Safety 2010

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People cannot enjoy life if they feel their safety and security are at risk. Homicides, crime rates, and robberies are ways to measure safety.

Homicide Rates
Motor Vehicle Theft Rate
Police Reported Hate Crimes
Police Reported Robbery
Supplementary Local and National Comparison Information

10-1Homicide Rates are an indicator of the acts or omissions of one human being which ends the life of another.

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Waterloo Region	1.89	1.39	0.65	0.21	1.26	1.44	0.41	1.41	0.78	0.8
Ontario	1.72	1.43	1.47	1.45	1.51	1.74	1.54	1.57	1.36
Canada	1.77	1.78	1.86	1.73	1.95	2.05	1.86	1.8	1.83

Source: "Homicide in Canada", Statistics Canada

10-2 The Motor Vehicle Theft Rate is an indication of the number of vehicles stolen in our community.

	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Waterloo Region	279	287	319	340	480	382	465	486	625
Ontario	360	385	456	510	522	528	498	443	435
Canada	497	518	546	550	552	608	592	550	531

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Waterloo Region	465	535	493	418	461	350	290	239	221
Ontario	412	415	382	382	338	318	303	271	238
Canada	522	543	516	550	531	495	487	443	376

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, CANSIM Table 252-0013

10-3 Police Reported Hate Crimes is a measurement of when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his/her perceived membership in a certain group.

	2006	2007	2008
Waterloo Region	3.3	2.7	6.1
Ontario	4.1	3.6	4.9
Canada	3.1	2.7	3.5

Source: Police-Reported Hate Crime in Canada 2007, 2008, Juristat, Statistics Canada, 2009, 2010

10-4 Police Reported Robbery provides a measurement for the number of times someone has taken the property of another with the intent to permanently deprive the person of that property by means of force or fear.

	2008
Waterloo Region	47
Ontario	92
Canada	97

Source: Statistics Canada, http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/100325/t100325b2-eng.htm

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