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Crime Severity Index in Canada by city | 2024

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
Halifax Regional Municipality NS 465,703 74.0
+3.5%
93.6
-3.8%
66.7
+8.0%
Cape Breton (Sydney, Glace Bay, New Waterford) NS Municipal 94,284 42.7
-4.2%
58.0
+14.3%
36.9
-13.1%
Truro NS Municipal 23,583 95.6
+5.2%
104.1
+1.4%
93.0
+7.0%
Annapolis County NS RCMP 20,000 96.0
-2.1%
121.9
+18.7%
86.5
-10.9%
New Glasgow Region NS Municipal 19,316 116.4
-13.6%
147.8
-1.1%
104.9
-19.4%
Antigonish County NS RCMP 19,200 76.0
+40.7%
126.9
+126.9%
56.2
+4.8%
Kentville NS Municipal 14,905 79.6
+11.1%
88.2
+6.6%
76.9
+13.3%
Amherst NS Municipal 9,548 156.8
-9.4%
122.0
-20.6%
172.0
-5.6%
Bridgewater NS Municipal 8,790 73.3
-11.5%
77.4
-17.6%
72.3
-8.6%
Yarmouth NS RCMP 7,848 177.0
+24.8%
297.8
+64.7%
130.3
+2.2%
Antigonish NS RCMP 5,620 96.1
-24.1%
99.8
-31.0%
95.5
-20.7%
Pictou NS RCMP 2,643 123.4
+3.6%
106.5
-27.2%
131.2
+20.1%
Digby NS RCMP 2,001 118.2
+0.2%
142.4
+1.0%
109.5
-0.2%
Millbrook NS RCMP 1,739 415.9
+0.3%
526.6
-24.7%
375.1
+23.2%
Shelburne NS RCMP 1,439 85.1
+2.0%
151.1
+63.3%
59.5
-26.1%

Source: Statistics Canada