Table 3
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by census metropolitan area, 2020


Table 3
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by census metropolitan area, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by Census
metropolitan area (CMA) (appearing as row headers), Homicide, Sexual assault (levels 1, 2 and 3), Robbery, Breaking and entering, Motor vehicle theft, Fraud (total), Shoplifting under $5,000 and Uttering threats, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2019 to 2020 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census
metropolitan area (CMA)Table 3 Note 1 Table 3 Note 2 Table 3 Note 3		 HomicideTable 3 Note 4 Sexual assault (levels 1, 2 and 3) Robbery Breaking and entering Motor vehicle theft Fraud (total) Shoplifting under $5,000 Uttering threats
number rate rate percent change in rate 2019 to 2020 rate percent change in rate 2019 to 2020 rate percent change in rate 2019 to 2020 rate percent change in rate 2019 to 2020 rate percent change in rate 2019 to 2020 rate percent change in rate 2019 to 2020 rate percent change in rate 2019 to 2020
St. John's 2 0.96 87 11 47 -19 324 -25 128 34 412 -8 260 -48 448 18
Halifax 7 1.56 78 -18 45 21 224 14 76 -8 437 28 24 -55 311 4
Moncton 2 1.20 69 -9 22 -41 545 -19 279 -2 879 27 341 -20 360 -4
Saint John 1 0.76 84 -12 38 31 195 -17 59 -13 387 1 140 -46 244 -2
Saguenay 0 0.00 76 -8 12 -46 256 -14 100 -17 323 43 71 -49 261 -3
Québec 7 0.85 63 2 12 -36 176 -22 56 11 439 36 99 -33 200 8
Sherbrooke 1 0.48 116 51 17 -1 188 -34 46 -21 387 37 208 -2 151 -2
Trois-Rivières 2 1.24 89 6 29 16 195 -39 80 -29 397 18 109 -14 208 21
Montréal 42 0.97 61 1 51 -20 225 -18 178 4 374 3 117 -35 161 5
GatineauTable 3 Note 5 7 2.04 52 -21 27 -9 206 -21 64 -13 427 16 133 -44 247 8
OttawaTable 3 Note 6 10 0.90 62 -17 47 -31 229 -4 83 -17 566 9 298 -55 108 -10
Kingston 3 1.73 77 -19 29 33 455 27 104 -11 519 -9 236 -35 159 26
BellevilleTable 3 Note 7 2 1.75 105 -20 15 -49 237 -22 90 24 494 -5 184 -28 252 -1
Peterborough 3 2.32 74 -29 42 45 237 -12 89 45 466 30 248 -25 177 20
Toronto 105 1.62 46 -19 60 -27 180 -23 178 7 337 -10 150 -54 113 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Hamilton 18 2.32 71 -10 54 -16 246 -27 213 -9 312 -18 163 -42 128 9
St. Catharines–Niagara 5 1.04 65 -14 40 8 352 -16 179 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 448 -5 214 -36 139 29
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 8 1.32 75 -27 53 -17 393 -5 152 7 634 9 292 -28 239 11
Brantford 4 2.62 85 -32 65 12 456 -7 285 -25 456 -4 200 -47 166 1
Guelph 3 2.06 80 -16 40 36 367 -13 119 -11 521 -2 257 -32 114 11
London 7 1.27 84 9 54 -3 453 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 262 -3 497 -1 275 -28 135 29
Windsor 5 1.40 61 5 62 3 556 -3 268 -8 666 19 250 -33 118 10
Barrie 0 0.00 80 -3 28 -36 145 -24 92 -7 371 -18 268 -14 129 -3
Greater Sudbury 5 2.96 110 -22 48 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 580 9 150 -2 767 26 193 -47 241 31
Thunder Bay 8 6.35 96 -7 107 -19 431 -26 151 -33 464 2 500 -55 198 9
Winnipeg 41 4.93 98 -5 228 -18 668 -19 378 -18 506 -1 796 -16 151 -6
Regina 12 4.54 78 1 107 -10 639 -24 333 -43 361 -26 494 -33 122 1
Saskatoon 14 4.10 85 -28 96 -21 734 -12 304 -3 538 -8 325 -26 135 1
LethbridgeTable 3 Note 7 2 1.59 135 4 39 -15 948 5 294 -16 817 -14 842 -8 291 11
Calgary 39 2.53 56 -22 66 -26 582 -21 391 -25 410 -10 348 -29 96 -4
Edmonton 47 3.19 88 -6 86 -22 606 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 377 -13 588 -20 749 -39 161 -1
Kelowna 3 1.35 92 12 46 -2 613 -24 345 -22 708 -5 631 -25 362 23
Abbotsford–Mission 3 1.47 79 20 56 -1 377 -29 304 -20 403 -8 398 -33 271 3
Vancouver 45 1.64 52 -18 62 -6 485 -9 172 -24 477 -5 413 -31 216 -4
Victoria 6 1.47 79 -4 39 4 433 9 116 -14 440 -4 356 -23 314 22
Canada 743 1.95 75 -9 51 -18 362 -16 206 -11 442 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 239 -36 221 3
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

Due to the variability in small numbers, percent changes in the rates of homicide are not calculated.

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Note 5

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

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Note 6

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

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Note 7

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

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Note: Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Data for specific types of crime by census metropolitan areas are available beginning in 1991. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Percent changes are based on unrounded rates. 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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