Canada at a Glance 2018
Crime

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Chart 8 Police-reported crime rate

Data Table for Chart 8
Data table for Chart 8
Table summary
This table displays the results of datafor Chart 8. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Rate per 100,000 population (appearing as column headers).
Year Rate per 100,000 population
2006 7,245.22
2007 6,907.56
2008 6,630.85
2009 6,461.20
2010 6,158.86
2011 5,779.35
2012 5,632.22
2013 5,195.30
2014 5,046.09
2015 5,210.34
2016 5,223.84
Table 10
Police-reported crime statistics
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime statistics. 2006, 2011 and 2016, calculated using actual incidents units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2006 2011 2016
actual incidents
Criminal Code violations (excluding traffic) 2,359,804 1,984,790 1,895,546
Violent Criminal Code violations 451,652 424,338 381,594
Property crimes 1,566,315 1,214,312 1,163,647
Other Criminal Code violations 341,837 346,140 350,305
Selected violations
Homicide 606 598 611
Sexual assault (levels 1 to 3) 22,245 21,860 21,014
Assault (levels 1 to 3) 240,629 227,056 208,300
Breaking and entering 251,361 181,250 159,119
Motor vehicle theft 158,638 82,460 78,710
Drugs 96,175 113,345 95,417
Impaired driving 76,127 89,607 70,509

Chart 9 Police officers per 100,000 population, by province

Data Table for Chart 9
Data table for Chart 9
Table summary
This table displays the results of data for Chart 9. 1986 and 2016, calculated using police officers per 100,000 population (rate) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  1986 2016
police officers per 100,000 population (rate)
Canada 197.0 189.5
N.L. 152.5 171.7
P.E.I. 139.4 152.7
N.S. 158.5 191.9
N.B. 166.7 169.8
Que. 203.7 190.6
Ont. 194.2 187.1
Man. 187.4 194.1
Sask. 186.6 200.2
Alta. 173.3 171.9
B.C. 179.8 184.4
 
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