YORK REGIONAL POLICE STATISTICAL REPORT JANUARY – DECEMBER 2004 Prepared for the Office of the Chief of Police Wendy Duncan, Planning & Research May 2005 The Information contained in this report is the property of the York Regional Police. Reproduction or distribution of this report in whole or in part is permitted subject to appropriate source citation and the express prior written consent of the Chief of Police of the York Regional Police. York Regional Police does not assume any liability for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon any information or data provided. YYORK RREGIONAL PPOLICE 22000044 AANNUAL SSTATISTICAL RREPORT TTABLE OF CCONTENTS About This Report In This Report .....................................................................................................................1 How are Crimes Counted?..................................................................................................1 Making Comparisons..........................................................................................................1 Terminology........................................................................................................................1 Types of Violations: Incident-based Reporting ..................................................................2 Types of Violations: Aggregate-based Reporting...............................................................4 Changes in Reporting Methodology ...................................................................................5 National/Provincial Comparisons.......................................................................................6 Executive Summary.........................................................................................................................7 Region of York Statistics Crime Statistics – Five Year Data (2000–2004)................................................................10 Crimes Against Persons (2003–2004) ...............................................................................11 Crimes Against Property (2003–2004) ..............................................................................12 Five Year Trend – Selected Violations (2000–2004) Violations Causing Death......................................................................................13 Attempt Capital Crime ..........................................................................................14 Sexual Assault.......................................................................................................15 Assault...................................................................................................................16 Robbery.................................................................................................................17 Crimes Against Property .......................................................................................18 Other Criminal Code .............................................................................................19 Total Criminal Violations (excluding Traffic) ......................................................20 Traffic Violations..................................................................................................21 Crime Statistics (2003–2004)............................................................................................22 Robbery Statistics (2003–2004)........................................................................................23 Stolen Vehicle Statistics (2003–2004) ..............................................................................24 Traffic Violations (2003–2004).........................................................................................25 Motor Vehicle Collision Statistics (2003–2004)...............................................................26 Clearance Rate (2003–2004).............................................................................................27 Youth Crime (2000–2004) ................................................................................................28 Demands for Service (2000–2004)....................................................................................29 Miscellaneous Statistics (2003–2004) ..............................................................................31 District 1 Statistics Map ...................................................................................................................................32 Crime Statistics (2003–2004)...........................................................................................33 Clearance Rate (2003–2004).............................................................................................34 District 2 Statistics Map ...................................................................................................................................35 Crime Statistics (2003–2004)...........................................................................................36 Clearance Rate (2003–2004).............................................................................................37 District 3 Statistics Map ...................................................................................................................................38 Crime Statistics (2003–2004)...........................................................................................19 Clearance Rate (2003–2004).............................................................................................40 District 4 Statistics Map ...................................................................................................................................41 Crime Statistics (2003–2004)...........................................................................................42 Clearance Rate (2003–2004).............................................................................................43 District 5 Statistics Map ...................................................................................................................................44 Crime Statistics (2003–2004)...........................................................................................45 Clearance Rate (2003–2004).............................................................................................46 Provincial Comparison Crime Rate Comparison (2003)........................................................................................47 Ranked Comparison (1999–2003) ....................................................................................48 Clearance Rate Comparison (2003)..................................................................................49 National Comparison Crime Rate Comparison (2003)........................................................................................50 Ranked Comparison (1999–2003) ....................................................................................51 Clearance Rate Comparison (2003)..................................................................................52 ABOUT THIS REPORT IN THIS REPORT This report contains a summary of crime statistics for York Regional Police pertaining to incidents reported between January 1st and December 31st, 2004. A one year and five year comparison is made. Miscellaneous statistics are also included. HOW ARE CRIMES COUNTED? York Regional Police publish crime statistics based on the number of reported violations (Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)). Incident-based UCR classifies incidents according to the four most serious violations in the incident (generally the violations which carry the longest maximum sentences under the Criminal Code). Violent incidents (except robbery) are classified differently from other types of crime. For violent crime, a separate incident is recorded for each victim. Robbery, however is counted as if it were a non- violent crime in order to avoid inflating the number of incidents. In categorizing incidents, violent violations always take precedence over non-violent violations. MAKING COMPARISONS Unless otherwise noted, all statistics in this report are compiled using Incident- based reporting methodology. These statistics should not be compared with those provided by Statistics Canada who converts the data received to an Aggregate-based UCR format which measures only the most serious offence related to an incident. In addition, Statistics Canada includes the number of offences reported by the Toronto North Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with York Regional Police’s crime statistics. Statistics Canada data should be used for comparisons between policing jurisdictions because all data is compiled using the Aggregate-based reporting methodology. TERMINOLOGY Actual totals include only those incidents for which an occurrence report was made and have been substantiated through police investigation. Clearance rates are calculated by the number of violations cleared by charge or otherwise (persons processed by other means) divided by the number of violations. These violations may not necessarily have occurred during the reporting period but some time prior. York Regional Police 2004 Annual Statistical Report Page 1 Crime rates are expressed as a rate per 100,000 population using year-end population estimates supplied by York Region Planning and Development Services Department and have been rounded to two decimals. Criminal incident refers to a set of connected events which usually constitute an occurrence report. One