Table 8
Perceptions of crime, neighbourhood, and safety, and violent and household victimization rates, Canada, 2019


Table 8
Perceptions of crime, neighbourhood, and safety, and violent and household victimization rates, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Perceptions of crime. The information is grouped by Neighbourhood characteristic or perception (appearing as row headers), percent, 95% confidence interval, Violent victimization, Household victimization and rate, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Neighbourhood characteristic or perception percent 95% confidence interval Violent victimizationTable 8 Note 1 Household victimizationTable 8 Note 2
rate 95% confidence interval rate 95% confidence interval
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Compared to other areas in Canada, believe neighbourhood has:
A higher amount of crime 4.5 4.0 5.0 229 145 313 551 450 652
About the same amount of crime 23.5 22.5 24.5 111 82 140 261 228 294
A lower amount of crime 71.2 70.1 72.2 64 51 77 114 103 124
During the last 5 years, believe crime in their neighbourhood hasTable 8 Note 3:
Increased 19.1 18.3 20.0 139 101 178 393 349 438
Decreased 6.5 5.9 7.1 90 50 131 206 146 266
Remained about the same 73.6 72.6 74.6 68 55 82 119 108 131
Sense of belonging to local community
Somewhat or very strong 61.1 59.9 62.2 69 57 81 161 145 177
Somewhat or very weak 24.6 23.5 25.6 117 84 151 213 188 238
No opinion 14.1 13.3 15.0 85 55 115 146 119 173
Perceives social disorder in neighbourhood
Yes 56.3 55.2 57.3 112 94 130 240 221 259
No 43.5 42.4 44.5 46 31 61 84 72 97
Taken measures to protect self or property from crime in past 12 months
Yes 20.8 19.9 21.8 183 140 226 347 309 386
No 79.1 78.1 80.0 57 47 67 129 117 141
Satisfaction with personal safety from crime
Very or somewhat satisfied 77.7 76.8 78.7 67 56 78 136 123 148
Very or somewhat dissatisfied 3.9 3.5 4.4 203 104 303 608 486 729
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied/no opinion 18.1 17.2 19.0 128 89 167 233 201 265
Note 1

Rates are calculated per 1,000 population aged 15 years and older.

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Note 2

Rates are calculated per 1,000 households.

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Note 3

Excludes those who reported that they had not lived in their current neighbourhood long enough to assess.

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Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians’ Safety (Victimization).
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