Table 17
Police-reported youth Crime Severity Indexes, by province or territory, 2020


Table 17
Police-reported youth Crime Severity Indexes, by province or territory, 2020
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 2019 to 2020 and percent change 2010 to 2020 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 2019 to 2020 percent change 2010 to 2020 index percent change 2019 to 2020 index percent change 2019 to 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador 34.0 -27 -56 44.6 -9 26.5 -40
Prince Edward Island 18.3 -42 -73 21.3 -34 16.0 -47
Nova Scotia 34.4 -33 -72 47.7 -20 25.0 -45
New Brunswick 38.0 -21 -61 48.0 -26 30.9 -14
Quebec 48.9 -17 -27 77.8 -13 28.7 -23
Ontario 36.6 -24 -55 60.8 -20 19.8 -32
Manitoba 81.6 -23 -54 124.6 -21 51.4 -25
Saskatchewan 91.5 -18 -61 125.6 -7 67.5 -29
Alberta 37.2 -30 -62 57.4 -20 23.0 -42
British Columbia 28.2 -27 -60 39.0 -23 20.6 -32
Yukon 118.3 14 -48 130.6 47 108.9 -4
Northwest Territories 139.9 -31 -67 152.2 -23 130.2 -36
Nunavut 133.0 -42 -71 173.8 -29 104.0 -51
Canada 42.3 -23 -53 65.7 -18 26.0 -31
Note: Data are 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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