Table 2
Crime rate and Crime Severity Index values, Canada, 1998 to 2007
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Total | Violent | Non-violent | ||||
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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 |
The crime rate consists of all Criminal
Code offences excluding traffic. It also excludes drug offences and all
federal statutes.
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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