Crime severity index by measure, Canada (annual)
Annual Crime Severity Index (CSI) from Statistics Canada's Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (table 35-10-0026-01): the index measures changes in the seriousness of crime by weighting each offence by its seriousness — a higher index means more (or more serious) crime. For Canada and the 13 provinces and territories, by measure: total crime severity index, violent crime severity index, non-violent crime severity index. The index is set so that 2006 = 100 for Canada. Coverage 1998 to the present (Nunavut begins 1999), annual. Caveats: police-reported incidents only — victimization surveys find higher rates; indices for the territories and PEI are noisy because small populations amplify single serious incidents (Nunavut's violent index exceeded 500 in recent years); genuine upstream gaps are kept missing, never zero-filled; the latest year is occasionally revised the following July. Statistics Canada Open Licence (commercial reuse allowed); source: Statistics Canada.
- Rows
- 1,176
- Columns
- 6
- Source cadence
- Yearly
- Last refreshed
- Sep 26, 2026
- Theme
- crime
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| year | integer | Reference year of the UCR reporting period (calendar year). |
| country_code | string | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code for Canada (CAN) — the join key for the 'Enrich with public data' feature. |
| geo_name | string | Geography: Canada or one of the 13 provinces/territories, as published by Statistics Canada. |
| measure_code | string | Severity/clearance measure from table 35-10-0026-01: 'csi' = Crime severity index (total), 'wcr' = Weighted clearance rate (total), 'violent' = the violent-crime measure, 'nonviolent' = the non-violent-crime measure. |
| measure_label | string | Provider-verbatim measure label from Statistics Canada. |
| crime_severity_index | float | Crime Severity Index: each offence is weighted by its seriousness (incarceration-rate based weights), so the index tracks changes in the seriousness of crime, not just its volume. Set so that 2006 = 100 for Canada. Non-negative float; indices for the territories and PEI are noisy because small populations amplify single serious incidents. (unit: index (2006=100 for Canada)) |
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Statistics Canada — police-reported crime. (2026). Crime severity index by measure, Canada (annual) [Data set, snapshot 20260926T052340Z-384b2ea54238, sha256 384b2ea54238]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-09-26, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/statcan_crime/statcan_crime_severity_index_annual?snapshot=20260926T052340Z-384b2ea54238
@misc{dz_statcan_crime_statcan_crime_severity_ind_384b2ea5,
title = {{Crime severity index by measure, Canada (annual)}},
author = {{Statistics Canada — police-reported crime}},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Datazimuts},
howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/statcan_crime/statcan_crime_severity_index_annual?snapshot=20260926T052340Z-384b2ea54238}},
note = {Snapshot 20260926T052340Z-384b2ea54238, sha256 384b2ea542386895d79e104ddfb981c2cfe47025d34c46e7d13356cd3773e58e; accessed 2026-09-26}
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