Table 3
Police-reported crime rates by province, Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic), violent crime and property crime, urban and rural police services, 2011 to 2021


Table 3
Police-reported crime rates by province, Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic), violent crime and property crime, urban and rural police services, 2011 to 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime rates by province. The information is grouped by Province (appearing as row headers), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, calculated using rate per 100,000 population units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
rate per 100,000 population
Newfoundland and Labrador
Crime rate
Urban 6,897 6,689 6,531 5,656 5,738 5,539 5,244 5,380 5,495 5,106 5,268
Rural 5,818 5,595 5,536 5,538 5,875 6,448 5,786 5,738 6,567 7,222 8,335
Violent crime
Urban 1,505 1,598 1,520 1,233 1,407 1,302 1,372 1,365 1,426 1,529 1,658
Rural 1,483 1,435 1,295 1,287 1,326 1,358 1,251 1,339 1,723 1,867 2,032
Property crime
Urban 4,469 4,166 4,180 3,578 3,431 3,215 2,822 2,950 2,960 2,674 2,678
Rural 3,326 3,152 3,100 2,973 3,330 3,587 3,102 2,993 3,412 3,761 4,250
Prince Edward Island
Crime rate
Urban 7,479 7,893 7,026 5,514 4,744 4,842 4,467 5,018 5,938 4,941 4,756
Rural 4,486 4,423 4,051 3,529 3,255 3,549 3,572 4,128 4,350 4,038 3,996
Violent crime
Urban 1,244 1,307 1,043 874 779 858 937 984 1,303 1,223 1,200
Rural 1,013 973 814 822 698 697 886 1,069 1,220 1,322 1,308
Property crime
Urban 5,263 5,645 5,198 3,994 3,384 3,286 2,845 3,276 3,591 2,836 2,813
Rural 2,985 2,943 2,794 2,246 2,066 2,349 2,152 2,416 2,404 2,059 2,025
Nova Scotia
Crime rate
Urban 6,833 6,366 5,643 5,627 5,128 4,970 5,291 5,276 5,063 4,977 5,239
Rural 5,935 6,371 5,687 5,279 4,890 4,829 4,648 4,743 5,679 5,841 5,961
Violent crime
Urban 1,431 1,248 1,142 1,217 1,163 1,096 1,302 1,317 1,343 1,396 1,344
Rural 1,508 1,603 1,408 1,345 1,285 1,291 1,185 1,199 1,573 1,740 1,805
Property crime
Urban 4,337 4,081 3,584 3,507 3,092 2,976 3,000 2,961 2,781 2,706 3,080
Rural 3,469 3,731 3,301 3,012 2,745 2,653 2,646 2,691 2,987 2,913 3,133
New Brunswick
Crime rate
Urban 5,531 5,868 5,207 4,778 5,266 5,002 5,555 5,926 6,447 6,116 6,453
Rural 4,862 4,832 4,141 3,898 4,243 4,091 4,369 4,592 5,369 5,774 6,492
Violent crime
Urban 1,454 1,464 1,223 1,204 1,197 1,211 1,296 1,372 1,572 1,557 1,559
Rural 1,543 1,472 1,264 1,104 1,136 1,146 1,209 1,304 1,658 1,775 2,069
Property crime
Urban 3,244 3,496 3,130 2,781 3,234 2,922 3,216 3,434 3,576 3,353 3,659
Rural 2,676 2,726 2,328 2,216 2,448 2,219 2,412 2,503 2,797 3,112 3,527
Quebec
Crime rate
Urban 4,534 4,411 3,967 3,614 3,492 3,374 3,386 3,265 3,256 3,003 3,145
RuralTable 3 Note 1 3,972 4,084 3,487 3,060 3,080 3,470 3,475 3,474 3,477 3,315 3,513
Violent crime
Urban 1,027 1,014 958 931 939 952 988 986 1,040 1,024 1,134
Rural 1,104 1,229 1,113 1,029 1,099 1,316 1,435 1,514 1,563 1,579 1,673
Property crime
Urban 2,970 2,815 2,456 2,213 2,109 1,957 1,928 1,831 1,780 1,601 1,655
Rural 2,329 2,282 1,869 1,654 1,619 1,610 1,558 1,481 1,406 1,325 1,398
Ontario
Crime rate
Urban 4,191 4,014 3,636 3,518 3,544 3,647 3,844 4,134 4,220 3,685 3,829
Rural 4,570 4,459 4,104 3,832 3,835 3,795 3,894 4,117 4,318 4,153 4,172
Violent crime
Urban 929 879 807 763 768 785 833 883 914 869 919
Rural 1,205 1,190 1,092 1,036 1,033 1,007 1,057 1,129 1,215 1,198 1,237
Property crime
Urban 2,773 2,657 2,375 2,297 2,305 2,337 2,458 2,673 2,707 2,334 2,375
Rural 2,660 2,579 2,281 2,139 2,156 2,118 2,154 2,231 2,293 2,176 2,113
Manitoba
Crime rate
Urban 7,540 7,168 6,150 6,137 6,683 7,452 7,851 8,603 9,437 8,329 7,839
Rural 12,799 13,863 13,018 11,854 12,464 12,154 12,021 11,328 12,257 12,293 13,154
Violent crime
Urban 1,504 1,415 1,229 1,190 1,301 1,437 1,500 1,531 1,645 1,532 1,615
Rural 3,521 3,845 3,544 3,061 3,170 3,148 3,141 3,113 3,528 3,509 3,832
Property crime
Urban 4,711 4,571 3,821 3,935 4,340 4,818 5,057 5,757 6,435 5,539 5,098
Rural 5,600 6,024 5,628 5,315 5,919 5,805 5,682 5,199 5,637 5,506 5,977
Saskatchewan
Crime rate
Urban 11,056 10,091 9,422 9,386 9,913 10,633 10,246 10,362 10,222 8,808 9,272
Rural 14,461 14,143 13,349 13,089 14,211 14,570 14,317 14,001 15,164 15,739 16,240
Violent crime
Urban 1,860 1,677 1,507 1,502 1,525 1,505 1,481 1,470 1,590 1,577 1,662
Rural 3,258 3,139 2,892 2,879 3,035 3,109 3,257 3,021 3,616 3,964 3,843
Property crime
Urban 6,269 5,561 5,215 5,216 5,607 6,066 5,783 6,101 6,043 4,763 5,031
Rural 7,703 7,357 6,751 6,688 7,677 7,868 7,398 7,383 7,569 7,668 8,105
Alberta
Crime rate
Urban 6,723 6,525 6,428 6,469 7,379 7,609 7,982 8,150 8,688 7,481 7,143
Rural 10,232 10,492 10,187 10,321 11,340 11,223 11,444 11,144 12,337 11,470 10,962
Violent crime
Urban 1,191 1,155 1,084 1,079 1,130 1,088 1,168 1,209 1,292 1,247 1,301
Rural 2,275 2,378 2,200 2,107 2,166 2,178 1,980 1,942 2,270 2,436 2,460
Property crime
Urban 4,114 3,995 4,016 4,046 4,887 5,032 5,183 5,167 5,544 4,676 4,185
Rural 5,390 5,587 5,594 5,827 6,844 6,676 7,121 6,847 7,474 6,850 6,399
British Columbia
Crime rate
Urban 7,929 7,780 7,294 7,528 7,718 7,685 7,355 7,508 8,685 7,773 7,446
Rural 8,795 8,524 7,758 7,002 7,306 6,632 6,468 6,665 8,185 7,876 7,812
Violent crime
Urban 1,422 1,331 1,174 1,090 1,155 1,080 1,049 1,141 1,507 1,491 1,492
Rural 1,994 1,944 1,731 1,454 1,490 1,414 1,389 1,493 2,056 2,104 2,058
Property crime
Urban 4,806 4,834 4,587 4,949 4,994 5,072 4,883 4,922 5,436 4,558 4,264
Rural 4,518 4,234 3,923 3,652 3,867 3,420 3,305 3,485 4,106 3,724 3,819
All provinces
Crime rate
Urban 5,440 5,265 4,854 4,750 4,895 4,969 5,065 5,233 5,531 4,902 4,919
Rural 6,855 6,906 6,408 6,107 6,408 6,468 6,448 6,430 7,029 6,897 7,033
Violent crime
Urban 1,113 1,063 974 935 958 955 995 1,035 1,134 1,102 1,159
Rural 1,716 1,757 1,604 1,504 1,549 1,606 1,622 1,656 1,906 1,975 2,040
Property crime
Urban 3,451 3,339 3,061 3,020 3,124 3,149 3,185 3,290 3,431 2,943 2,882
Rural 3,700 3,676 3,373 3,256 3,528 3,467 3,451 3,401 3,617 3,470 3,524
Note 1

Because of incomplete data for the Nunavik region before 2016, comparisons to previous years should be made with caution.

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Note: Urban police services serve an area where the majority of the population lives within a census metropolitan area (CMA) or census agglomeration (CA). Rural police services serve an area where the majority of the population lives outside a CMA or CA. A CMA or a CA is comprised of one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000, of which 50,000 or more must live in the core. A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000. To be included in the CMA or CA, adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA or CA may have more than one police service. Excludes data from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Canadian Forces Military Police Group (CF MP Gp). 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. Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1 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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