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Tables

• Table 11   Police-reported crime statistics

Charts

• Chart 7   Police-reported crime rate
• Chart 8   Per capita expenditures on policing

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Table 11
Police-reported crime statistics
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime statistics. This information is grouped by 2000, 2005, and 2010 (appearing as column headers).

	2000	2005	2010
	actual incidents
Criminal Code violations (excluding traffic)	2,334,451	2,361,974	2,095,921
Violent Criminal Code violations	458,559	447,857	437,316
Property crimes	1,592,418	1,574,808	1,311,891
Other Criminal Code violations	283,474	339,309	346,714
Selected violations
Homicide	546	663	554
Sexual assault (levels 1 to 3)	24,001	23,521	22,180
Assault (levels 1 to 3)	233,719	236,682	228,593
Prostitution	5,051	5,787	3,043
Break and enter	293,357	261,362	196,881
Motor vehicle theft	160,315	160,014	92,683
Drugs	88,091	93,664	108,529
Impaired driving	79,225	78,370	84,397
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 252-0051.

 

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Chart 7    Police-reported crime rate

Note: Criminal Code offences, excluding traffic.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 252-0051.

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Chart 8    Per capita expenditures on policing

Note: The Consumer Price Index was used to calculate constant dollars over a base year of 2002 (2002=100).
Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 85-225-X.

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