Table 1
Crime rates reported by selected police services, 2006
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| Population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Police Service | Other police services in the Toronto census metropolitan area | Service de police de la Ville de Montréal | Vancouver Police Department | Canada | |
| number | |||||
| Residents | 2,610,617 | 2,669,816 | 1,873,589 | 602,378 | 32,576,074 |
| rate per 100,000 population | |||||
| Selected incidents 1 | 4,677 | 3,294 | 6,443 | 10,172 | 5,357 |
| Violent incidents 2 | 1,120 | 589 | 1,228 | 1,492 | 971 |
| Homicide 3 , 4 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| Sexual assault 3 , 5 | 55 | 38 | 77 | 72 | 61 |
| Assault 3 | 675 | 360 | 638 | 867 | 590 |
| Robbery 3 | 178 | 71 | 219 | 269 | 85 |
| Criminal harassment 3 | 73 | 35 | 59 | 52 | 47 |
| Uttering threats 3 | 239 | 140 | 257 | 307 | 182 |
| Property incidents 2 | 3,210 | 2,355 | 4,868 | 7,413 | 3,826 |
| Breaking and entering 3 | 465 | 391 | 1,112 | 1,428 | 661 |
| Motor vehicle theft 3 | 387 | 132 | 724 | 626 | 408 |
| Theft from a vehicle 3 | 630 | 226 | 1,096 | 2,512 | 594 |
| Shoplifting 3 | 376 | 279 | 243 | 499 | 213 |
| Other thefts 3 , 6 | 813 | 836 | 1,739 | 1,515 | 839 |
| Other incidents 2 , 7 | 534 | 494 | 671 | 803 | 997 |
| Drug offences 3 | 210 | 293 | 183 | 755 | 252 |
For more information on selected offences,
see "Data sources" in the Methodology section. The number of incidents
in this table is higher than the number in the geocoded database because the
location of some incidents was not available. Further, data in this table
represent incident counts and not victim counts. For more information, see
"Geocoding" in the Methodology section.
Includes the most serious violation in each
incident only.
Includes all recorded violations in each incident.
Excludes attempted murder and conspiracy to
commit murder.
Includes sexual assault levels 1, 2 and 3,
as well as other sexual offences.
Excludes incidents of motor vehicle theft,
theft from a vehicle and shoplifting.
Includes prostitution, as well as offensive
weapon, gaming and betting and other Criminal Code offences.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform
Crime Reporting Survey, 2006.
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