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Selected police-reported property crimes and robbery, Canada, 1998 to 2025

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Note(s):
In the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey, shoplifting has been collected as a distinct violation code for statistical reporting purposes, allowing it to be analyzed separately from other thefts. The classification of an incident as shoplifting is based on information gathered by police through their investigation and reported to the UCR Survey. Shoplifting is not a separate offence under the Criminal Code and is included within the broader offence of theft. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

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Selected police-reported property crimes and robbery, Canada, 1998 to 2025, rate per 100,000 population
  Breaking and entering Motor vehicle theft Robbery Shoplifting of $5,000 or under Theft of $5,000 or under
1998 1,163 550 109 303 2,063
1999 1,046 531 107 276 1,955
2000 956 522 100 262 1,899
2001 901 544 99 258 1,869
2002 879 516 96 257 1,871
2003 901 551 101 271 1,944
2004 864 532 97 240 1,871
2005 811 496 101 237 1,743
2006 772 487 106 245 1,652
2007 704 443 104 234 1,530
2008 635 378 97 238 1,425
2009 613 321 97 276 1,386
2010 579 272 90 268 1,286
2011 528 240 87 260 1,197
2012 508 225 80 264 1,175
2013 446 207 66 250 1,096
2014 429 209 59 265 1,069
2015 447 221 62 280 1,085
2016 444 219 61 285 1,091
2017 437 233 62 296 1,086
2018 432 232 61 337 1,099
2019 429 231 62 373 1,129
2020 363 206 51 240 910
2021 329 218 49 249 879
2022 342 272 56 328 964
2023 328 288 59 389 931
2024 295 240 59 450 850
2025 264 201 55 502 805
Note(s):
In the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey, shoplifting has been collected as a distinct violation code for statistical reporting purposes, allowing it to be analyzed separately from other thefts. The classification of an incident as shoplifting is based on information gathered by police through their investigation and reported to the UCR Survey. Shoplifting is not a separate offence under the Criminal Code and is included within the broader offence of theft. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
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