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 | ||||
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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 |
… not applicable |
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