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  • Table 10   Police-reported crime statistics

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  • Chart 8   Police-reported crime rate and Crime Severity Index
  • Chart 9   Per capita expenditures on policing

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Table 10  Police-reported crime statistics
  1999 2004 2009
  actual incidents
Criminal Code violations (excluding traffic) 2,339,376 2,427,370 2,161,313
Violent Criminal Code violations 437,851 448,514 443,284
Property crimes 1,624,963 1,636,363 1,376,895
Other Criminal Code violations 276,562 342,493 341,134
Selected violations      
Homicide 538 624 610
Sexual assault (levels 1 to 3) 23,859 23,036 20,931
Assault (levels 1 to 3) 221,348 234,259 238,670
Prostitution 5,255 6,452 5,255
Break and enter 318,054 275,869 205,710
Motor vehicle theft 161,388 169,977 108,172
Drugs 80,142 97,630 97,666
Impaired driving 85,997 80,339 88,630
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 252-0051.

 

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Chart 8 Police-reported crime rate and Crime Severity Index
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Chart 9 Per capita expenditures on policing
Data table for chart 9