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