The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) recently released their report on Police Reported Crime Statistics in Canada, 2014.
This report presents findings from the 2014 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and examines trends in the volume and severity of police reported crime at National, Provincial and Municipal levels.
The Crime Severity index for Weyburn saw reductions in both violent and non-violent categories, and overall Crime Severity Index.
Crime Severity Index - Violent 2014 = 71.2 2013 = 80.2 a reduction of 11.2%
Non-Violent 2014 = 83.7 2013 = 92.3 a reduction of 9.4%
The Crime Severity Index for Weyburn realized an overall reduction of 9.8 %, a measure of 89.2 in 2013 to a measure of 80.5 in 2014.
As a comparison, according to the CCJS statistical release, the Crime Severity Index for the Province of Saskatchewan is 123.4 and the overall National average for Canada is 66.6.
Crime Severity is but one measure used to track changes in police reported crime.
Crime severity is calculated using sentencing data from the courts and each offence is 'weighted' according to the severity of the sentences handed down by Judges. The weighted offences are then multiplied by the number of incidents and then divided by the population. The Crime Severity Index uses the base year of 2006 as a standardized '100' nationally to facilitate comparisons.
