Table 17
Police-reported youth Crime Severity Indexes, by province or territory, 2019


Table 17
Police-reported youth Crime Severity Indexes, by province or territory, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported youth Crime Severity Indexes. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Total Youth Crime Severity Index, Youth Violent Crime Severity Index and Youth Non-violent Crime Severity Index, calculated using index, percent change 2018 to 2019 and percent change 2009 to 2019 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Total Youth Crime Severity Index Youth Violent Crime Severity Index Youth Non-violent Crime Severity Index
index percent change 2018 to 2019 percent change 2009 to 2019 index percent change 2018 to 2019 index percent change 2018 to 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador 45.7 -18 -47 48.3 -16 43.4 -19
Prince Edward Island 30.8 2 -59 32.6 -7 29.4 10
Nova Scotia 51.0 -13 -59 59.1 -20 45.1 -6
New Brunswick 47.8 -1 -58 64.6 21 35.9 -19
Quebec 59.4 2 -14 91.0 12 37.3 -11
Ontario 48.0 -6 -45 75.5 -2 28.9 -11
Manitoba 98.0 -10 -50 139.4 -3 68.9 -18
Saskatchewan 109.5 -6 -55 130.9 4 94.0 -15
Alberta 52.3 -8 -49 70.7 -7 39.3 -9
British Columbia 38.3 13 -48 49.6 29 30.3 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Yukon 105.3 -30 -65 90.2 -27 114.6 -32
Northwest Territories 203.3 -5 -53 198.2 16 204.9 -15
Nunavut 226.8 8 -49 240.8 34 215.2 -6
Canada 54.6 -4 -43 78.8 2 37.5 -11
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note: Data is based on the number of youth aged 12 to 17 who were either charged (or recommended for charging) by police or diverted from the formal criminal justice system through the use of warnings, cautions, referrals to community programs, etc. The Youth 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 the provincial and territorial Youth Crime Severity Indexes are available beginning in 1998. Percent changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based on July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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