Table 1
Selected police-reported crimes, urban and rural police services, all provinces, 2023

Table 1
Selected police-reported crimes, urban and rural police services, all provinces, 2023 Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected police-reported crimes, urban and rural police services, all provinces, 2023. The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Rural, Provincial South, Total, Urban and Provincial North, calculated using rate and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Rural Urban
Provincial North Provincial South Total Provincial North Provincial South Total
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Note 0

true zero or a value rounded to zero

Note 1

Includes, for example, criminal negligence causing death.

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Note 2

In 2019, the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey added a new violation code to collect information on “sexual offences which occurred prior to January 4, 1983.” While most violations are not typically reported years after their occurrence, sexual violations may be reported by a victim long after the incident took place due to a variety of reasons. On January 4, 1983, Canadian legislation surrounding sexual offences changed considerably. To reflect these changes, the survey added the new violation code rather than collect historical offences under an existing violation code that did not reflect the state of Canadian legislation at the time of the offence.

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Note 3

Excludes sexual assaults against children and youth, which are reported as level 1, 2 or 3 sexual assault.

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Note 4

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via telecommunications or an agreement or arrangement, making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children or youth, and the offences of parent or guardian procuring sexual activity, householder permitting prohibited sexual activity, agreement or arrangement of a sexual offence against a child, and bestiality in the presence of or inciting a child (s. 160(3)). Incidents of child pornography are not included in the category of sexual violations against children.

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Note 5

This offence was amended in 2015 in the former Bill C-13 "Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act" to include all means of telecommunication, not only phone calls.

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Note 6

Includes altering/removing/destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 7

Because of the complexity of cyber incidents, these data likely reflect the number of active or closed investigations for the year rather than the total number of incidents reported to police. Data are based on police-reported incidents that are recorded in police services’ records management systems.

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Note 8

The offence of “child pornography” includes offences under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code which makes it illegal to access, possess, make, print, or distribute child pornography. When the actual victim is not identified, this offence is reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey with the most serious offence being “child pornography,” which falls under the larger crime category of “other Criminal Code offences”. In cases where an actual victim is identified, police will report the most serious offence as sexual assault, sexual exploitation or other sexual violations against children, which fall under the category of “violent crimes,” and child pornography may be reported as a secondary violation.

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Note 9

Includes alcohol-impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol-impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample.

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Note 10

Includes drug-impaired operation of a vehicle, drug-impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of drugs and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample.

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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.
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic) – "Crime rate" 164,145 17,546 265,644 5,379 429,789 7,317 111,814 8,815 1,742,385 5,310 1,854,199 5,440
Total violent crime 48,577 5,193 76,299 1,545 124,876 2,126 28,468 2,244 405,926 1,237 434,394 1,274
Homicide 70 7 91 2 161 3 52 4 553 2 605 2
Other violations causing death Table 1 Note 1 9 1 16 0 25 0 4 0 57 0 61 0
Attempted murder 51 5 92 2 143 2 54 4 623 2 677 2
Sexual assault - level 3 - aggravated 9 1 13 0 22 0 6 0 70 0 76 0
Sexual assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 66 7 70 1 136 2 40 3 551 2 591 2
Sexual assault - level 1 2,389 255 4,773 97 7,162 122 1,692 133 26,275 80 27,967 82
Sexual offence occurring prior to January 4, 1983 Table 1 Note 2 32 3 110 2 142 2 16 1 283 1 299 1
Sexual violations against children Table 1 Note 3  Table 1 Note 4 953 102 2,110 43 3,063 52 632 50 7,541 23 8,173 24
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 793 85 504 10 1,297 22 299 24 2,657 8 2,956 9
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 8,753 936 9,038 183 17,791 303 4,228 333 61,056 186 65,284 192
Assault - level 1 20,124 2,151 27,595 559 47,719 812 10,412 821 143,628 438 154,040 452
Assault against a peace officer 1,518 162 1,435 29 2,953 50 678 53 9,641 29 10,319 30
Other assaults 230 25 259 5 489 8 151 12 1,702 5 1,853 5
Firearms - use of, discharge, pointing 820 88 914 19 1,734 30 180 14 3,105 9 3,285 10
Robbery 490 52 623 13 1,113 19 923 73 21,501 66 22,424 66
Forcible confinement, kidnapping, or abduction 291 31 529 11 820 14 244 19 3,220 10 3,464 10
Extortion 406 43 1,670 34 2,076 35 542 43 11,257 34 11,799 35
Criminal harassment 1,628 174 4,970 101 6,598 112 1,642 129 21,639 66 23,281 68
Uttering threats 7,265 777 14,835 300 22,100 376 4,809 379 65,099 198 69,908 205
Indecent or harassing communications Table 1 Note 5 2,122 227 5,194 105 7,316 125 1,431 113 17,883 54 19,314 57
Non-consensual distribution of intimate images 172 18 530 11 702 12 140 11 2,157 7 2,297 7
Offences in relation to sexual services 14 1 61 1 75 1 23 2 727 2 750 2
Other violent Criminal Code violations 372 40 867 18 1,239 21 270 21 4,701 14 4,971 15
Total property crime 76,907 8,221 139,953 2,834 216,860 3,692 59,505 4,691 1,052,466 3,207 1,111,971 3,262
Breaking and entering 7,423 793 16,630 337 24,053 409 5,361 423 100,081 305 105,442 309
Possess stolen property 1,617 173 4,303 87 5,920 101 1,025 81 16,954 52 17,979 53
Theft of motor vehicle 4,045 432 11,622 235 15,667 267 2,988 236 95,636 291 98,624 289
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 1,032 110 3,052 62 4,084 70 950 75 19,288 59 20,238 59
Shoplifting of $5,000 or under 1,947 208 4,932 100 6,879 117 8,001 631 139,671 426 147,672 433
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 9,388 1,004 26,807 543 36,195 616 12,624 995 319,464 974 332,088 974
Fraud 4,264 456 20,275 411 24,539 418 5,962 470 143,202 436 149,164 438
Identity theft 98 10 929 19 1,027 17 241 19 4,066 12 4,307 13
Identity fraud 232 25 1,642 33 1,874 32 542 43 18,796 57 19,338 57
Mischief Table 1 Note 6 46,044 4,922 48,089 974 94,133 1,602 21,332 1,682 187,405 571 208,737 612
Arson 817 87 1,672 34 2,489 42 479 38 7,903 24 8,382 25
Total other Criminal Code offences 38,661 4,133 49,392 1,000 88,053 1,499 23,841 1,880 283,993 865 307,834 903
Weapons violations 1,958 209 2,771 56 4,729 81 1,069 84 16,589 51 17,658 52
Child pornography Table 1 Note 7  Table 1 Note 8 523 56 1,605 32 2,128 36 1,218 96 17,999 55 19,217 56
Disturb the peace 15,518 1,659 15,717 318 31,235 532 7,388 582 61,965 189 69,353 203
Administration of justice violations 17,541 1,875 23,566 477 41,107 700 12,664 998 165,273 504 177,937 522
Other violations 3,121 334 5,733 116 8,854 151 1,502 118 22,167 68 23,669 69
Total Criminal Code traffic violations 9,168 980 22,542 456 31,710 540 4,708 371 84,304 257 89,012 261
Alcohol-impaired driving Table 1 Note 9 5,943 635 12,276 249 18,219 310 2,471 195 34,701 106 37,172 109
Drug-impaired driving Table 1 Note 10 372 40 1,387 28 1,759 30 342 27 4,122 13 4,464 13
Alcohol- and drug-impaired driving 577 62 1,140 23 1,717 29 194 15 2,574 8 2,768 8
Impaired driving (not specified) 180 19 263 5 443 8 117 9 2,135 7 2,252 7
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 2,096 224 7,476 151 9,572 163 1,584 125 40,772 124 42,356 124
Total drug offences 3,114 333 6,735 136 9,849 168 1,998 158 32,648 99 34,646 102
Total other federal statute violations 1,122 120 5,856 119 6,978 119 271 21 6,234 19 6,505 19
Total - all violations 177,549 18,979 300,777 6,090 478,326 8,143 118,791 9,365 1,865,571 5,685 1,984,362 5,822
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