.8% | 31.4% | 4.2% | -12.6% | 24.2% |
| Free State | 59.6% | -1.2% | -8.9% | -8.8% | 31.0% |
| Gauteng | 14.6% | -5.3% | -10.8% | -7.5% | -10.4% |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 42.7% | -17.1% | 8.8% | 7.0% | 37.8% |
| Mpumalanga | 20.1% | 138.4% | -49.9% | -17.2% | 18.8% |
| North West Province | 75.3% | 25.5% | -16.4% | -8.7% | 68.0% |
| Northern Cape | 4.3% | 15.8% | -0.7% | 21.0% | 45.2% |
| Northern Province | 47.2% | 5.7% | 23.8% | -30.3% | 34.3% |
| Western Cape | 22.9% | 4.9% | 8.9% | 0.9% | 41.7% |
| RSA | 25.8% | 7.1% | -3.2% | -4.0% | 25.2% |
21.07.2000
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