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Crime rates for selected offences by census metropolitan area
Total Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic)
Total violent offences
Homicide
Robbery
Total property offences
Break and enter
Motor vehicle theft
Total other Criminal Code
rate % change in rate 2006 to 2007
rate
500,000 and over population
Winnipeg
9,644 -12.9 1,082 3.6 268 5,090 1,022 1,714 3,471
Edmonton
9,572 -5.4 1,031 3.3 157 5,166 817 832 3,375
Vancouver
9,136 -11.3 989 2.4 155 5,100 995 630 3,047
Calgary
6,202 -8.4 712 3.1 106 3,825 602 639 1,665
Montréal
5,958 -13.8 777 1.6 133 3,282 755 601 1,899
Hamilton
5,511 -2.2 776 1.6 116 2,985 594 481 1,750
Ottawa1
5,457 -5.1 599 1.6 80 2,915 451 264 1,943
Québec
4,524 -8.0 645 0.0 54 2,579 716 216 1,301
Toronto
4,461 -11.0 709 2.0 113 2,307 362 279 1,445
100,000 to less than 500,000 population2
Regina
11,827 -5.5 1,478 2.5 225 5,703 1,618 735 4,646
Saskatoon
11,560 -5.2 1,612 3.6 272 4,520 899 616 5,428
Abbotsford
10,341 -8.2 944 1.2 103 5,868 1,263 1,001 3,529
Victoria
9,335 -8.5 911 1.2 72 4,941 801 355 3,483
Thunder Bay
8,819 -2.8 1,335 1.6 142 3,942 878 233 3,542
Saint John
8,292 5.4 1,431 2.0 59 3,441 649 168 3,420
Halifax
7,954 -8.5 1,145 1.8 119 3,774 670 269 3,035
St. John's
7,325 8.6 926 0.5 62 3,689 1,028 210 2,710
London
7,296 -10.2 730 1.3 61 3,867 667 489 2,699
Windsor
6,138 -9.3 644 1.2 57 3,321 730 231 2,174
Kingston
5,970 -11.7 689 0.7 37 3,001 546 176 2,280
Gatineau3
5,718 1.0 796 0.7 44 2,902 852 294 2,020
St. Catharines–Niagara
5,711 -4.6 571 0.7 65 3,206 722 253 1,934
Greater Sudbury
5,627 -9.3 888 2.5 72 2,691 580 226 2,048
Kitchener
4,906 -16.8 565 1.4 54 2,721 487 239 1,620
Sherbrooke
4,831 -10.0 503 1.3 60 2,512 694 350 1,816
Trois-Rivières
4,478 -8.2 599 2.7 33 2,391 636 363 1,488
Saguenay
4,398 8.1 720 0.7 41 2,107 629 265 1,572
Canada 6,984 -7.4 930 1.8 90 3,320 700 443 2,734
1. Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area.
2. Oshawa is excluded due to incongruity between the police agency jurisdictional boundaries and the census metropolitan area boundaries.
3. Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area.
Note: Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
Crime rates by province and territory
Violent crime
Property crime
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic)
number rate % change in rate 2006 to 2007
number rate % change in rate 2006 to 2007
number rate % change in rate 2006 to 2007
Newfoundland and Labrador
4,806 949 11.1 11,557 2,283 -3.4 32,129 6,346 3.2
Prince Edward Island
920 664 -5.8 3,687 2,660 -12.0 8,293 5,982 -12.1
Nova Scotia
9,948 1,065 -6.3 28,700 3,072 -12.5 69,646 7,456 -7.7
New Brunswick
6,384 851 -0.1 17,284 2,305 -9.7 41,250 5,502 -8.2
Quebec
56,538 734 -2.8 220,934 2,869 -7.9 409,436 5,317 -10.1
Ontario
94,029 734 -3.5 337,432 2,635 -6.9 669,339 5,228 -8.6
Manitoba
17,952 1,513 -5.0 52,293 4,407 -11.0 128,510 10,829 -7.2
Saskatchewan
20,130 2,019 -0.5 43,002 4,314 -9.5 131,838 13,225 -3.5
Alberta
38,369 1,104 -0.7 147,953 4,259 -5.4 320,878 9,237 -3.8
British Columbia
51,333 1,172 -3.6 226,750 5,177 -8.8 457,008 10,433 -8.4
Yukon
906 2,924 -2.7 1,354 4,369 -14.5 6,606 21,317 3.4
Northwest Territories
3,015 7,071 10.4 2,471 5,795 -8.3 18,659 43,762 6.2
Nunavut
2,229 7,164 4.6 1,286 4,133 -4.2 9,308 29,917 -5.3
Canada 306,559 930 -2.5 1,094,703 3,320 -7.7 2,302,900 6,984 -7.4
Note: Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
Crime rates for selected offences
Type of offence
2007
2006 to 2007
1998 to 2007
number rate % rate change
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic), crime rate 2,302,900 6,984 -7.4 -14.4
Violent crime 306,559 930 -2.5 -5.3
Homicide
594 2 -3.0 -2.6
Attempted murder
802 2 -5.1 -1.6
Robbery
29,600 90 -4.7 -6.5
Sexual assault (levels 1,2,3)
21,449 65 -4.5 -23.2
Other sexual offences
2,784 8 -0.1 -26.1
Assault level 1
179,586 545 -3.3 -10.7
Assault level 2, weapon/causing bodily harm
53,945 164 0.1 32.3
Assault level 3, aggravated
3,403 10 0.5 18.6
Other assaults
13,917 42 5.4 4.8
Abduction
479 1 -8.3 -47.2
Property crime 1,094,703 3,320 -7.7 -27.3
Breaking and entering
230,920 700 -9.0 -39.8
Motor vehicle theft
146,142 443 -8.8 -19.4
Theft over $5,000
17,369 53 0.6 -32.7
Theft $5,000 and under
579,211 1,756 -7.2 -25.8
Possession of stolen goods
32,775 99 -9.8 2.8
Fraud
88,286 268 -6.2 -14.8
Other Criminal Code incidents 901,638 2,734 -8.6 4.8
Mischief
375,816 1,140 -1.8 5.1
Counterfeiting currency
55,517 168 -54.0 27.5
Bail violations
110,115 334 0.2 37.9
Disturbing the peace
116,978 355 -1.1 63.3
Offensive weapons
18,709 57 -4.2 2.0
Prostitution
4,724 14 -17.6 -27.6
Arson
13,202 40 -3.8 -6.7
Forcible confinement/kidnapping
4,595 14 0.9 121.5
Other Criminal Code (not listed above)
201,982 613 -4.6 -24.4
Note: Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
