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Crime Severity Index - Canada
(2022)

78.1

4.3%

(annual change)
Police-reported crime rate per 100,000 population - Canada
(2022)

5,668

5.0%

(annual change)

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Violent Crime Severity Index - Canada
(2022)

97.7

4.6%

(annual change)
Youth crime rate - Canada
(2022)

2,576

17.8%

(annual change)
Non-violent Crime Severity Index - Canada
(2022)

70.9

4.1%

(annual change)

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51. Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Police-reported Crime in the City of Toronto Archived
Articles and reports: 85-561-M2009018
Geography: Census metropolitan area
Description:
This research paper focuses on the spatial analysis of crime and neighbourhood characteristics in Toronto. Analysis is based on police-reported crime data from the 2006 Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the 2006 Census of Population.
Release date: 2009-09-24
52. Trends in police-reported drug offences in Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 85-002-X200900210847
Geography: Canada
Description:
This article analyses data on the incidence and nature of police-reported drug offences in Canada. It examines the long and short-term trends in possession, trafficking, production, importing and exporting of cannabis, cocaine, heroin and "other" drugs, including methamphetamine (crystal meth) and ecstasy. Key issues include geographical comparisons, involvement of youth (12 to 17 years) accused of drug offences, and decisions and sentencing outcomes for those charged with drug offences. These data are intended to inform researchers, the media and the public on the nature and extent of drug offences in Canada.
Release date: 2009-05-13
53. Crime Statistics in Canada, 2007 Archived
Articles and reports: 85-002-X200800710658
Geography: Canada
Description:
The annual report on crime statistics presents an analysis of the police-reported data in 2007. These data are presented within the context of both short and long term trends. Data are examined at the national, provincial and territorial levels, as well as for major metropolitan areas by type of crime. The report distinguishes between violent crime, property crime, other Criminal Code offences, impaired driving, drug offences and youth crime.
Release date: 2008-07-17
54. Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime in Saskatoon Archived
Articles and reports: 85-561-M2008012
Geography: Census metropolitan area
Description:
This research paper focuses on the spatial analysis of crime and neighbourhood characteristics in Saskatoon. Analysis is based on police-reported crime data from the 2001 Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the 2001 Census of Population.
Release date: 2008-07-03
55. Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime: Edmonton, Halifax and Thunder Bay Archived
Articles and reports: 85-561-M2008010
Geography: Census metropolitan area
Description:
This research paper explores the spatial distribution of crime and various social, economic and physical neighbourhood characteristics in Edmonton, Halifax and Thunder Bay. Analysis is based on police-reported crime data from the 2001 Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, the 2001 Census of Population, and Halifax and Thunder Bay land-use data.
Release date: 2008-03-26
56. The Development of Police-reported Delinquency Among Canadian Youth Born in 1987 and 1990 Archived
Articles and reports: 85-561-M2007009
Geography: Canada
Description:
This report examines the development over childhood and adolescence of the recorded criminal activity of two cohorts of Canadians, born in 1987 and 1990. The data are drawn from the Incident-Based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR2) for 1995 to 2005. During that period, the UCR2 received information on crime and offenders from police services in six provinces, which provided policing services to about half of the population of Canada. This is the first large-scale developmental study of delinquency in Canada based on police-reported data.
Release date: 2007-11-06
57. Crime Statistics in Canada, 2006 Archived
Articles and reports: 85-002-X200700510293
Geography: Canada
Description:
The annual report on crime statistics presents an analysis of the police-reported data in 2006. These data are presented within the context of both short and long term trends. Data are examined at the national, provincial and territorial levels, as well as for major metropolitan areas by type of crime. The report distinguishes between violent crime, property crime, other Criminal Code offences, impaired driving, drug offences and youth crime.
Release date: 2007-07-18
58. A Comparison of Large Urban, Small Urban and Rural Crime Rates, 2005 Archived
Articles and reports: 85-002-X20070039643
Geography: Canada
Description:
This Juristat presents a comparative analysis of police-reported crime statistics in large urban, small urban and rural areas. It examines overall crime rates as well as the specific offences of homicide, robbery, break-ins and motor vehicle theft in these three geographic areas. Data on the most serious weapon present in violent crimes and victim-offender relationships are likewise analyzed. The report also features the perception of the residents of large urban, small urban and rural areas regarding their safety from crime and the job being done by the police, as well as precautionary measures taken. The 2005 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the 2004 General Social Survey on victimization are used as data sources.
Release date: 2007-06-28
59. Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime in Regina Archived
Articles and reports: 85-561-M2006008
Geography: Census metropolitan area
Description:
This research paper explores the spatial distribution of crime and various social, economic and physical neighbourhood characteristics in the City of Regina. Analysis is based on police-reported crime data from the 1999, 2001, and 2003 Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR2), the 2001 Census of Population, 1999 and 2003 Small Area and Administrative data from tax filers, and City of Regina zoning and land-use data.
Release date: 2006-11-02
60. Crime statistics in Canada, 2005 Archived
Articles and reports: 85-002-X20060049251
Geography: Canada
Description:
The annual report on crime statistics presents an analysis of the police-reported data in 2005. These data are presented within the context of both short and long term trends. Data are examined at the national, provincial and territorial levels, as well as for major metropolitan areas by type of crime. The report distinguishes between violent crime, property crime, other Criminal Code offences, impaired driving, drug offences and youth crime.
Release date: 2006-07-20

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1. Police-reported Information Hub: Selected Crime Indicators
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023026
Description: This interactive data visualization dashboard provides an overview of police-reported crime in Canada. The dashboard features statistics on the crime rate, Crime Severity Index and for key violations on an annual basis and over the last 10 years. Information is available at different levels of geography including by Canada, province and territory and census metropolitan area.
Release date: 2023-07-27
2. Police-reported Information Hub: Criminal Violations
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023027
Description: This interactive data visualization dashboard provides a focus on police-reported violations in Canada. Users can select for one or more violations or violation groups to view statistics over the last 10 years and at different geographies. This dashboard provides the number of incidents, rate, and year-over-year percentage change in rate for each violation, as well as incident clearance information. It also provides a comparison between each province and territory and each census metropolitan area for the selected violation(s).
Release date: 2023-07-27
3. Police-reported Information Hub: Geographic Crime Comparisons
Data Visualization: 71-607-X2023028
Description: This interactive data visualization dashboard allows users to compare high-level police-reported information across different geographies, including for Canada, by province and territory and by census metropolitan area. Users can select for one or more geographies to view incident-level statistics or Crime Severity Index information over the last 10 years and as year-over-year percentage changes.
Release date: 2023-07-27
4. Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police
Table: 35-10-0177-01
Geography: Canada, Province or territory
Frequency: Annual
Description: Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), Canada, provinces, territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Canadian Forces Military Police, 1998 to 2022.
Release date: 2023-07-27
5. Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in the Atlantic provinces
Table: 35-10-0178-01
Geography: Province or territory, Policing district/zone
Frequency: Annual
Description: Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), police services in the Atlantic provinces (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick), 1998 to 2022.
Release date: 2023-07-27
6. Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in Quebec
Table: 35-10-0179-01
Geography: Province or territory, Policing district/zone
Frequency: Annual
Description: Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), police services in Quebec, 1998 to 2022.
Release date: 2023-07-27
7. Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in Ontario
Table: 35-10-0180-01
Geography: Province or territory, Policing district/zone
Frequency: Annual
Description: Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), police services in Ontario, 1998 to 2022.
Release date: 2023-07-27
8. Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in Manitoba
Table: 35-10-0181-01
Geography: Province or territory, Policing district/zone
Frequency: Annual
Description: Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), police services in Manitoba, 1998 to 2022.
Release date: 2023-07-27
9. Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in Saskatchewan
Table: 35-10-0182-01
Geography: Province or territory, Policing district/zone
Frequency: Annual
Description: Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), police services in Saskatchewan, 1998 to 2022.
Release date: 2023-07-27
10. Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, police services in Alberta
Table: 35-10-0183-01
Geography: Province or territory, Policing district/zone
Frequency: Annual
Description: Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), police services in Alberta, 1998 to 2022.
Release date: 2023-07-27

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11. Trafficking in persons in Canada, 2020
Articles and reports: 85-002-X202200100010
Description:
This Juristat article examines human trafficking incidents that were reported to police between 2010 and 2020. Information on rates of victimization—and characteristics of victims and accused persons—is presented. In addition, prior contact with police among accused persons and court outcomes are examined.

Release date: 2022-06-09
12. Trends in firearm-related violent crime in Canada, 2009 to 2020
Articles and reports: 85-002-X202200100009
Description:
This Juristat article examines the nature and prevalence of firearm-related violent crime in Canada. Trends in firearm-related violent crime between 2009 and 2020 are presented at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels as well as for urban and rural regions. Using data from the Uniform Crime Reporting and Homicide Surveys, this article provides information on violent crime involving firearms in Canada including an examination of the types of firearms (such as handguns, rifles, or shotguns) which are most commonly involved in firearm-related violent crime. It also addresses characteristics of the incidents, victims, and accused persons, such as gang-related violence, accused-victim relationships, clearance status, age of victims and accused persons, and types of offence that most commonly involve firearms.

Release date: 2022-05-27
13. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2020
Articles and reports: 85-002-X202100100013
Description:
This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2020 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, fraud, shoplifting and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.
Release date: 2021-07-27
14. Crime reported by police serving areas where the majority of the population is Indigenous, 2018
Articles and reports: 85-002-X202000100013
Description:
This article examines the nature of crime reported in 2018 by police services that were identified in this study as serving populations where over half the residents were Indigenous. The study used data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey to identify those offences which account for differences between rates of crime reported by police serving majority Indigenous populations when compared with police serving predominantly non-Indigenous populations. In addition, the article examines the characteristics of criminal incidents in these communities and presents information on the socioeconomic conditions of the populations served by these police services.
Release date: 2020-11-18
15. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2019
Articles and reports: 85-002-X202000100010
Description:
This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2019 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the 2019 Homicide Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, fraud, shoplifting and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.

Release date: 2020-10-29
16. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2018
Articles and reports: 85-002-X201900100013
Description:
This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2018 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, fraud, shoplifting and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.
Release date: 2019-07-22
17. Police-reported crime in rural and urban areas in the Canadian provinces, 2017 Archived
Articles and reports: 85-002-X201900100009
Description:
This Juristat article presents information on the nature and extent of crime in the rural areas of the Canadian provinces. This includes analysis of recent trends in crime rates and severity in rural and urban areas, both at the national and provincial levels. The report also examines the specific nature and extent of crime in rural areas of the provincial North. Analysis uses police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and the Homicide Survey, as well as self-reported data from General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization).
Release date: 2019-05-07
18. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2017 Archived
Articles and reports: 85-002-X201800154974
Description:
This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2017 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.
Release date: 2018-07-23
19. Police-reported crime in Canada, 2016 Archived
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2017031
Description:
In 2016, the volume and severity of crime in Canada, measured by the Crime Severity Index (CSI), increased 1%. Key statistics about crime in Canada are presented in this infographic, entitled Police-reported crime in Canada, 2016. Findings on changes to the CSI at the national, provincial, territorial and Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) levels are presented. Also included are the categories of crime which were reported in 2016.
Release date: 2017-11-09
20. Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2016 Archived
Articles and reports: 85-002-X201700154842
Description:
This annual Juristat article presents findings from the 2016 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. It examines trends in the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime for both violent and non-violent offences at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels. Specific violations, such as homicide, sexual assault, and breaking and entering are examined, as well as trends in youth accused of crime.
Release date: 2017-07-24

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