Table 8
Police-reported Crime Severity Indexes, by province or territory, 2018


Table 8
Police-reported Crime Severity Indexes, by province or territory, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported Crime Severity Indexes. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Total Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index and Non-violent Crime Severity Index, calculated using index, percent change 2017 to 2018 and percent change 2008 to 2018 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Total Crime Severity Index Violent Crime Severity Index Non-violent Crime Severity Index
index percent change 2017 to 2018 percent change 2008 to 2018 index percent change 2017 to 2018 index percent change 2017 to 2018
Newfoundland and Labrador 65.9 4 -7 70.2 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 64.2 6
Prince Edward Island 53.7 17 -22 48.1 20 55.6 16
Nova Scotia 65.2 -2 -23 78.2 -1 60.4 -2
New Brunswick 71.8 4 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 76.1 9 70.1 3
Quebec 56.6 -2 -32 71.8 -1 51.0 -3
Ontario 60.0 6 -15 73.4 5 55.0 7
Manitoba 125.8 6 -3 169.8 6 109.6 6
Saskatchewan 139.2 -3 -9 138.1 -5 139.2 -2
Alberta 112.1 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 97.1 -1 117.2 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
British Columbia 87.7 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded -28 73.4 -2 92.6 1
Yukon 170.3 -7 -7 208.7 -17 156.2 -2
Northwest Territories 324.4 5 -5 421.6 13 288.7 1
Nunavut 319.9 6 -2 550.5 16 236.2 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Canada 75.0 2 -17 82.4 1 72.2 2
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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