The Crime Rate

WORST CITIES  PERCENTAGE ABOVE THE NATIONAL CRIME SCORE

Prince George, B.C. +90%
Victoria, B.C. 81
Regina, Sask. 73
Saskatoon, Sask. 69
Fort McMurray, Alta. 68
Kelowna, B.C. 65
Grande Prairie, Alta. 64
Surrey, B.C. 60
Chilliwack, B.C. 58
Winnipeg, Man. 57

BEST CITIES PERCENTAGE BELOW THE NATIONAL CRIME SCORE

Caledon, Ont. -70%
Wellington County, Ont. 58
Halton Region, Ont. 58
Lévis, Que. 51
Nottawasaga, Ont. 50
York Region, Ont. 49
Richelieu Saint-Laurent, Que. 48
South Simcoe, Ont. 44
Vaudreuil-Soulange MRC, Que. 44
Blainville, Que. 42

Sources: 2009 and 1999 Crime Severity Index data from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Maclean’s

See where your city ranks

OVER ALL RANK

 RANK 17 Victoria, B.C. 60.40 
 
  RANK 22 Victoria, B.C. 21.22

 Rank 31 - Victoria, B.C. 32.12

  RANK 5 Victoria, B.C. 115.49

  RANK 27 Victoria, B.C. 34.79

Features

   

Canada’s shame
Maclean’s third annual crime surveys shows an epidemic of violence in the North. Forget Arctic sovereignty. This is the problem that needs attention.




Safety in numbers?
Why do Canada’s most populous provinces—Quebec and Ontario—boast so many of its safest cities?



The worst of the West
Drugs plus gangs equal the top crime cities in Canada

METHODOLOGY: Maclean’s obtained annual crime data from Statistics Canada for municipal police services serving the nation’s 100 largest populations, each encompassing a city or town of at least 10,000 people. Using 2009 rates per 100,000 people for six crimes—homicide, sexual assault, aggravated assault, vehicle theft, robbery plus breaking and entering—in each area, Maclean’s calculated the percentage difference from the national rate. The overall crime score ranking for the 100 communities was created in consultation with StatsCan, using its Crime Severity Index (CSI) score and calculating the percentage difference from the national CSI score.