Table 2
Characteristics associated with neighbourhood crime rates, selected cites, 2001

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	Violent	Property	Violent	Property	Violent	Property	Violent	Property	Violent	Property	Violent	Property	Violent	Property
	Edmonton		Halifax		Montréal		Regina		Thunder Bay		Winnipeg		Saskatoon
Demographic characteristics
Male-female ratio	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of people younger than 25	…	–	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of young men aged 15 to 24	…	…	…	…	…	…	+	+	…	…	+	…	…	…
Proportion of single people	…	…	…	…	+	+	…	…	+	+	…	…	…	…
Proportion of lone-parent families	+	+	+	+	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of people living alone	…	…	+	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of people having moved in the previous year	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of Aboriginal people	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of visible minorities	…	…	…	…	…	–	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of immigrants	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Residential mobility¹	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	+	+
Population of young people²	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	+	+
Ethnocultural diversity³	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Socio-economic characteristics
Unemployment rate	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of the population aged 20 years and older without a high school diploma	+	+	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of the population aged 20 years and older with a university diploma	…	…	…	…	–	…	–	–	…	…	…	…	…	…
Occupation	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Median household income	…	…	…	+	…	…	–	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of total income represented by government transfers	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	+	+	…	…	…	…
Proportion of population in low-income households	+	+	…	…	+	+	...	+	+	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of households spending more than 30% on shelter	…	…	…	+	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Socio-economic disadvantage⁴	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	+	+	+	+
Dwelling and land use characteristics
Bar density	…	…	…	…	…	+	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Proportion of dwellings in need of major repairs	…	…	+	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	+	+	…	…
Proportion of dwellings built before 1961	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	+	…	+	…	…	…	…
Proportion of owner-occupied dwellings	…	…	…	…	…	…	+	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Multiple-family residential zoning⁵	…	…	…	…	+	…	…	…	…	…	+	…	…	…
Commercial zoning⁶	…	…	…	…	+	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
Single-family residential zoning⁷	+	+	…	+	+	+	…	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Aging dwellings⁸	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	+	+
+ Characteristic positively associated with neighbourhood crime, net of the other characteristics (p < 0.05).
– Characteristic negatively associated with neighbourhood crime, net of the other characteristics (p < 0.05).
1. Factor score used only for Saskatoon. The variables that have the greatest input are related to residential mobility, type of dwelling occupation (owned or rented), low income and size of dwelling.
2. Factor score used only for Saskatoon. The variables that have the greatest input are the percentages of people younger than 15 and 65 years and older.
3. Factor score used only for Saskatoon. The variables that have the greatest input are the percentages of recent immigrants (10 years) and visible minorities
4. In the case of Winnipeg, this is represented by a index composed of the unemployment rate, the median household income, and the percentages of the population without a high school diploma, with a university diploma and living in a low income household. For Saskatoon, this is a factor score reflecting mostly variables related to education and the portion of income represented by government transfers.
5. In Edmonton, this represents the percentage of dwelling units that are in an apartment building. In the other cities, it is the percentage of the area that is identified as multiple-family residential zoning.
6. In Edmonton, this is the percentage of dwellings units that are single-family detached homes. In the other cities, it is the percentage of the area that is identified as single-family residential zoning.
7. In the case of Edmonton, this is the number of people working in retail trade. In Saskatoon, it is a factor score reflecting mostly the density of retail trade and restaurant workers. In the other cities, it is the percentage of the area identified as commercial zoning.
8. Factor score used only for Saskatoon. The variables that have the greatest input are the percentages of dwellings in need of major repairs and dwellings built before 1961.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, geocoded database, 2001 and Census 2001.

Table 2 Characteristics associated with neighbourhood crime rates, selected cites, 2001

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Table 2
Characteristics associated with neighbourhood crime rates, selected cites, 2001