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Table 3 Police-reported crime rate and Crime Severity Index values, census metropolitan areas, 2007 

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Police-reported crime rate and Crime Severity Index values, census metropolitan areas, 2007 
  Police-reported Crime Severity Index Police-reported Crime Rate¹ Police-reported Crime Severity Index Police-reported Crime Rate²
  total violent
Population 500,000 and over        
Winnipeg 153.2 9,682 183.4 1,369
Edmonton 131.3 9,524 131.7 1,343
Vancouver 128.5 9,011 128.6 1,478
Montréal 94.3 5,581 108.1 1,088
Calgary 91.8 6,166 92.8 876
Hamilton 83.5 6,824 96.7 1,442
Ottawa 76.6 5,399 77.4 890
Québec 66.4 4,439 56.7 982
Toronto 65.6 4,278 95.0 1,036
100,000 to less than 500,000 population        
Regina 189.0 11,851 185.1 1,871
Saskatoon 158.6 11,623 212.2 2,115
Abbotsford 142.9 10,185 103.3 1,492
Thunder Bay 115.6 8,876 140.2 1,966
Victoria 109.2 9,213 81.2 1,408
Saint John 106.5 8,337 108.8 2,258
Halifax 106.3 8,000 125.3 1,873
St. John's 100.4 7,363 76.4 1,561
London 90.4 7,187 68.6 1,009
Windsor 82.5 6,119 67.1 1,032
Gatineau 81.8 5,689 69.6 1,265
St.Catharines–Niagara 81.4 5,614 64.6 986
Greater Sudbury 79.4 5,539 91.7 1,143
Sherbrooke 74.7 4,785 65.3 827
Kingston 72.7 5,931 62.9 1,282
Trois-Rivières 69.1 4,464 62.5 882
Kitchener 68.6 4,857 64.5 779
Saguenay 66.1 4,364 69.3 1,155
The crime rate consists of all Criminal Code offences excluding traffic. It also excludes drug offences and all federal statutes.
The violent crime rate has been expanded to include a number of offences not previously included in the violent crime rate, including uttering threats, criminal harassment and forcible confinement.
Note(s):
This table does not show the Non-violent Crime Severity Index or the property and Other Criminal Code crime rate. Rates are expressed per 100,000 population.