Crime Severity Index

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Data from the Police Reported Crime Severity Index. Measures changes in Canadian crime severity from year to year.

In the index, all crimes are assigned a weight based on their seriousness, based on actual sentences handed down in all provinces and territories. Serious crimes are assigned high weights while less serious offences have lower weights. As a result, serious offences have a greater impact on changes in the index.

Data is compared to the 2006 baseline.

The data can be accessed from Statistics Canada.

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Additional information

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Geographic coverage
Canada
Source URL/Address
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=3510002601
Maintainer
Statistics Canada
Last Validated Date
March 27, 2025
Update frequency
Never

Crime Severity Index

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Date range: January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2012

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Supporting Files

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    Uniform Crime Survey - English English

    Last Updated: March 23, 2025

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    Uniform Crime Survey - French French

    Last Updated: March 27, 2025

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