Crimes, by type of violation, and by province and territory (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick)

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Crimes, by type of violation, and by province and territory
(Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick)
  2014
  Canada N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B.
  incidents
All violations 2,052,191 32,782 7,687 58,400 38,221
All Criminal Code violations (including traffic) 1,923,039 31,370 7,372 54,864 36,084
All Criminal Code violations (excluding traffic) 1,793,534 29,531 6,862 51,391 33,832
Violent Criminal Code violations 369,359 6,725 1,206 11,699 8,778
Homicide1 516 2 3 6 9
Attempted murder 617 1 1 56 9
Sexual assault (levels 1-3) 20,735 305 56 591 426
Assault2 212,923 3,803 673 5,955 4,929
Robbery 20,924 160 27 278 147
Criminal harassment 19,653 245 77 556 561
Uttering Threats 62,387 1,746 249 2,706 1,985
Other violent violations3 31,604 463 120 1,551 712
Property crime violations 1,100,403 17,480 4,819 31,182 19,686
Breaking and entering 151,921 2,525 492 3,672 2,796
Theft of motor vehicle 73,964 479 76 1,059 999
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 14,258 246 32 258 194
Theft under $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 474,879 5,968 2,355 13,412 7,530
Mischief 264,841 6,948 1,333 8,658 5,974
Other property crime violations4 120,540 1,314 531 4,123 2,181.72
Other Criminal Code violations 323,772 5,326 837 8,510 5,368
Disturb the peace 103,266 2,072 343 1,631 1,380
Administration of justice violations 171,897 2,346 365 4,819 2,585
Other violations5 48,609 908 129 2,060 1,403
Criminal Code traffic violations 129,505 1,839 510 3,473 2,252
Impaired driving 74,781 1,573 413 2,907 1,713
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 54,724 266 97 566 539
Federal Statute violations 129,152 1,412 315 3,536 2,137
Drug violations 103,757 1,188 246 3,114 1,635
Other Federal Statutes6 25,395 224 69 422 502
  rate per 100,000 population
All violations 5,774.25 6,220.76 5,254.88 6,195.18 5,069.68
All Criminal Code violations (including traffic) 5,410.85 5,952.82 5,039.55 5,820.08 4,786.22
All Criminal Code violations (excluding traffic) 5,046.46 5,603.85 4,690.91 5,451.65 4,487.51
Violent Criminal Code violations 1,039.26 1,276.15 824.43 1,241.05 1,164.32
Homicide1 1.45 0.38 2.05 0.64 1.19
Attempted murder 1.74 0.19 0.68 5.94 1.19
Sexual assault (levels 1-3) 58.35 57.88 38.28 62.69 56.50
Assault2 599.10 721.67 460.06 631.71 653.79
Robbery 58.87 30.36 18.46 29.49 19.50
Criminal harassment 55.30 46.49 52.64 58.98 74.41
Uttering Threats 175.54 331.32 170.22 287.06 263.29
Other violent violations3 88.93 87.85 82.02 164.53 94.43
Property crime violations 3,096.20 3,317.03 3,294.30 3,307.85 2,611.17
Breaking and entering 427.46 479.15 336.33 389.53 370.86
Theft of motor vehicle 208.11 90.90 51.95 112.34 132.51
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 40.12 46.68 21.88 27.37 25.73
Theft under $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 1,336.17 1,132.50 1,609.89 1,422.77 998.79
Mischief 745.18 1,318.46 911.25 918.46 792.40
Other property crime violations4 339.15 249.35 362.99 437.36 290.88
Other Criminal Code violations 911.00 1,010.67 572.18 902.76 712.02
Disturb the peace 290.56 393.19 234.48 173.02 183.04
Administration of justice violations 483.67 445.18 249.52 511.21 342.88
Other violations5 136.77 172.30 88.19 218.53 186.10
Criminal Code traffic violations 364.39 348.97 348.64 368.42 298.71
Impaired driving 210.41 298.50 282.33 308.38 227.21
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 153.98 50.48 66.31 60.04 71.49
Federal Statute violations 363.39 267.94 215.34 375.11 283.45
Drug violations 291.94 225.44 168.17 330.34 216.87
Other Federal Statutes6 71.45 42.50 47.17 44.76 66.59
1. Homicide data is extracted from the homicide survey.
2. Total assault includes assault level 3 aggravated, assault level 2 weapon or bodily harm, assault level 1, assault peace officer, assaulting with a weapon or causing bodily harm to a peace officer, aggravated assault to a peace officer, total other assaults.
3. Total other violent violations include total other violations causing death, total sexual violations against children, total firearms (use of, discharge, pointing), total forcible confinement or kidnapping, total abduction, extortion, threatening or harassing phone calls, total other violent violations.
4. Total other property crime violations includes total possession of stolen property, total trafficking in stolen property, fraud, identity theft, identity fraud, arson, altering, removing or destroying vehicle identification number (VIN).
5. Total other violations include counterfeiting, total weapons violations, child pornography, total prostitution, total other violations.
6. Total other federal statutes include youth criminal justice act, total other federal statutes.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 252-0051 and Catalogue no. 85-002-X.
Last modified: 2015-07-22.

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