Table 11
Violations contributing to the change in the Crime Severity Index, by census metropolitan area, 2017 and 2018


Table 11
Violations contributing to the change in the Crime Severity Index, by census metropolitan area, 2017 and 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Violations contributing to the change in the Crime Severity Index. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (CMA) (appearing as row headers), Percent change in Crime Severity Index from 2017 to 2018 and Violations driving the change in Crime Severity Index (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan area (CMA)Table 11 Note 1Table 11 Note 2Table 11 Note 3 Percent change in Crime Severity Index from 2017 to 2018 Violations driving the change in Crime Severity Index
Canada 2 Increase in fraud, sexual assault (level 1) and shoplifting of $5,000 or under; partially offset by decrease in breaking and entering, and robbery
St. John's 12 Increase in weapons violations, fraud, breaking and entering, and robbery; partially offset by decrease in homicide
Halifax 2 Increase in sexual assault (level 1) and fraud; partially offset by decrease in breaking and entering
Moncton 15 Increase in fraud, as well as robbery and homicide
Saint John -4 Decrease in homicide; trafficking, production, importation or exportation of heroin; and child pornography; offset by increase in fraud and attempted murder
Saguenay -12 Decrease in failure to stop and remain (traffic), and breaking and entering; partially offset by increase in sexual violations against children
Québec -7 Decrease in breaking and entering, attempted murder and homicide; partially offset by increase in fraud
Sherbrooke -2 Decrease in breaking and entering; offset by increase in homicide
Trois-Rivières 2 Increase in sexual assault (level 1), fraud, and homicide; offset by decrease in failure to stop and remain (traffic), and attempted murder
Montréal -1 Decrease in breaking and entering, and robbery; partially offset by increase in trafficking, production, importation or exportation of cocaine and heroin
GatineauTable 11 Note 4 -2 Decrease in breaking and entering; offset by increase in homicide
OttawaTable 11 Note 5 7 Increase in breaking and entering, sexual assault (level 1), fraud, theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting)
Kingston 8 Increase in breaking and entering, and sexual assault (level 1)
BellevilleTable 11 Note 6 -20 Decreases in other violent criminal code violations (non-censensual distribution of intimate images, voyeurism), theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting)
Peterborough -10 Decrease in breaking and entering, robbery and other violent Criminal Code violations (non-concensual distribution of intimate images, trafficking in persons); partially offset by increase in fraud
Toronto 8 Increase in homicide and fraud
Hamilton -3 Decrease in robbery and failure to stop and remain (traffic); partially offset by increase in fraud and sexual assault (level 1)
St. Catharines–Niagara 15 Increase in trafficking, production and distribution of cannabis (CDSA) and cocaine, and breaking and entering
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 6 Increase in breaking and entering, fraud and theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting)
Brantford 6 Increase in theft of motor vehicle, homicide, and breaking and entering
Guelph 1 Increase in breaking and entering; partially offset by decrease in theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting)
London 7 Increase in breaking and entering, fraud and theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting)
Windsor 21 Increase in breaking and entering, fraud, homicide and theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting); partially offset by decrease in robbery
Barrie 12 Increase in breaking and entering and fraud; offset by decrease in homicide
Greater Sudbury 5 Increase in breaking and entering, and sexual assault (level 1); partially offset by decrease in child pornography
Thunder Bay 9 Increase in breaking and entering; robbery; fraud; trafficking, production and distribution of cannabis (pre-legalization); attempted murder; and homicide
Winnipeg 10 Increase in breaking and entering, robbery, shoplifting of $5,000 or under, fraud, and theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting)
Regina 10 Increase in breaking and entering, theft of motor vehicle, robbery, theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting) and violent firearms violations
Saskatoon 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded Increase in fraud, homicide, and breaking and entering; partially offset by decrease in robbery
LethbridgeTable 11 Note 6 10 Increases in fraud; sexual assault (level 1); trafficking, production or distribution of other drugs; breaking and entering; and assault (level 1 and 2); partially offset by decreases in homicide, other criminal code traffic violations (fail to stop or remain), theft of motor vehicle, robbery
Calgary 5 Increase in breaking and entering, administration of justice violations, as well as robbery; offset by decrease in homicide
Edmonton 1 Increase in shoplifting of $5,000 or under, breaking and entering, and fraud; partially offset by decrease in homicide
Kelowna 6 Increase in breaking and entering; trafficking, production and distribution of methamphetamine; theft under $5,000 (non-shoplifting); identity fraud; and trafficking, production or distribution of opioids (other than heroin); partially offset by decrease in homicide; trafficking, production and distribution of heroin
Abbotsford–Mission 2 Increase in breaking and entering, theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting) and sexual assault (level 1); offset by decrease in homicide, attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault (level 3)
Vancouver -3 Decrease in breaking and entering, and theft of motor vehicle
Victoria 5 Increase in fraud; partially offset by decrease in homicide
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note 1

A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA typically comprises more than one police service.

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Note 2

CMA populations have been adjusted to follow policing boundaries.

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Note 3

The Oshawa CMA is excluded from this table due to the incongruity between the police service jurisdictional boundaries and the CMA boundaries.

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Note 4

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

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Note 5

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

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Note 6

As of the 2016 Census, Belleville and Lethbridge became new CMAs.

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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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