Table 1
Rates of Criminal Code incidents, Canada, 1962 to 2007

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Year Total Criminal Code incidents1 Violent crime Property crime Other Criminal Code incidents
rate percent change rate percent change rate percent change rate percent change
1962 2,771 221 1,891 ... 659
1963 3,022 9.0 249 13.0 2,047 8.2 726 10.1
1964 3,245 7.4 284 13.8 2,146 4.9 815 12.3
1965 3,199 -1.4 299 5.4 2,091 -2.6 809 -0.7
1966 3,511 9.8 347 15.9 2,258 8.0 907 12.0
1967 3,850 9.6 381 9.9 2,484 10.0 985 8.7
1968 4,336 12.6 423 11.0 2,826 13.8 1,087 10.3
1969 4,737 9.3 453 7.1 3,120 10.4 1,164 7.1
1970 5,212 10.0 481 6.2 3,515 12.6 1,217 4.6
1971 5,311 1.9 492 2.4 3,649 3.8 1,170 -3.9
1972 5,355 0.8 497 1.0 3,634 -0.4 1,224 4.6
1973 5,773 7.8 524 5.3 3,704 1.9 1,546 26.3
1974 6,388 10.6 553 5.6 4,151 12.1 1,684 8.9
1975 6,852 7.3 585 5.9 4,498 8.4 1,769 5.0
1976 6,984 1.9 584 -0.2 4,533 0.8 1,867 5.6
1977 6,971 -0.2 572 -2.0 4,466 -1.5 1,933 3.5
1978 7,154 2.6 580 1.4 4,579 2.5 1,995 3.2
1979 7,666 7.2 610 5.1 4,903 7.1 2,153 7.9
1980 8,343 8.8 636 4.3 5,444 11.0 2,263 5.1
1981 8,736 4.7 654 2.8 5,759 5.8 2,322 2.6
1982 8,773 0.4 671 2.7 5,840 1.4 2,262 -2.6
1983 8,470 -3.5 679 1.2 5,608 -4.0 2,182 -3.5
1984 8,387 -1.0 701 3.1 5,501 -1.9 2,185 0.1
1985 8,413 0.3 735 4.8 5,451 -0.9 2,227 1.9
1986 8,727 3.7 785 6.9 5,550 1.8 2,392 7.4
1987 8,957 2.6 829 5.7 5,553 0.1 2,575 7.6
1988 8,919 -0.4 868 4.7 5,439 -2.0 2,613 1.5
1989 8,892 -0.3 911 5.0 5,289 -2.7 2,692 3.0
1990 9,485 6.7 973 6.8 5,612 6.1 2,900 7.8
1991 10,342 9.0 1,059 8.9 6,160 9.8 3,122 7.7
1992 10,040 -2.9 1,084 2.3 5,904 -4.2 3,052 -2.3
1993 9,538 -5.0 1,082 -0.2 5,575 -5.6 2,881 -5.6
1994 9,125 -4.3 1,047 -3.2 5,257 -5.7 2,821 -2.1
1995 9,008 -1.3 1,009 -3.7 5,292 0.7 2,707 -4.0
1996 8,932 -0.8 1,002 -0.7 5,274 -0.3 2,656 -1.9
1997 8,475 -5.1 993 -0.9 4,880 -7.5 2,603 -2.0
1998 8,161 -3.7 982 -1.1 4,569 -6.4 2,610 0.3
1999 7,752 -5.0 958 -2.4 4,276 -6.4 2,518 -3.5
2000 7,666 -1.1 984 2.7 4,081 -4.6 2,601 3.3
2001 7,655 -0.1 984 -0.1 4,004 -1.9 2,668 2.6
2002 7,706 0.7 969 -1.5 3,973 -0.8 2,764 3.6
2003 8,142 5.7 965 -0.4 4,121 3.7 3,057 10.6
2004 8,161 0.2 944 -2.1 3,969 -3.7 3,247 6.2
2005 7,769 -4.8 949 0.5 3,736 -5.9 3,085 -5.0
2006r 7,543 -2.9 954 0.5 3,596 -3.7 2,993 -3.0
2007 6,984 -7.4 930 -2.5 3,320 -7.7 2,734 -8.6

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1. The crime rate is based upon total Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffi c offences and other federal statute violations such as drug offences.
Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. The population estimates come from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations as of July 1st: estimates are fi nal intercensal from 1961 to 1970; revised intercensal from 1971 to 1995; fi nal intercensal from 1996 to 2000; fi nal postcensal from 2001 to 2004; updated postcensal for 2005 and 2006 and preliminary postcensal for 2007. Percent change based on unrounded rates and are in comparison to the previous year's rate.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.