Table 2a
Police-reported Crime Severity Indexes, by province and territory, 2017


Table 2a
Police-reported Crime Severity Indexes, by province and territory, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported Crime Severity Indexes. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Total Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index and Non-violent Crime Severity Index, calculated using index, percent change 2016 to 2017 and percent change 2007 to 2017 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Total Crime Severity Index Violent Crime Severity Index Non-violent Crime Severity Index
index percent change 2016 to 2017 percent change 2007 to 2017 index percent change 2016 to 2017 index percent change 2016 to 2017
Newfoundland and Labrador 63.0 -9 -16 69.9 -5 60.4 -11
Prince Edward Island 44.9 -7 -30 38.9 7 47.0 -11
Nova Scotia 65.9 6 -28 78.2 11 61.3 4
New Brunswick 69.0 11 -2 69.6 5 68.7 14
Quebec 57.1 2 -33 71.8 7 51.7 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Ontario 55.4 5 -26 68.7 7 50.5 4
Manitoba 118.1 3 -22 159.8 5 102.9 2
Saskatchewan 140.5 -6 -15 141.2 -5 139.9 -6
Alberta 110.1 5 -4 96.3 5 114.8 5
British Columbia 88.9 -5 -33 75.5 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 93.6 -7
Yukon 189.3 1 2 261.6 9 162.8 -4
Northwest Territories 303.8 2 -10 361.6 7 282.3 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Nunavut 297.6 1 -6 472.3 10 234.1 -4
Canada 72.9 2 -24 80.3 5 70.0 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note: 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 provincial and territorial Crime Severity Indexes are available beginning in 1998. Percent changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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