Crimes, by type of violation, and by province and territory (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick)

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Crimes, by type of violation, and by province and territory
(Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick)
  2011
  Canada N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B.
  incidents
All violations 2,277,258 37,666 10,434 69,307 45,491
All Criminal Code violations (including traffic) 2,131,131 35,168 9,986 65,288 42,676
All Criminal Code violations (excluding traffic) 1,984,916 32,888 9,098 61,462 39,685
Violent Criminal Code violations 424,410 7,838 1,659 13,786 11,028
Homicide1 598 4 1 22 8
Attempted murder 655 3 0 60 17
Sexual assault (levels 1-3) 21,821 330 76 708 548
Assault2 241,480 4,503 848 7,488 6,019
Robbery 29,746 110 16 468 136
Criminal harassment 21,690 218 121 521 680
Uttering Threats 71,945 1,982 366 3,069 2,526
Other violent violations3 33,275 663 227 1,369 1,056
Property crime violations 1,213,885 19,978 6,331 38,013 22,915
Breaking and entering 181,217 3,136 689 4,764 3,379
Theft of motor vehicle 82,411 593 120 1,308 1,215
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 15,153 197 39 282 247
Theft under $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 497,452 6,528 2,965 15,668 9,152
Mischief 315,927 8,172 2,052 11,972 6,526
Other Criminal Code violations 346,621 5,072 1,108 9,663 5,742
Disturb the peace 117,476 2,233 553 1,997 1,389
Administration of justice violations 177,159 1,957 301 5,865 2,828
Other violations4 181,009 2,303 734 5,925 4,069
Criminal Code traffic violations 146,215 2,280 888 3,826 2,991
Impaired driving 90,277 1,849 719 3,097 2,233
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 55,938 431 169 729 758
Federal Statute violations 146,127 2,498 448 4,019 2,815
Drug violations (CDSA)5 113,144 1,698 321 3,269 2,096
Federal statutes 21,344 705 100 494 465
  rate per 100,000 population
All violations 6,604.04 7,377.13 7,153.68 7,330.68 6,021.67
All Criminal Code violations (including traffic) 6,180.28 6,887.88 6,846.53 6,905.59 5,649.05
All Criminal Code violations (excluding traffic) 5,756.25 6,441.33 6,237.70 6,500.91 5,253.13
Violent Criminal Code violations 1,230.79 1,535.12 1,137.43 1,458.16 1,459.78
Homicide1 1.73 0.78 0.69 2.33 1.06
Attempted murder 1.90 0.59 0.00 6.35 2.25
Sexual assault (levels 1-3) 63.28 64.64 52.11 74.89 72.54
Assault2 700.28 881.94 581.40 792.02 796.74
Robbery 86.26 21.54 10.97 49.50 18.00
Criminal harassment 62.90 42.70 82.96 55.11 90.01
Uttering Threats 208.64 388.19 250.93 324.61 334.37
Other violent violations3 96.49 129.85 155.64 144.81 139.78
Property crime violations 3,520.26 3,912.82 4,340.61 4,020.68 3,033.27
Breaking and entering 525.53 614.21 472.39 503.89 447.28
Theft of motor vehicle 238.99 116.14 82.27 138.35 160.83
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 43.94 38.58 26.74 29.83 32.70
Theft under $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 1,442.61 1,278.55 2,032.84 1,657.22 1,211.46
Mischief 916.19 1,600.54 1,406.88 1,266.29 863.85
Other Criminal Code violations 1,005.20 993.38 759.66 1,022.07 760.07
Disturb the peace 340.68 437.35 379.14 211.23 183.86
Administration of justice violations 513.76 383.29 206.37 620.35 374.34
Other violations4 524.93 451.06 503.24 626.70 538.61
Criminal Code traffic violations 424.02 446.55 608.82 404.68 395.92
Impaired driving 261.80 362.14 492.96 327.57 295.58
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 162.22 84.41 115.87 77.11 100.34
Federal Statute violations 423.77 489.25 307.15 425.09 372.62
Drug violations (CDSA)5 328.12 332.55 220.09 345.77 277.45
Federal statutes 61.90 138.08 68.56 52.25 61.55
1. Homicide data is extracted from the homicide survey.
2. Total assault includes assault level 3 aggravated, assault level 2 weapon or bodily harm, assault level 1, assault peace officer, assaulting with a weapon or causing bodily harm to a peace officer, aggravated assault to a peace officer, total other assaults.
3. Total other violent violations include total other violations causing death, total sexual violations against children, total firearms (use of, discharge, pointing), forcible confinement or kidnapping, total abduction, extortion, threatening or harassing phone calls, total other violent violations.
4. Total other violations include counterfeiting, total weapons violations, child pornography, total prostitution, Youth Criminal Justice Act, possess stolen property, fraud, identity theft, identity fraud, arson, total other violations.
5. Total drug violations include possession of cannabis, possession of cocaine, total possession of other controlled drugs and substances, total cannabis (trafficking, production or distribution), total cocaine (trafficking, production or distribution), total other controlled drugs and substances act drugs (trafficking, production or distribution).
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 252-0051 and Catalogue no. 85-002-X.
Last modified: 2012-07-24.

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