Table 1
Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada
Number – 2013 | Rate – 2013 | % change in rate – 2012 to 2013 | % change in rate – 2003 to 2013 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total, all violations | 2,098,302 | 5,968 | -8 | -30 |
Total crime (excluding traffic) – "crime rate" | 1,824,837 | 5,190 | -8 | -33 |
Violent crime, total | 383,945 | 1,092 | -9 | -24 |
Homicide | 505 | 1 | -8 | -17 |
Other violations causing death | 84 | 0 | -19 | -49 |
Attempted murder | 642 | 2 | -5 | -18 |
Sexual assault – level 3 – aggravated | 137 | 0 | 9 | -28 |
Sexual assault – level 2 – weapon or bodily harm | 370 | 1 | -2 | -7 |
Sexual assault – level 1 | 20,804 | 59 | -4 | -19 |
Sexual violations against children | 4,232 | 12 | 6 | ... |
Assault – level 3 – aggravated | 3,190 | 9 | -11 | -1 |
Assault – level 2 – weapon or bodily harm | 45,672 | 130 | -9 | -9 |
Assault – level 1 | 158,090 | 450 | -8 | -25 |
Assault peace officer | 9,722 | 28 | -11 | -1 |
Other assaults | 2,718 | 8 | -8 | -35 |
Firearms – use of, discharge, pointing | 1,886 | 5 | -9 | -26 |
Robbery | 23,213 | 66 | -17 | -35 |
Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3,239 | 9 | -12 | -9 |
Abduction | 385 | 1 | -3 | -38 |
Extortion | 2,302 | 7 | 32 | 8 |
Criminal harassment | 21,555 | 61 | -4 | -15 |
Uttering threats | 63,970 | 182 | -10 | -33 |
Threatening or harassing phone calls | 16,610 | 47 | -12 | -45 |
Other violent Criminal Code violations | 4,619 | 13 | -2 | 6 |
Property crime, total | 1,106,093 | 3,146 | -8 | -41 |
Breaking and entering | 156,357 | 445 | -12 | -51 |
Possess stolen property | 16,797 | 48 | -5 | -54 |
Theft of motor vehicle | 72,804 | 207 | -8 | -62 |
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) | 14,339 | 41 | -8 | -34 |
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) | 471,924 | 1,342 | -7 | -39 |
Fraud (excluding identity fraud) | 79,765 | 227 | 0 | -23 |
Identity fraud1 | 11,594 | 33 | 6 | ... |
Mischief | 273,597 | 778 | -12 | -31 |
Arson | 8,916 | 25 | -21 | -41 |
Other Criminal Code offences, total | 334,799 | 952 | -5 | -8 |
Counterfeiting | 580 | 2 | 30 | -81 |
Weapons violations | 13,789 | 39 | -3 | -15 |
Child pornography | 2,668 | 8 | 21 | 163 |
Prostitution | 2,066 | 6 | -3 | -67 |
Terrorism | 72 | 0 | -44 | ... |
Disturbing the peace | 109,830 | 312 | -5 | -4 |
Administration of justice violations | 176,431 | 502 | -5 | -4 |
Other violations | 29,363 | 84 | -8 | -26 |
Criminal Code traffic violations, total | 136,358 | 388 | -5 | 4 |
Impaired driving | 78,391 | 223 | -8 | -9 |
Other Criminal Code traffic violations | 57,967 | 165 | 0 | 30 |
Drug offences, total | 109,057 | 310 | -2 | 13 |
Possession – cannabis | 58,965 | 168 | 1 | 28 |
Possession – cocaine | 7,696 | 22 | -4 | 8 |
Possession – other drugs | 11,119 | 32 | 4 | 80 |
Trafficking, production or distribution – cannabis | 14,308 | 41 | -10 | -35 |
Trafficking, production or distribution – cocaine | 9,749 | 28 | -10 | 13 |
Trafficking, production or distribution – other drugs | 7,220 | 21 | -3 | 10 |
Other federal statute violations, total | 28,050 | 80 | -23 | -30 |
Youth Criminal Justice Act | 9,418 | 27 | -27 | -61 |
Other federal statutes | 18,632 | 53 | -21 | 15 |
…
not applicable
Note(s):
Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population.
Table note 1
In 2013, it was discovered that an error in Quebec's provincial reporting system had incorrectly resulted in a number of thefts being coded as identity thefts in Montréal. As such, the number of incidents of identity theft has been revised for the years 2010 to 2012.
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