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Canada
The Library catalogue lists many books, government reports and other resources related to Canadian crime and criminal justice statistics. The catalogue includes links to online versions for many of these titles. They usually have one of the following subject headings:
- Criminal statistics -- Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of -- Canada -- Statistics
You can also try an advanced search in the catalogue using this search strategy:
(crime OR criminal) AND statistics AND canada
Statistics Canada and its Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)
These agencies are key sources of national and provincial statistics.
- Statistics Canada's Crime and Justice site:
- this site pulls together many different Statcan and CCJS tables and reports
- sources are divided into broad categories:
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General ; Civil courts and family law ; Correctional services ; Crimes and offences ; Criminal courts ; Family violence ; Justice system spending ; Legal aid ; and Victims and victimization
- Canadian Crime Statistics (annual, until 2003)
- Juristat (usually 10 issues / year)
- provides a detailed breakdown of crime at the provincial level
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- includes specific type of offence, number of incidents, rate, clearance rate, adults and youths charged (by gender)
Since 2003 ...
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- annual updates of selected tables are published in the July issue of the CCJS journal Juristat
- additional tables are available in Statcan's CANSIM collection
- more detailed and current tables are available from Statcan's Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) on request from the Data Librarian ; [description of DLI tables]
- CCJS journal; each issue has a theme; certain themes are consistent from year to year, eg. the July issue always contains "Crime Statistics in Canada" report
BC
(see also Statcan/CCJS sources above)BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
- Crime Statistics in British Columbia (annual)
- fairly brief summary of trends over last 10 years
- provincial-level data only; no municipal statistics - B.C. Crime Trends (annual)
- statistics from last 10 years
- more detailed breakdown of offences than in Crime Statistics in British Columbia
- no municipal statistics
BC STATS
- Socio-Economic Profiles
- brief 8-page summaries include statistics on crime, youth at risk, and children at risk
- available for several geographic levels (Regional District, School District, Local Health Area, College Regions, etc.)
- handy summaries available on right-hand side of screen show serious crime rate (by broad category) and number of serious crimes per police officer, plus breakdown of juvenile serious crime rate for each area
- Socio-Economic Indices
- using information from the Socio-Economic Profiles, this calculates a Crime Index for each local health area and regional district, and ranks them from worst to best
- can generate colour-coded map (best to worst crime index), and rank in order
Local
BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General
- British Columbia Policing Jurisdiction Crime Trends (annual)
- provides statistics from past 10 years on crime rate and broad categories of crime by jurisdiction (police detachment)
- Municipal Crime Rate and Crime Burden Statistics (annual)
- brief breakdowns of crime rate, criminal code offences and population by name of municipality (vs. police detachment) from past 5 years
Local Police Detachments
- Vancouver Police Department
- monthly tables broken down by type of offence (11) and neighborhood (approx. 20), from 2002 - present
- monthly tables broken down by more detailed offence and district (4), plus city totals, from 2003 - present
- weekly crime maps (current week only) for 4 types of property offences
- RCMP Surrey : crime mapping and statistics
- quarterly table broken down by detailed offence and district (5) plus city totals
- maps for accident hotspots and also detailed maps by district showing location and type of crime using icons
- RCMP Richmond : criminal activity by area
- map shows location and nature of each reported incident, by area
Local Government Websites
- Brief list of municipal and regional governments in Kwantlen area
- all sorts of demographic, socio-economic and business statistics, often to the neighborhood level
- Female Offenders in Canada
"Using administrative data, this [issue of the CCJS journal] Juristat is intended to provide a profile of female offenders in Canada. Police-reported data are used to present information on the nature and extent of crime among female youth and adults in 2005 and then examine trends in the rate of female youth and adults charged by police with violent and property offences from 1986 to 2005. Data are compared with crime rates among male youth and adults to illustrate differences in levels and patterns of offending. The report also examines the processing of female youth and adults through the courts and provides characteristics of adult females under federal and provincial/territorial corrections. Again, comparisons are drawn with court activity involving males and with adults males under correctional services."
- Women in Canada
(CCJS Profile Series), 2001
- concise (18-page) statistical overview the female population of Canada, and the experience of women in the criminal justice system as both victims and offenders
- from Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
- Finding Data on Women: A Guide to Major Sources at Statistics Canada, 2007
- see pages 82 - 84 for crime-related sources
Crimes and Offences
- Canadian Crime Statistics (annual, until 2003)
- provides a detailed breakdown of crime at the provincial level
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- includes specific type of offence, number of incidents, rate, clearance rate
- tables are broken down by age (adults vs youths) and by gender
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- annual updates of selected tables are published in the July issue of the CCJS journal Juristat
- additional tables are available in Statcan's CANSIM collection
- more detailed and current tables are available from Statcan's Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) on request from the Data Librarian (Chris Burns); [description of DLI tables]
Corrections
- Women Offender Statistical Overview, 2003
- extensive tables; separate tables for aboriginal / non-aboriginal women
- Correctional Service of Canada
- Canadian federal women offender profiles : trends from 1981 to 2002
- Correctional Service of Canada - Adult correctional services in Canada (1996 - 2003/04)
- annual; each volume covers the three most recent fiscal years
- many tables are broken down by gender
Since 2003 ...-
- see tables in Statcan's CANSIM collection: correctional services tables
- more detailed and current tables are available from Statcan's Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) on request from the Data Librarian ; [description of DLI tables]
Girls
- Statistics Canada's CANSIM collection: crime and justice (youth) tables
- some tables are broken down by sex
- Statistics Canada's CANSIM collection: correctional services tables
- some tables are broken down by age and sex
Violence against Women
- Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, 2006
"... a comprehensive summary of what is currently known about the prevalence and severity of violence against women in Canada. The report pulls together previously released data from victimization surveys, police services, courts and service agencies to assess the nature of violence against women. It addresses its impact, associated risk factors, institutional and community responses and the use of services by victims. The report updates a 2002 report titled Assessing Violence Against Women: A Statistical Profile, which introduced a number of violence indicators. It expands on these indicators, organizing them into five central themes: prevalence and severity; impact; risk factors for violence; institutional and community-based responses; and victims' use of services."
- Statistics Canada's CANSIM collection: victims and victimization tables
- some tables are broken down by sex
International
- very detailed categories, covering many countries
- you can generate tables, charts, maps, and also cross-tabulate two variables
- cites sources for all statistics
Updated: 20/06/2008
Updated by: CB