Table 3
Police-reported crime rate and Crime Severity Index values, Canada and the provinces and territories, 2008
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| Province and territory | Total | Violent crime | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | Percent change in Index 2007 to 2008 | Crime rate1 | Percent change in rate 2007 to 2008 | Violent Crime Severity Index | Percent change in Index 2007 to 2008 | Violent crime rate2 | Percent change in rate 2007 to 2008 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 71.2 | -6 | 6,321 | -1 | 66.1 | 5 | 1,519 | 2 |
| Prince Edward Island | 68.2 | 7 | 6,208 | 2 | 43.2 | 8 | 1,126 | 0 |
| Nova Scotia | 83.6 | -9 | 6,956 | -7 | 87.6 | -5 | 1,689 | -1 |
| New Brunswick | 71.3 | 1 | 5,664 | 1 | 67.1 | 2 | 1,482 | 7 |
| Quebec | 82.5 | -3 | 5,064 | -1 | 82.4 | -2 | 1,084 | 0 |
| Ontario | 70.6 | -5 | 4,877 | -4 | 81.5 | -5 | 1,043 | -4 |
| Manitoba | 128.7 | -14 | 9,911 | -9 | 158.2 | -9 | 2,013 | 0 |
| Saskatchewan | 156.1 | -5 | 12,892 | -4 | 155.6 | -9 | 2,551 | -3 |
| Alberta | 110.1 | -4 | 8,808 | -4 | 110.9 | 3 | 1,517 | 1 |
| British Columbia | 120.9 | -8 | 9,580 | -8 | 115.0 | -2 | 1,686 | -5 |
| Yukon | 181.5 | -2 | 21,805 | 5 | 195.2 | -2 | 3,832 | -4 |
| Northwest Territories | 337.7 | 1 | 43,509 | 1 | 339.9 | -2 | 8,872 | -4 |
| Nunavut | 324.2 | 2 | 34,867 | 15 | 466.8 | -9 | 9,606 | 6 |
| Canada | 90.0 | -5 | 6,588 | -5 | 94.6 | -3 | 1,326 | -2 |
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1. The crime rate consists of all Criminal Code offences excluding traffic. It also excludes drug offences and all federal statutes. All offences are included in the Crime Severity Index. 2. The violent crime rate has been expanded to include a number of offences not previously included in the violent crime rate, including uttering threats, criminal harassment and forcible confinement. Data using this definition of violent crime are available back to 1998. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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