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Crime rates for selected offences by census metropolitan area
Total Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic)
Total violent offences
Homicide
Robbery
Total property offences
Break and enter
Motor vehicle theft
Total other Criminal Code
rate
% change in rate 2006 to 2007
rate
500,000 and over population
Winnipeg
9,644
-12.9
1,082
3.6
268
5,090
1,022
1,714
3,471
Edmonton
9,572
-5.4
1,031
3.3
157
5,166
817
832
3,375
Vancouver
9,136
-11.3
989
2.4
155
5,100
995
630
3,047
Calgary
6,202
-8.4
712
3.1
106
3,825
602
639
1,665
Montréal
5,958
-13.8
777
1.6
133
3,282
755
601
1,899
Hamilton
5,511
-2.2
776
1.6
116
2,985
594
481
1,750
Ottawa1
5,457
-5.1
599
1.6
80
2,915
451
264
1,943
Québec
4,524
-8.0
645
0.0
54
2,579
716
216
1,301
Toronto
4,461
-11.0
709
2.0
113
2,307
362
279
1,445
100,000 to less than 500,000 population2
Regina
11,827
-5.5
1,478
2.5
225
5,703
1,618
735
4,646
Saskatoon
11,560
-5.2
1,612
3.6
272
4,520
899
616
5,428
Abbotsford
10,341
-8.2
944
1.2
103
5,868
1,263
1,001
3,529
Victoria
9,335
-8.5
911
1.2
72
4,941
801
355
3,483
Thunder Bay
8,819
-2.8
1,335
1.6
142
3,942
878
233
3,542
Saint John
8,292
5.4
1,431
2.0
59
3,441
649
168
3,420
Halifax
7,954
-8.5
1,145
1.8
119
3,774
670
269
3,035
St. John's
7,325
8.6
926
0.5
62
3,689
1,028
210
2,710
London
7,296
-10.2
730
1.3
61
3,867
667
489
2,699
Windsor
6,138
-9.3
644
1.2
57
3,321
730
231
2,174
Kingston
5,970
-11.7
689
0.7
37
3,001
546
176
2,280
Gatineau3
5,718
1.0
796
0.7
44
2,902
852
294
2,020
St. Catharines–Niagara
5,711
-4.6
571
0.7
65
3,206
722
253
1,934
Greater Sudbury
5,627
-9.3
888
2.5
72
2,691
580
226
2,048
Kitchener
4,906
-16.8
565
1.4
54
2,721
487
239
1,620
Sherbrooke
4,831
-10.0
503
1.3
60
2,512
694
350
1,816
Trois-Rivières
4,478
-8.2
599
2.7
33
2,391
636
363
1,488
Saguenay
4,398
8.1
720
0.7
41
2,107
629
265
1,572
Canada
6,984
-7.4
930
1.8
90
3,320
700
443
2,734
1. Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area.
2. Oshawa is excluded due to incongruity between the police agency jurisdictional boundaries and the census metropolitan area boundaries.
3. Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area.
Note: Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
Crime rates by province and territory
Violent crime
Property crime
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic)
number
rate
% change in rate 2006 to 2007
number
rate
% change in rate 2006 to 2007
number
rate
% change in rate 2006 to 2007
Newfoundland and Labrador
4,806
949
11.1
11,557
2,283
-3.4
32,129
6,346
3.2
Prince Edward Island
920
664
-5.8
3,687
2,660
-12.0
8,293
5,982
-12.1
Nova Scotia
9,948
1,065
-6.3
28,700
3,072
-12.5
69,646
7,456
-7.7
New Brunswick
6,384
851
-0.1
17,284
2,305
-9.7
41,250
5,502
-8.2
Quebec
56,538
734
-2.8
220,934
2,869
-7.9
409,436
5,317
-10.1
Ontario
94,029
734
-3.5
337,432
2,635
-6.9
669,339
5,228
-8.6
Manitoba
17,952
1,513
-5.0
52,293
4,407
-11.0
128,510
10,829
-7.2
Saskatchewan
20,130
2,019
-0.5
43,002
4,314
-9.5
131,838
13,225
-3.5
Alberta
38,369
1,104
-0.7
147,953
4,259
-5.4
320,878
9,237
-3.8
British Columbia
51,333
1,172
-3.6
226,750
5,177
-8.8
457,008
10,433
-8.4
Yukon
906
2,924
-2.7
1,354
4,369
-14.5
6,606
21,317
3.4
Northwest Territories
3,015
7,071
10.4
2,471
5,795
-8.3
18,659
43,762
6.2
Nunavut
2,229
7,164
4.6
1,286
4,133
-4.2
9,308
29,917
-5.3
Canada
306,559
930
-2.5
1,094,703
3,320
-7.7
2,302,900
6,984
-7.4
Note: Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
Crime rates for selected offences
Type of offence
2007
2006 to 2007
1998 to 2007
number
rate
% rate change
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic), crime rate
2,302,900
6,984
-7.4
-14.4
Violent crime
306,559
930
-2.5
-5.3
Homicide
594
2
-3.0
-2.6
Attempted murder
802
2
-5.1
-1.6
Robbery
29,600
90
-4.7
-6.5
Sexual assault (levels 1,2,3)
21,449
65
-4.5
-23.2
Other sexual offences
2,784
8
-0.1
-26.1
Assault level 1
179,586
545
-3.3
-10.7
Assault level 2, weapon/causing bodily harm
53,945
164
0.1
32.3
Assault level 3, aggravated
3,403
10
0.5
18.6
Other assaults
13,917
42
5.4
4.8
Abduction
479
1
-8.3
-47.2
Property crime
1,094,703
3,320
-7.7
-27.3
Breaking and entering
230,920
700
-9.0
-39.8
Motor vehicle theft
146,142
443
-8.8
-19.4
Theft over $5,000
17,369
53
0.6
-32.7
Theft $5,000 and under
579,211
1,756
-7.2
-25.8
Possession of stolen goods
32,775
99
-9.8
2.8
Fraud
88,286
268
-6.2
-14.8
Other Criminal Code incidents
901,638
2,734
-8.6
4.8
Mischief
375,816
1,140
-1.8
5.1
Counterfeiting currency
55,517
168
-54.0
27.5
Bail violations
110,115
334
0.2
37.9
Disturbing the peace
116,978
355
-1.1
63.3
Offensive weapons
18,709
57
-4.2
2.0
Prostitution
4,724
14
-17.6
-27.6
Arson
13,202
40
-3.8
-6.7
Forcible confinement/kidnapping
4,595
14
0.9
121.5
Other Criminal Code (not listed above)
201,982
613
-4.6
-24.4
Note: Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.