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Table (s)

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

2,915

451

264

1,943

Québec

4,524

-8.0

645

0.0

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

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

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

3,689

1,028

210

2,710

London

7,296

-10.2

730

1.3

3,867

667

489

2,699

Windsor

6,138

-9.3

644

1.2

3,321

730

231

2,174

Kingston

5,970

-11.7

689

0.7

3,001

546

176

2,280

Gatineau³

5,718

1.0

796

0.7

2,902

852

294

2,020

St. Catharines–Niagara

5,711

-4.6

571

0.7

3,206

722

253

1,934

Greater Sudbury

5,627

-9.3

888

2.5

2,691

580

226

2,048

Kitchener

4,906

-16.8

565

1.4

2,721

487

239

1,620

Sherbrooke

4,831

-10.0

503

1.3

2,512

694

350

1,816

Trois-Rivières

4,478

-8.2

599

2.7

2,391

636

363

1,488

Saguenay

4,398

8.1

720

0.7

2,107

629

265

1,572

Canada

6,984

-7.4

930

1.8

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

-3.0

-2.6

Attempted murder

802

-5.1

-1.6

Robbery

29,600

-4.7

-6.5

Sexual assault (levels 1,2,3)

21,449

-4.5

-23.2

Other sexual offences

2,784

-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

0.5

18.6

Other assaults

13,917

5.4

4.8

Abduction

479

-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

0.6

-32.7

Theft $5,000 and under

579,211

1,756

-7.2

-25.8

Possession of stolen goods

32,775

-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

-4.2

2.0

Prostitution

4,724

-17.6

-27.6

Arson

13,202

-3.8

-6.7

Forcible confinement/kidnapping

4,595

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.