Violent crime rates per 100,000 population for Canada and its provinces from 1998 to 2014. The data originates from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey, a continuous historical record collected by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics in cooperation with police agencies since 1962. It is published as an Alberta Official Statistic by the Government of Alberta.
Use Cases
- Analyzing national and provincial violent crime trends based on the 1998-2014 time series
- Modeling crime rate correlations with demographic or economic factors based on per-capita incidence data
- Benchmarking provincial crime statistics for resource planning based on the UCR survey data
- Evaluating the impact of legislative changes on violent crime rates based on long-term historical records
Strengths
- Covers a 17-year time range from 1998 to 2014
- Rates are standardized per 100,000 population for comparison
- Data is part of a continuous historical record collected since 1962
- Sourced from the official Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the 1998-2014 coverage period
Provenance
- Source
- Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) via the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey
- Collection Method
- Police-reported crime statistics substantiated by police, collected through the UCR Survey
- Time Range
- 1998 to 2014
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 14:38:20.605550; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Canada and its provinces