Table 13
Police-reported youth Crime Severity Indexes, by province or territory, 2021


Table 13
Police-reported youth Crime Severity Indexes, by province or territory, 2021
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 2020 to 2021 and percent change 2011 to 2021 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 2020 to 2021 percent change 2011 to 2021 index percent change 2020 to 2021 index percent change 2020 to 2021
Newfoundland and Labrador 31.8 -14 -56 40.9 -19 25.2 -7
Prince Edward Island 22.6 18 -64 29.7 31 17.6 7
Nova Scotia 39.4 13 -67 52.6 9 30.1 19
New Brunswick 32.0 -16 -61 43.3 -8 24.0 -25
Quebec 54.3 12 -17 89.3 17 29.9 3
Ontario 31.9 -15 -57 52.0 -17 17.9 -10
Manitoba 72.4 -13 -54 114.9 -11 42.8 -17
Saskatchewan 89.0 -5 -60 126.4 -2 62.6 -8
Alberta 36.6 -4 -55 56.7 -4 22.5 -3
British Columbia 26.9 -8 -55 38.2 -5 19.0 -13
Yukon 114.6 -1 -21 145.8 12 92.3 -12
Northwest Territories 109.7 -23 -69 143.5 -6 85.7 -36
Nunavut 131.3 -3 -58 134.5 -24 128.0 20
Canada 41.0 -5 -50 64.2 -4 24.7 -6
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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