Description for chart 16
The title of the graph is "Chart 16 Police-reported youth Crime Severity Indexes, Canada, 2004 to 2014."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 11 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 50 and ends at 120 with ticks every 10 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "index."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 2004 to 2014.
The title of series 1 is "Youth Crime Severity Index."
The minimum value is 60.3 occurring in 2014.
The maximum value is 101.5 occurring in 2007.
The title of series 2 is "Youth violent Crime Severity Index."
The minimum value is 64.3 occurring in 2014.
The maximum value is 102.1 occurring in 2007.
| Youth Crime Severity Index | Youth violent Crime Severity Index | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 100.9 | 87.9 |
| 2005 | 97.4 | 94.2 |
| 2006 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 2007 | 101.5 | 102.1 |
| 2008 | 95.7 | 95.7 |
| 2009 | 95.6 | 96.7 |
| 2010 | 90.0 | 93.2 |
| 2011 | 81.7 | 87.4 |
| 2012 | 77.3 | 82.2 |
| 2013 | 66.2 | 71.3 |
| 2014 | 60.3 | 64.3 |
Note:
Additional data are available on CANSIM (Table 252-0052). Refers to the number of youth aged 12 to 17 who were either charged (or recommended for charging) by police or diverted from the formal criminal justice system through the use of warnings, cautions, referrals to community programs, etc. The youth Crime Severity Indexes are based on Criminal Code incidents, including traffic offences, as well as other federal statute violations. The base index was set at 100 for 2006 for Canada. Populations are based on July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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