Chart 1
Police-reported crime severity indexes, Canada, 2001 to 2021
Note(s):
Crime Severity Indexes are based on Criminal Code incidents, including traffic offences, as well as other federal statute violations. The base index was set at 100 for 2006 for Canada. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
Chart description
This is a line chart.
| Crime Severity Index | Violent Crime Severity Index | Non-violent Crime Severity Index | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 105.3 | 97.2 | 108.4 |
| 2002 | 104.1 | 96.2 | 107.2 |
| 2003 | 106.8 | 97.6 | 110.4 |
| 2004 | 104.1 | 96.0 | 107.2 |
| 2005 | 101.3 | 98.5 | 102.4 |
| 2006 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 2007 | 95.3 | 97.8 | 94.3 |
| 2008 | 90.6 | 95.1 | 88.9 |
| 2009 | 87.8 | 94.3 | 85.3 |
| 2010 | 82.9 | 89.2 | 80.5 |
| 2011 | 77.6 | 85.7 | 74.5 |
| 2012 | 75.5 | 82.0 | 73.0 |
| 2013 | 68.9 | 74.0 | 66.9 |
| 2014 | 66.9 | 70.7 | 65.4 |
| 2015 | 70.4 | 75.3 | 68.4 |
| 2016 | 72.0 | 76.9 | 70.1 |
| 2017 | 73.6 | 81.3 | 70.7 |
| 2018 | 75.6 | 83.6 | 72.6 |
| 2019 | 79.8 | 90.3 | 75.8 |
| 2020 | 73.9 | 88.0 | 68.7 |
| 2021 | 73.7 | 92.5 | 66.7 |
Note(s):
Crime Severity Indexes are based on Criminal Code incidents, including traffic offences, as well as other federal statute violations. The base index was set at 100 for 2006 for Canada. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
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