Table 5
Violations contributing to the change in the Crime Severity Index between 2015 and 2016, by census metropolitan area

Table 5
Violations contributing to the change in the Crime Severity Index between 2015 and 2016, by census metropolitan area
Table summary
This table displays the results of Violations contributing to the change in the Crime Severity Index between 2015 and 2016. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (CMA) (appearing as row headers), Percent change in Crime Severity Index from 2015 to 2016 and Violations driving the change in Crime Severity Index (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan area (CMA) Percent change in Crime Severity Index from 2015 to 2016 Violations driving the change in Crime Severity Index
Canada +1 Fraud
St. John's +7 Breaking and entering
Halifax -4 Breaking and entering, Robbery
Moncton -4 Theft of $5,000 or under, Homicide
Saint John -6 Sexual assault level 1, Uttering threats
Saguenay +6 Homicide, Forcible confinement or kidnapping
Québec +8 Forcible confinement or kidnapping, Fraud
Sherbrooke +1 Sexual violations against children
Trois-Rivières -14 Robbery, Homicide, Breaking and entering
Montréal -5 Breaking and entering, Robbery, Theft of $5,000 or under
GatineauTable 5 Note 1 +6 Fraud, Robbery, Homicide
OttawaTable 5 Note 2 +11 Homicide, Breaking and entering, Fraud
Kingston -2 Homicide, Attempted murder
Peterborough 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded Not applicable
Toronto +4 Fraud, Robbery
Hamilton +6 Robbery, Homicide
St. Catharines–Niagara -4 Breaking and entering, Homicide
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo +1 Administration of justice violations, Sexual violations against children
Brantford +13 Homicide, Breaking and entering, Fraud
Guelph +9 Theft of $5,000 or under, Breaking and entering, Sexual violations against children
London +5 Fraud, Breaking and entering, Theft of $5,000 or under
Windsor +4 Breaking and entering
Barrie +5 Fraud
Greater Sudbury +7 Breaking and entering
Thunder Bay +6 Homicide, Breaking and entering
Winnipeg +16 Robbery, Breaking and entering
Regina +15 Fraud, Attempted murder
Saskatoon +5 Fraud
Calgary -6 Breaking and entering, Robbery
Edmonton +3 Theft of $5,000 or under, Fraud
Kelowna 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded Not applicable
Abbotsford–Mission -5 Breaking and entering, Robbery
Vancouver -1 Robbery
Victoria -12 Breaking and entering, Homicide
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note 1

Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

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Note 2

Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

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Note: Violations driving the change in Crime Severity Index (CSI) are identified, in order of impact, as those violations where the combined changes in the rates (weighted by the CSI weight) contribute substantially to the overall change in CSI (up or down).
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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