Data table for chart 3
Percentage of homicides cleared by police services, Canada, 1961 to 2010

Chart 3
Percentage of homicides cleared by police services, Canada, 1961 to 2010
Year percentage of homicides cleared
1961 94.1
1962 89.4
1963 91.6
1964 94.0
1965 95.1
1966 95.1
1967 91.5
1968 86.7
1969 86.2
1970 88.0
1971 88.3
1972 87.3
1973 88.1
1974 86.0
1975 80.9
1976 84.3
1977 87.2
1978 89.4
1979 88.6
1980 88.7
1981 87.4
1982 86.8
1983 87.4
1984 84.0
1985 86.5
1986 88.4
1987 86.3
1988 88.2
1989 86.6
1990 82.6
1991 81.8
1992 87.3
1993 84.1
1994 86.2
1995 84.4
1996 83.9
1997 80.4
1998 81.7
1999 78.6
2000 77.3
2001 81.9
2002 80.8
2003 79.2
2004 76.9
2005 76.0
2006 77.2
2007 71.7
2008 69.6
2009 74.8
2010 75.3
Note: Clearance rates for homicide are slightly lower in the UCR than the Homicide Survey. This is due to the fact that the Homicide Survey continues to receive updates whereas the UCR data are frozen after one year (see Data source section).
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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