Table 4
Crime Severity Index by province, urban and rural police services, 2021


Table 4
Crime Severity Index by province, urban and rural police services, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Crime Severity Index by province. The information is grouped by Province (appearing as row headers), Crime Severity Index, % change 2011 to 2021, Violent Crime Severity Index and Non-violent Crime Severity Index, calculated using index and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province Crime Severity Index % change 2011 to 2021 Violent Crime Severity Index % change 2011 to 2021 Non-violent Crime Severity Index % change 2011 to 2021
index percent index percent index percent
Newfoundland and Labrador
Urban 68.7 -19 95.8 39 58.8 -35
Rural 84.3 34 99.2 81 78.7 20
Prince Edward Island
Urban 57.6 -22 56.6 26 57.8 -31
Rural 55.7 -2 66.4 49 51.8 -15
Nova Scotia
Urban 69.8 -17 96.6 -3 60.0 -24
Rural 75.2 7 90.8 41 69.4 -4
New Brunswick
Urban 85.0 28 81.9 27 86.0 28
Rural 94.7 44 105.8 48 90.4 43
Quebec
Urban 53.4 -28 79.3 -3 44.0 -38
RuralTable 4 Note 1 58.8 -15 100.9 65 43.4 -40
Ontario
Urban 55.8 -9 71.3 -4 50.0 -11
Rural 60.4 -3 80.4 30 53.0 -15
Manitoba
Urban 116.2 10 157.6 -1 101.0 17
Rural 152.8 9 242.3 40 120.3 -6
Saskatchewan
Urban 127.8 -4 155.4 14 117.5 -10
Rural 187.0 13 249.4 58 164.2 -2
Alberta
Urban 92.4 12 101.6 12 88.8 12
Rural 144.5 34 164.5 47 136.9 29
British Columbia
Urban 93.1 -4 93.5 -2 92.8 -4
Rural 90.6 -8 109.4 11 83.6 -14
All provinces
Urban 69.3 -8 85.2 0 63.4 -11
Rural 91.9 7 124.1 46 80.1 -6
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: The 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. 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. Percentage changes are based on unrounded rates.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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