Research Article

Change-Point Analysis: An Effective Technique for Detecting Abrupt Change in the Homicide Trends in a Democratic South Africa

Table 3

Average statistics (population and murder crime) in South Africa per province over a ten-year period—2005 to 2015.

ProvinceAverage population (in thousands)Average murder crime

Gauteng119593514
KwaZulu-Natal102934150
Eastern Cape64823402
Western Cape56322687
Limpopo5361739
Mpumalanga3955814
North West3443817
Free State2737934
North Cape1119392