Wednesday, August 1, 2012
26
Percentage drop in Canada's crime severity index (a measure of the seriousness of crime) between 2001 and 2011. Canada's crime rate is the lowest point it's been since 1972. (Source)
1991
Year Canada's crime rate peaked. Crime has since been dropping throughout Canada for most offences, including attempted murders, major assaults, sexual assaults, robberies, break-ins and motor vehicle thefts. (Source)
1.7
This month, Hennessy's Index looks at Canada's crime rate alongside federal politics and the Harper government's "tough on crime" agenda.
