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Crime Severity Index in Canada by city | 2025

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 68.6
-6.4%
89.4
-4.2%
60.9
-7.6%
Cape Breton (Sydney, Glace Bay, New Waterford) NS Municipal 94,284 44.2
+2.6%
58.6
-0.8%
38.9
+4.7%
Truro NS Municipal 23,583 98.5
+2.8%
104.6
-0.7%
96.9
+4.4%
Annapolis County NS RCMP 20,000 93.9
-2.2%
98.6
-18.9%
92.8
+7.3%
New Glasgow Region NS Municipal 19,316 133.0
+13.1%
141.7
-4.1%
130.6
+22.6%
Antigonish County NS RCMP 19,200 67.3
-13.5%
62.5
-50.5%
69.8
+17.9%
Kentville NS Municipal 14,905 94.0
+14.2%
94.4
+0.5%
94.6
+20.7%
Amherst NS Municipal 9,548 111.8
-31.6%
103.4
-23.9%
116.1
-34.0%
Bridgewater NS Municipal 8,790 74.2
-0.5%
122.6
+49.8%
55.4
-23.3%
Yarmouth NS RCMP 7,848 135.1
-19.9%
190.9
-32.0%
114.0
-9.0%
Antigonish NS RCMP 5,620 130.1
+40.4%
133.9
+40.2%
129.7
+40.6%
Pictou NS RCMP 2,643 147.6
+28.5%
217.6
+126.0%
120.9
-2.0%
Digby NS RCMP 2,001 158.5
+35.9%
194.1
+37.3%
145.7
+35.1%
Millbrook NS RCMP 1,739 403.6
+0.8%
722.3
+42.0%
279.7
-22.5%
Shelburne NS RCMP 1,439 107.9
-36.0%
102.0
-59.6%
111.1
-18.6%

Source: Statistics Canada