Table 2
Crime rate and Crime Severity Index values, Canada, 1998 to 2007

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Crime rate and Crime Severity Index values, Canada, 1998 to 2007
  Total Violent Non-violent
Crime rate 1 Crime Severity Index Crime rate Crime Severity Index Crime rate 2 Crime Severity Index
1998 8,092 119.1 1,345 98.0 6,747 127.2
1999 7,694 111.5 1,440 99.6 6,254 116.1
2000 7,607 107.0 1,494 98.0 6,113 110.4
2001 7,586 105.5 1,473 97.4 6,113 108.7
2002 7,508 104.3 1,440 96.4 6,068 107.4
2003 7,761 107.0 1,433 97.7 6,328 110.5
2004 7,587 104.2 1,402 96.1 6,185 107.3
2005 7,310 101.4 1,386 98.5 5,924 102.4
2006 7,228 100.0 1,383 100.0 5,844 100.0
2007 6,862 94.6 1,342 96.5 5,520 93.9
  percent
Percentage change 1998 to 2007 -15.2 -20.6 -0.2 -1.5 -18.2 -26.2
1.
The crime rate consists of all Criminal Code offences excluding traffic. It also excludes drug offences and all federal statutes.
2.
The non-violent crime rate includes only property and other Criminal Code offences.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Aggregated Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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