Crime & Public Safety

Is Canada getting safer or more dangerous?

Crime Severity Index

Statistics Canada's headline crime measure, weighting offences by seriousness (2006 = 100).

Criminal Code incidents (excluding traffic) per 100,000 Canadians.

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people — the crime statistic least affected by reporting differences across countries.

Source: UNODC via Our World in Data · Updated July 13, 2026

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