Other sexual off ences committed before 16 December 2007 ----- 2548713005120092500012505 Any off ence of an indecent nature against a female person not elsewhere specified and she is not a co-operating party (only valid if committed before 16 December 2007) Immorality Act (see 14 and 15).
From table 16 it is evident that the highest ratio of murder reported during 2007/2008 was recorded in the Eastern Cape, followed by KwaZulu-Natal, the Western Cape and Gauteng (this indicates that the highest probablity of getting murdered existed in the Eastern Cape, followed by KwaZulu-Natal, etc.). The only province able to reach the 7 - 10% reduction target was the Western Cape, while alarming increases of 10,1% in Limpopo and 6,4% in Mpumalanga and the Free State respectively were noted. The incidence of murder stayed on the same level in KwaZulu-Natal. Four provinces recorded increases and the remaining four decreases.
The highest incidence of all sexual offences (per 100 000 of the population) was recorded in Gauteng, followed by the Northern Cape and Western Cape, while Limpopo featured at the bottom of the list. All the provinces, with the exception of the Western Cape - which also met the reduction target, experienced increases in sexual offences. The highest increase was recorded in Gauteng.
The highest incidence of attempted murder during 2008/2009 was recorded in the Northern Cape, followed by Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. According to the figures in table 18, all the provinces with the exception of the Free State recorded decreasing trends in the incidence of attempted murder during 2008/2009. The decreases recorded by the Western Cape, Gauteng and the Northern Cape met the 7 - 10% reduction target for contact crime.
The highest ratio of assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm (more than twice the national ratio) was recorded in the Northern Cape. With the exception of Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal, where the recorded ratios were less than 300, the levels of assault GBH in the other provinces except the Free State closely followed the national average. While all the provinces experienced decreases in the incidence of assault GBH, only the substantial decrease in the Western Cape met the contact crime reduction target, although Gauteng only barely missed it.
The highest incidence of common assault was recorded in the Free State, followed by the Western Cape and Gauteng. The lowest level of common assault was recorded in Limpopo, as was the case with regard to the other categories of social contact crime (see table 15). Six of the provinces recorded decreases in the incidence of common assault, with those in the Eastern Cape, the Western Cape, Limpopo and Mpumalanga either meeting or exceeding the contact crime reduction target.
The figures contained in tables 15 - 20 indicate that the highest ratios of social contact crime were recorded in the Northern Cape (1 653.4), the Free State (1 453.9), the Western Cape (1 284.0) and Gauteng (1 273.5).
South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape recorded the second and third highest ratios, but closely matched the national average. Only the Western Cape and Gauteng were able to record decreases in aggravated robbery and these respectively exceeded and met the 7 - 10% reduction target.
The figures in table 22 indicate that 78,4% of all reported carjackings occurred in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, with 51,1% and 27,2% of the cases respectively. With the exception of the Western Cape which recorded a remarkable decrease and North West with a marginal decrease, all the other provinces experienced increases - with those in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Free State reaching alarmingly high proportions. (The 40,0% increase in the Northern Cape is misleading, given the extremely low number of cases recorded in this province.
Raw figures are used in this table. The low figures in the Northern Cape make its increase statistically meaningless.
Most of the robberies at residential premises recorded during 2008/2009 were reported in Gauteng (44,1%) and KwaZulu-Natal (25,0%). A further 8,2% and 6,4% were reported in the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga respectively. All the provinces experienced increases in the incidence of house robbery. The increases in the Free State and Eastern Cape were in excess of 100%. Only the increases in Gauteng, North West and the Western Cape fell below the national average.
The trends pertaining to robbery at non-residential premises (mostly businesses) are very similar to those observed with regard to robbery at residential premises. Most of the cases were reported in Gauteng (44,7%) and KwaZulu-Natal (18,0%). All the provinces experienced increases of more than 20% in the incidence of robbery at non-residential premises, with the highest increases being recorded in the Free State and Mpumalanga.
The provincial ratios of aggravated robbery contained in table 21 and the raw figures for the three trio crimes found in tables 22 - 24 depict the following situation: Most of the cases of aggravated robbery in general are reported in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. The three subcategories of aggravated robbery described as the trio crimes are also more prevalent in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal than elsewhere, but the third positions with regard to reported cases of house robbery, business robbery and carjacking are occupied by the Eastern Cape, the Western Cape and Mpumalanga respectively.