NCJ Number
207550
Date Published
2002
Length
91 pages
Annotation
This study used multivariate statistical techniques to analyze offense-specific crime rates for 600 Canadian cities based on police reports in the 1999 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Abstract
Data from rural areas were excluded from this study because there were no accurate population estimates upon which to base crime rates. Twenty-five offense rates were grouped into 4 classifications in reporting crime patterns for each of the 600 cities. One group of offenses, designated "Minor Crimes," encompassed seven offenses that included fraud and counterfeiting, narcotics possession, criminal code traffic offenses, possession of stolen goods, miscellaneous criminal code, controlled and restricted drugs, and theft valued at $5,000 and under. Ten offenses were classified as "Violent Crimes;" 7 offenses were grouped as "Major Property Crimes;" and 4 offenses -- moral offenses, other sexual offenses, major nonsexual assault, and abduction and kidnapping -- were classified as "Moral Offenses." After reporting crime patterns of individual cities for these four crime groupings, crime profiles are provided for various regions and cities of various sizes. Regarding geographical regions, "Minor Crimes" were high in British Columbia and low in Quebec; "Violent Crimes" were high in Atlantic/Prairies and low in British Columbia; "Major Property Crimes" were very high in British Columbia and low in Ontario; and "Moral Offenses" were high in British Columbia and Ontario. 8 tables and appended supplementary information