Table 7
Police-reported crime rate, Canada, 2008 to 2018
| Year | Total crime (crime rate) | Violent crime | Property crime | Other Criminal Code offences | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | rate | percent change in rate from previous year | number | rate | percent change in rate from previous year | number | rate | percent change in rate from previous year | number | rate | percent change in rate from previous year | |
| 2008 | 2,204,479 | 6,631 | -4 | 443,608 | 1,334 | -1 | 1,415,572 | 4,258 | -6 | 345,299 | 1,039 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2,172,809 | 6,461 | -3 | 444,533 | 1,322 | -1 | 1,386,184 | 4,122 | -3 | 342,092 | 1,017 | -2 |
| 2010 | 2,094,338 | 6,159 | -5 | 439,220 | 1,292 | -2 | 1,305,150 | 3,838 | -7 | 349,968 | 1,029 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1,984,790 | 5,780 | -6 | 424,338 | 1,236 | -4 | 1,214,312 | 3,536 | -8 | 346,140 | 1,008 | -2 |
| 2012 | 1,957,227 | 5,638 | -2 | 416,147 | 1,199 | -3 | 1,193,600 | 3,438 | -3 | 347,480 | 1,001 | -1 |
| 2013 | 1,826,431 | 5,206 | -8 | 384,385 | 1,096 | -9 | 1,106,509 | 3,154 | -8 | 335,537 | 956 | -4 |
| 2014 | 1,793,612 | 5,061 | -3 | 370,050 | 1,044 | -5 | 1,098,399 | 3,100 | -2 | 325,163 | 918 | -4 |
| 2015 | 1,867,833 | 5,232 | 3 | 382,115 | 1,070 | 2 | 1,153,700 | 3,231 | 4 | 332,018 | 930 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1,912,752 | 5,297 | 1 | 388,564 | 1,076 | 1 | 1,169,445 | 3,239 | 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded | 354,743 | 982 | 6 |
| 2017Note r: revised | 1,964,129 | 5,375 | 1 | 406,626 | 1,113 | 3 | 1,193,319 | 3,266 | 1 | 364,184 | 997 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2,033,925 | 5,488 | 2 | 423,767 | 1,143 | 3 | 1,237,324 | 3,339 | 2 | 372,834 | 1,006 | 1 |
| Percent change 2008 to 2018 | Note ...: not applicable | -17 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | -14 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | -22 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | -3 | Note ...: not applicable |
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... not applicable 0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded r revised Note: Crime rates are based upon Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffic offences. See Table 1 for a list of offences included in the violent crime, property crime and other Criminal Code offences categories. Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Data for the rates of total, violent, property and other Criminal Code offences categories are available beginning in 1962. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Percent changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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