Chart 3
Police-reported Crime Severity Indexes, by province and territory, 2019 to 2022

Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut 0 100 200 300 400 500 index (2006=100) 20192019 20202020 20212021 20222022
Note(s):
The Crime Severity Index is 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 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Chart description


This is a bar clustered chart.

Police-reported Crime Severity Indexes, by province and territory, 2019 to 2022, index (2006=100)
  2019 2020 2021 2022
Canada 79.8 74.0 74.9 78.1
Newfoundland and Labrador 71.9 69.6 77.8 82.2
Prince Edward Island 64.3 57.3 56.2 59.3
Nova Scotia 66.4 72.2 72.2 74.7
New Brunswick 80.2 83.4 87.5 86.2
Quebec 55.8 51.6 56.6 59.7
Ontario 61.0 55.5 56.2 58.5
Manitoba 139.7 125.9 128.6 146.5
Saskatchewan 149.6 142.7 148.2 152.5
Alberta 120.1 108.8 101.3 103.2
British Columbia 104.3 97.4 96.9 100.4
Yukon 212.7 214.8 218.2 207.6
Northwest Territories 389.0 414.3 403.2 436.8
Nunavut 371.8 378.0 394.3 379.7
Note(s):
The Crime Severity Index is 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 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).
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