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Table 5
Rate of police-reported violent crime, by selected victim age group and sex, and North/South region, Canada, 2009 to 2017

Table 5
Rate of police-reported violent crime, by selected victim age group and sex, and North/South region, Canada, 2009 to 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Rate of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by Year reported by police (appearing as row headers), Young women and girls
(aged 0 to 24), Adult women
(aged 25 to 89), Male and female victims overall
(aged 0 to 89), North, South and Gap in rate, calculated using rate per 100,000 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year reported by police	Young women and girls (aged 0 to 24)			Adult women (aged 25 to 89)			Male and female victims overall (aged 0 to 89)
	North	South	Gap in rate^{Table 5 Note 1}	North	South	Gap in rate^{Table 5 Note 1}	North	South	Gap in rate^{Table 5 Note 1}
	rate per 100,000		Gap in rate^{Table 5 Note 1}	rate per 100,000		Gap in rate^{Table 5 Note 1}	rate per 100,000		Gap in rate^{Table 5 Note 1}
2009	3,998	1,514	2.6	2,465	915	2.7	2,620	1,099	2.4
2010	4,170	1,515	2.8	2,564	910	2.8	2,680	1,077	2.5
2011	3,957	1,415	2.8	2,357	846	2.8	2,528	1,003	2.5
2012	3,797	1,346	2.8	2,348	815	2.9	2,521	959	2.6
2013	3,520	1,224	2.9	2,250	767	2.9	2,328	879	2.6
2014	3,380	1,131	3.0	2,230	736	3.0	2,260	832	2.7
2015	3,377	1,147	2.9	2,280	755	3.0	2,304	847	2.7
2016	3,458	1,167	3.0	2,388	754	3.2	2,351	847	2.8
2017	3,561	1,232	2.9	2,462	777	3.2	2,404	870	2.8
Average rate (2009 to 2017)^{Table 5 Note 2}	3,691	1,299	2.8	2,372	808	2.9	2,444	935	2.6
Percent change in rate (2009 to 2017)	-11	-19	Note ...: not applicable	-0.1	-15	Note ...: not applicable	-8	-21	Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable Note 1 Represents how many times greater the violent crime rate was in the North compared with the South, for a given population group. Rate gaps may be adjusted from baseline figures provided in table due to rounding. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Average rates were calculated by first dividing the sum of police-reported violent incidents by the population count for each respective year, multiplied by 100,000 population, and then calculating the average rate across all rates for 2009 through 2017. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Victim age group is based on the age of the victim at the time of the incident. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. The North includes the three territories as well as the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, based on a geographical definition used by the Conference Board of Canada's Centre for the North. The South includes the southern regions of these provinces in addition to all of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Excludes victims where sex or age was unknown or older than 89 years. Figures in this table are from the Trend Database; as a result, numbers may not match those presented elsewhere. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.

Date modified:: 2019-07-04