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Selected police-reported crime and calls for service during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019 and 2020 (correction)

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March April May June July August September October 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 number Total criminal incidents - 2019Total criminal incidents - 2019 Total criminal incidents - 2020Total criminal incidents - 2020 Total calls for service - 2019Total calls for service - 2019 Total calls for service - 2020Total calls for service - 2020
Note(s):
Information presented in this chart represents data reported by a sample of 19 police services across Canada. Calls for service information was reported by 14 of these police services, as at the time of this release, the Montréal Police Serivce, Sûreté du Québec, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Edmonton Police Service and the Winnipeg Police Service were unable to provide calls for service data.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Special police-reported crime statistics - Special COVID-19 report to Statistics Canada.

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Selected police-reported crime and calls for service during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019 and 2020 (correction), number
  Total criminal incidents - 2019 Total criminal incidents - 2020 Total calls for service - 2019 Total calls for service - 2020
March 70,200 64,447 22,233 23,615
April 70,632 53,587 21,999 23,259
May 75,838 56,103 23,697 25,590
June 76,265 62,862 24,137 26,083
July 79,949 69,952 24,937 27,084
August 80,617 66,977 24,414 26,902
September 77,356 63,973 22,833 24,584
October 76,771 62,894 22,115 24,769
Note(s):
Information presented in this chart represents data reported by a sample of 19 police services across Canada. Calls for service information was reported by 14 of these police services, as at the time of this release, the Montréal Police Serivce, Sûreté du Québec, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Edmonton Police Service and the Winnipeg Police Service were unable to provide calls for service data.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Special police-reported crime statistics - Special COVID-19 report to Statistics Canada.
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