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Data table for chart 1

Police-reported robbery, Canada, 1978 to 2008
Year rate per 100,000 population
1978 82.1
1979 86.4
1980 100.3
1981 105.9
1982 108.5
1983 95.7
1984 91.0
1985 88.0
1986 89.1
1987 85.2
1988 90.2
1989 94.3
1990 101.5
1991 118.6
1992 117.0
1993 104.4
1994 100.0
1995 103.5
1996 107.4
1997 98.9
1998 108.9
1999 107.2
2000 99.7
2001 99.2
2002 95.8
2003 101.4
2004 97.0
2005 100.6
2006 106.3
2007 103.8
2008 96.9
Note: Revisions have been applied to robbery back to 1998. As such, there is a break in the data series between 1997 and 1998 and any comparisons between the two time series should be made with caution.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR1 and UCR2 Aggregate) Survey.