Table 10
Police-reported youth Crime Severity Indexes, by province and territory, 2014
| Province and territory |
Total youth Crime Severity Index |
Youth violent Crime Severity Index | Youth non-violent Crime Severity Index | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| index | percent change 2013 to 2014 | index | percent change 2013 to 2014 | index | percent change 2013 to 2014 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 55.2 | -15 | 49.2 | -3 | 59.2 | -21 |
| Prince Edward Island | 51.7 | -16 | 67.1 | 79 | 40.5 | -49 |
| Nova Scotia | 83.5 | -5 | 86.6 | 6 | 80.9 | -12 |
| New Brunswick | 57.1 | -18 | 45.0 | -21 | 65.4 | -16 |
| Quebec | 53.3 | -8 | 63.9 | -7 | 45.6 | -10 |
| Ontario | 51.1 | -5 | 60.6 | -7 | 44.1 | -2 |
| Manitoba | 115.6 | -16 | 124.4 | -25 | 108.9 | -6 |
| Saskatchewan | 165.8 | -5 | 121.7 | 0 | 196.3 | -6 |
| Alberta | 64.5 | -8 | 62.7 | -7 | 65.5 | -9 |
| British Columbia | 38.6 | -24 | 37.6 | -31 | 39.2 | -19 |
| Yukon | 193.4 | 6 | 172.9 | 104 | 207.1 | -18 |
| Northwest Territories | 338.8 | -6 | 268.1 | -16 | 387.3 | 0 |
| Nunavut | 304.3 | -9 | 206.9 | 18 | 371.9 | -16 |
| Canada | 60.3 | -9 | 64.3 | -10 | 57.2 | -8 |
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Note: Additional data are available on CANSIM (Table 252-0052). Refers to the number of youth aged 12 to 17 who were either charged (or recommended for charging) by police or diverted from the formal criminal justice system through the use of warnings, cautions, referrals to community programs, etc. The youth Crime Severity Indexes are based on Criminal Code incidents, including traffic offences, as well as other federal statute violations. The base index was set at 100 for 2006 for Canada. Data on the provincial and territorial youth Crime Severity Indexes are available beginning in 1998. Percent changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based on July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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