Description for chart 1
Youth crime rate and youth Crime Severity Index, Canada, 2001 to 2011

The title of the graph is "Chart 1 Youth crime rate and youth Crime Severity Index, Canada, 2001 to 2011".
This is a line chart.
There are in total 11 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis 1 starts at 0 and ends at 9,000 with ticks every 1,000 points. The vertical axis 2 starts at 0 and ends at 160 with ticks every 20 points.
There are 2 axes in this graph.
The vertical axis 1 is "rate per 10,000 youth population (12 to 17)".
The vertical axis 2 is "Youth Crime Severity IndexNote 1".
There are 2 series in this graph.
The units of the horizontal axis are years ranging from 2001 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is "Youth crime rate".
The minimum value is 5,564 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 7,280 occurring in 2003.
The title of series 2 is "Youth Crime Severity IndexNote 1".
The minimum value is 83 occurring in 2011.
The maximum value is 106 occurring in 2001 and 2003.

Chart 1
Youth crime rate and youth Crime Severity Index, Canada, 2001 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of youth crime rate and youth crime severity index. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), youth crime rate and youth crime severity index, calculated using rate per 10,000 youth population (12 to 17) units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Youth crime rate Youth Crime Severity IndexNote 1
rate per 10,000 youth population (12 to 17)
2001 7,159 106
2002 6,945 101
2003 7,280 106
2004 6,959 101
2005 6,596 97
2006 6,812 100
2007 6,782 102
2008 6,577 96
2009 6,592 97
2010 6,186 92
2011 5,564 83
1. The Index has been standardized to a base year of 2006 which is equal to 100. 
Note: Refers to youth (12 to 17 years) who were formally charged by police (or recommended for charging) as well as youth who were cleared by other means (e.g. alternative measures).
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

 

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