Crime rates of Canada by Categories



 Nfld. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. 2 Sask. Alta. B.C. Yukon N.W.T. Canada

Population, 1996 570,700 137,300942,800762,5007,389,100 11,252,400 1,143,500 1,022,500 2,789,500 3,855,100 31,500 66,600 29,963,600
 
HOMICIDE
number 7 1 189153187 45 31 53 125 - 4 633
rate 1.2 0.7 1.9 1.2 2.1 1.7 3.931.93.2- 6.0 2.1
% change in rate* 41.4 -1.2 11.9 -35.9 12.6 1.9 65.7 46.8 -11.4 1.7 -100.0 31.7 6.4
 
SEXUAL ASSAULT (1,2,3)
number 801 165 1,151 986 3,258 9,366 1,438 1,462 2,999 4,612 89 43526,762
rate140 120 122 129 44 83 126 143 108 120 283 653 89
% change in rate-11.5-3.0 -3.1 -16.8 -1.9 -6.5 4.7 -6.8 -5.5 -8.9 -31.5 0.2 -6.1
 
ASSAULT (1,2,3)
number4,249898 8,433 5,273 30,879 76,909 12,658 10,128 20,666 42,037 850 2,673 215,653
rate 745 654 894 6924186831,107991 741 1,090 2,698 4,014 720
% change in rate 14.9 13.1 3.4 4.3 -4.9 -5.0 -1.2 4.2 0.4 1.2 0.8-0.6 -1.6
 
ROBBERY
number 52 17 433 202 9,799 9,413 1,838 803 2,328 6,305 1537 31,242
rate 9 12 46 26 133 84 161 79 83 164 48 56104
% change in rate -17.9 -40.0 41.7 47.0 4.5 -3.0 -7.4 20.1 8.4 2.6 -15.1 -13.02.1
 
VIOLENT CRIME - Total
number5,531 1,118 10,548 6,903 48,391 101,413 16,897 13,563 27,938 54,784 1000 3,351 291,437
rate969814 1,119905655 901 1,478 1,326 1002 1,421 3,175 5,032 973
% change in rate -8.5 8.4 2.5-0.3-2.7-5.1 -1.93.3 0.2 0.3 -3.5 -1.0 -2.2
 
BREAKING & ENTERING
number 4,223 1,091 9,502 6,882106,286120,469 16,53218,433 31,326 78,622 760 1,959 396,085
rate 740 795 1,008 9031,4381,0711,446 1,8031,123 2,039 2,413 2,941 1,322
% change in rate 8.7 -1.5 7.0 2.5 3.1-3.6-0.4 1.2-0.31.4 -5.8 -2.2 0.2
 
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
number 553 209 2,409 1,492 48,071 58,41910,2316,49414,321 35,747188446 178,580
rate 97 152 256 196 651 519 895 635 513 927 597 670596
% change in rate17.1 -11.433.33.8 11.5 0.7 6.6 21.9 12.3 18.2 -17.4 -6.2 9.2
 
OTHER THEFT
number 8,7902,82821,60013,423155,905299,249 32,148 31,629 78,855 201,372 1,484 2,246 849,529
rate 1,540 2,0602,2911,760 2,1102,659 2,811 3,093 2,827 5,222 4,711 3,372 2,835
% change in rate 13.6 1.5-4.3-2.73.1 -7.0-7.7 1.9 -3.7 -0.3 -6.5 -2.3 -2.6
 
PROPERTY CRIME - Total
number 15,425 4,81337,88025,174331,742527,11963,779 64,323 141,120 336,869 2,615 4,941 1,555,800
rate 2,703 3,505 4,018 3,302 4,4904,6855,5786,291 5,0598,738 8,302 7,419 5,192
% change in rate 11.5 -3.8 -0.2 0.9 4.5 -5.3 -4.2 2.7-2.31.6-8.9 -3.3-0.8
 
OFFENSIVE WEAPONS
number 167 44 496 341 1,279 6,567 1,127 7762,0633,0486016416,132
rate 29 32 53 45 17 58 99 76 747919024654
% change in rate -10.3 40.2 -14.2 30.3 -13.2 -11.9 -2.7 -3.7 -9.3 -6.2-11.2-21.3-8.9
 
MISCHIEF
number 5,430 1,878 12,862 7,728 63,687 125,727 21,172 16,498 34,853 70,520 915 2,751364,021
rate9511,3681,3641,014862 1,117 1,852 1,613 1,249 1,829 2,905 4,131 1,215
% change in rate 9.3 16.1 7.1 -0.77.9-11.2-4.34.1-2.6-12.315.2 19.7 -5.2
 
OTHER CRIMINAL CODE - Total
number 12,872 4,316 30,311 18,873 130,242265,29240,49141,07579,238144,894 2,686 6,621 776,911
rate 2,255 3,143 3,215 2,4751,7632,3583,5414,0172,841 3,759 8,527 9,941 2,593
% change in rate 19.7 12.8 11.2-0.4-2.4-7.3-4.04.6 -0.4 -3.4 10.7 -12.6 -3.0
 
CRIMINAL CODE - TOTAL -without traffic crime
number 33,82810,24778,73950,950510,375893,824121,167118,961 248,296 536,547 6,301 14,913 2,624,148
rate 5,927 7,463 8,352 6,6826,9077,94310,59611,6348,90113,91820,003 22,392 8,758
% change in rate 10.4 3.9 4.3 0.2 1.9 -5.9 -3.83.4-1.30.1-0.5-7.2-1.6

* In comparison to the 1995 rate
1 Excludes traffic crimes.
2 Winnipeg Police have recently discovered an under-recording of minor offences that has been occurring in recent years, the magnitude of which has not been determined.
  Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population.
  The population estimates are provided by Statistics Canada, Census and Demographic Statistics, Demography Division.
  Populations as of July 1st: preliminary postcensal estimated for 1996.
Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, CCJS.


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