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Crime Severity Index in Canada by city | 2023

The Crime Severity Index (CSI) monitors the severity level of police-reported crime. The CSI measures the overall seriousness of crime from one year to the next by tracking both the prevalence of crime within a community, and the seriousness of the crimes committed. This provides a better understanding of the impact that crime has on individual community members, their families, and the community as a whole. (U of Waterloo)

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Overall Violent crime Non-violent crime
City / Town Police
Pop.
CSI
% CHNG
CSI
% CHNG
CSI
% CHNG
London ON Municipal 423,369 70.1
-13.7%
87.1
-9.9%
63.9
-15.6%
St. Catharines - Niagara Region ON 447,888 54.5
-2.3%
66.9
+1.5%
50.0
-4.3%
Hamilton ON Municipal 569,353 67.9
+5.0%
87.8
+4.7%
60.4
+5.1%
Halton Region (Oakville, Burlington, Milton) ON Municipal 596,637 31.4
+0.7%
31.7
-14.7%
31.6
+8.6%
Waterloo Region (Kitchener, Cambridge, Waterloo) ON Municipal 673,910 75.5
-4.4%
92.6
-5.7%
69.4
-3.7%
Durham Region (Oshawa/Whitby/Ajax) ON Municipal 696,992 46.8
+5.4%
60.2
-0.7%
41.9
+9.2%
Hamilton Metropolitan Area ON 785,184 59.5
+5.2%
74.3
+3.9%
54.1
+5.9%
Ottawa ON Municipal 1,017,449 55.8
+3.1%
66.5
-1.6%
52.0
+5.6%
York Region ON Municipal 1,239,500 54.6
+15.2%
68.2
+6.6%
49.7
+20.5%
Peel Region (Mississauga/Brampton) ON Municipal 1,499,917 51.4
+7.9%
67.3
-3.5%
45.5
+15.9%
Toronto ON Municipal 2,794,356 69.2
+11.3%
96.0
+2.5%
59.1
+17.8%
Greater Toronto Area ON 6,202,225 58.5
+10.8%
77.7
+1.6%
51.4
+17.2%

Source: Statistics Canada