Table 2
Police-reported crime for selected offences, police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, 2018


Table 2
Police-reported crime for selected offences, police serving majority Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Indigenous and Non-Indigenous, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Indigenous Non-Indigenous
number rate number rate
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic)–
"Crime Rate"		 133,419 30,333 1,900,506 5,191
Violent crime 40,554 9,220 383,213 1,047
Homicide 59 13.4 592 1.6
Other violations causing deathTable 2 Note 1 9 2.0 106 0.3
Attempted murder 27 6.1 780 2.1
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 20 5 138 0
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 40 9 419 1
Sexual assault - level 1 1,975 449 26,149 71
Sexual violations against childrenTable 2 Note 2 Table 2 Note 3 673 153 7,987 22
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 671 153 2,858 8
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 6,125 1,393 47,654 130
Assault - level 1 - common assault 19,709 4,481 149,655 409
Assault peace officer 1,357 309 10,270 28
Other assaults 246 56 1,904 5
Firearms - use of, discharge, pointing 464 105 2,345 6
Robbery 402 91 22,048 60
Forcible confinement or kidnapping 247 56 3,198 9
Abduction 10 2 342 1
Extortion 93 21 4,571 12
Criminal harassment 932 212 18,644 51
Uttering threats 5,820 1,323 60,688 166
Threatening or harassing phone calls 1,339 304 16,303 45
Other violent Criminal Code violations 336 76 6,562 18
Property crime 57,309 13,029 1,180,015 3,223
Breaking and entering 5,315 1,208 154,497 422
Possess stolen propertyTable 2 Note 4 813 185 23,085 63
Theft of motor vehicle 2,227 506 83,905 229
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 281 64 19,832 54
Shoplifting ($5,000 or under) 519 118 124,414 340
Theft of $5,000 or under from a motor vehicle 597 136 191,959 524
Other theft of $5,000 or under 4,837 1,100 208,986 571
Fraud (excluding identity fraud) 1,162 264 128,247 350
Identity fraudTable 2 Note 5 175 40 19,409 53
MischiefTable 2 Note 6 40,610 9,233 218,454 597
Arson 773 176 7,227 20
Other Criminal Code offences 35,556 8,084 337,278 921
Weapons violations 1,066 242 15,544 42
Disturbing the peace 16,510 3,754 77,868 213
Administration of justice violationsTable 2 Note 7 15,607 3,548 211,257 577
Other violations 2,373 540 32,609 89
Criminal Code traffic violations 8,773 1,995 116,771 319
Impaired drivingTable 2 Note 8 7,226 1,643 63,367 173
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 1,547 352 53,404 146
Drug offences 3,231 735 80,252 219
Cannabis related 1,216 276 34,679 95
Cocaine related 901 205 13,424 37
Other drugsTable 2 Note 9 1,114 253 32,149 88
Other federal statute violations 1,685 383 24,399 67
Youth Criminal Justice Act 360 82 4,463 12
Other federal statutes 1,325 301 19,936 54
Total - all violations 147,108 33,446 2,121,928 5,796
Note 1

Includes, for example, criminal negligence causing death.

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Note 2

Excludes sexual assaults against children and youth, which are reported as level 1, 2 or 3 sexual assault. Children under age 18 represent a much larger proportion of the population in Indigenous communities. As a result the difference in rates of sexual violations against children in this table is overestimated. See text for discussion of this.

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Note 3

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via telecommunications/agreement or arrangement, and making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth, and the offences of parent or guardian procuring sexual activity, householder permitting prohibited sexual activity, agreement or arrangement of a sexual offence against a child, and bestiality in the presence of or inciting a child (s. 160 (3)). Incidents of child pornography are not included in the category of sexual violations against children.

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Note 4

Includes trafficking and the intent to traffic stolen goods.

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Note 5

Includes identity theft.

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Note 6

Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 7

Includes failure to comply with an order, failure to appear, breach of probation and other violations against the administration of law and justice.

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Note 8

Includes alcohol- and drug-impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol- and drug-impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol or drugs and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample. In some jurisdictions, including British Columbia, impaired driving incidents that meet the elements of the Criminal Code may be handled using a provincial statute. Also includes new impaired driving offences as per Bill C-46 "An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts" which came into effect part way through 2018, including impaired driving due to alcohol and drug impairment combined, and unspecified impaired driving.

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Note 9

Includes heroin and other opioids, methamphetamines (crystal meth), methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy) and other controlled drugs and substances, as well as possession of precursors and equipment.

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Note: The category "Indigenous" refers to police services that served a population where more than 50% of the population they serve identified as Aboriginal in the 2016 Census, or lived on reserve. The category "Non-Indigenous" refers to those police services where the majority of the population did not identify as Aboriginal in the 2016 Census or did not live on reserve. See the section "Data sources and concepts" for an explanation of the method used to identify police services serving majority Indigenous populations. Crime rates are based upon Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffic offences. Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Police-reported statistics may be affected by differences in the way police services deal with offences. In some instances, police or municipalities might choose to deal with some offences using municipal bylaws or provincial provisions rather than Criminal Code provisions. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon 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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