Title: Uniform crime reporting survey (UCR 1.0)
Series title:
Uniform crime reporting survey
Principal investigator(s):
Statistics Canada. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)
Producer:
Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)
Date of creation: 2009-12-08 [latest]
Funding agency:
Collector:
Distributor:
Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative.
Date of distribution: 2010-01-06 [latest]
Access conditions/restrictions:
University of Toronto faculty, students and staff, for academic research
and teaching purposes only. See DLI licence.
Summary:
The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) survey was developed by Statistics Canada with the cooperation
and assistance of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. The UCR survey
became operational in 1962. It covers crime and traffic statistics reported by all police agencies
across Canada. UCR survey data reflect reported crime that has been substantiated through
police investigation. The survey collects the number of criminal incidents and number of
persons charged.
In 1983, the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics began a major revision of the Uniform Crime
Reporting (UCR) Survey in order to collect more detailed information on the characteristics of
an incident and basic data on the persons involved in an incident, both victims and accused. In
1988, two police agencies began reporting to the "Revised" UCR Survey. By 1995, 111 police
agencies, representing about 40% of the national volume of reported crime, were responding to
the new survey.
Note (2008):
Geographic coverage: Canada, provinces & territories, census metropolitan areas (CMAs) police detachments, municipalities
Time period: 1977 - [latest]
Date(s) of collection: process-produced
Universe:
Data type: aggregate time-series
Sample:
Mode of data collection:
Citation:
Statistics Canada. Uniform crime reporting survey (1.0): crime statistics, all police services, 1977-2006 [computer file].
Ottawa, Ont.: Statistics Canada. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) [producer]; Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative [distributor], 2009
Extent of file: 7 data files (Beyond 20/20 format; number of logical records varies) & accompanying documentation
Notes:
The following tables were terminated (2008-02-28):
Related data:
Superceded by UCR 2.0,
UCR 2.1,
UCR 2.2
Status:
Documentation & data:
Data tables:
[Restricted]
Microdata collected from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey will not be
disseminated to the DLI as there are numerous caveats that would make it
difficult for users to use and also to protect against confidentiality.
Data will no longer be produced to identify secure and open custody.
PSresp_T.zip (.ivt) Traffic Offences, All Respondents, 1986 to 2000.
PS_can_T.zip (.ivt) Traffic Offences, Canada, Provinces and Territories, 1986 to 2000.
PS_cma_T.zip (.ivt) CMA - Traffic Offences, 1991 to 2000.
ps_resp.ivt Crime statistics, All Police Services, 1977 to 2005
Other files from Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)
Also available in CANSIM [table 252-0013]
Miscellaneous demographic characteristics (from CCJS)
| Uniform crime reporting survey (1.0) | 2010 ed. | 2009 ed. | 2008 ed. | 2007 ed. | 2006 ed. | 2005 ed. | 2003 ed. | 2002 ed. | 2001 ed. | 1997 ed. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crime statistics, all police services (148 offences, 2737 detachments) | 1977-1997 | 1977-1997 | 1977-2007 | 1977-2006 | 1977-2005 | |||||
| Crime statistics, all police services (148 offences, 2711 detachments) | Terminated | 1977-2003 | 1977-2002 | |||||||
| Crime statistics (127 offences), Canada, provinces and territories and CN & CP | 1977-1997 | 1977-2007 | 1977-2006 | 1977-2005 | 1977-2003 | 1977-2002 | 1977-1995 | |||
| Crime statistics (148), census metropolitan areas (CMAs)(28) | 1991-1997 | 1991-2007 | 1991-2006 | 1991-2005 | 1991-2003 | 1991-2002 | ||||
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police (148 offences, 1484 detachments) | 1977-2008 | 1977-2007 | 1977-2006 | 1977-2005 | ||||||
| Sûreté du Québec (148 offences, 166 detachments) | 1977-2008 | 1977-2007 | 1977-2006 | 1977-2005 | ||||||
| Ontario Provincial Police (148 offences, 346 detachments) | 1977-2008 | 1977-2007 | 1977-2006 | 1977-2005 | ||||||
| Clearance rates, major crimes categories, municipal police services (2721 detachments, 6 offence totals) | 1977-1997 | 1977-2007 | 1977-2006 | 1977-2005 | ||||||
| Common offences (31) | Terminated | CMAs (1991-2000),
prov & terr (1977-2000), municipalities (1977-2000) |
CMAs (1991-1995)
municipalities (1986-1995), municipalities (1985-1995) |
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| Detailed offences (127) | Terminated |
All (1977-2000),
CMAs (1991-2000) |
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| Traffic offences (18) | Terminated |
All (1986-2000),
CMAs (1991-2000) |
Bibliography
| Juristat (STC 85-002-XIE/XPE) | |
| Later issues, vol. 16 no. 11 - [latest] | see Statistics Canada web site |
|---|---|
| Additional issues of Juristat, vol. 16 no. 10 - [latest] | DSP web server |
| Vol. 16 no. 10: Canadian crime statistics, 1995 | js1610e.pdf |
| Vol. 16 no. 11: Homicide in Canada - 1995 | js1611e.pdf |
| Vol. 16 no. 12: Criminal harassment | js1612e.pdf |
| Vol. 17 no. 1: Sentencing in adult provincial courts | js1701e.pdf |
| Vol. 17 no. 2: Street prostitution in Canada | js1702e.pdf |
| Vol. 17 no. 3: Justice spending in Canada | js1703e.pdf |
| Vol. 17 no. 4: Adult correctional services in Canada, 1995-1996 | js1704e.pdf |
| Vol. 17 no. 5: Crime in major metropolitan areas, 1991-1995 | js1705e.pdf |
| Vol. 19 no. 1: Illicit drugs and crime in Canada | illicit_drug_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 19 no. 11: Impaired driving in Canada, 1998 | impaired_driv_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 19 no. 12: Justice spending in Canada | just_spend_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 20 no. 11: Criminal harassment | crim_harass_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 1: Canada's shelters for abused women, 1999-2000 (abstract) | 99-00_can_shelters_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 2: Adult criminal court statistics, 1999-2000 (abstract) | 99-00_adult_crim_court_stat_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 3: Youth court statistics, 1999-2000 (abstract) | 99-00_youth%20court_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 4: Problem behaviour and delinquency in children and youth (abstract) | pbd_youth_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 5: Adult correctional services in Canada, 1999-2000 (abstract) | 99-00_adult_corr_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 6: Children witnessing family violence (abstract) | child_witness_viol_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 7: Spousal violence after marital separation (abstract) | separ_and_viol_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 8: Crime statistics in Canada, 2000 (abstract) | 2000_crime_stat_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 9: Homicide in Canada, 2000 | 2000_homicid_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 10: Sentencing in adult criminal court, 1999-2000 (abstract) | 99-00_adult_crim_court_sent_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 11: Crime comparisons between Canada and the United States (abstract) | crime_comp_can_usa_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 21 no. 12: Youth custody and community services in Canada, 1999-2000 (abstract) | 99-00_yccs_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 22 no. 6: Crime statistics in Canada, 2001 | 2001_crime_stat_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 22 no. 7: Homicide in Canada, 2001 | 2001_homicid_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 22 no. 8: Youth custody and community services in Canada, 2000/01 | 2000-2001_yccs_j_e.pdf |
| Vol. 22 no. 10: Adult correctional services in Canada, 2000-2001 | 2000-2001_adult_corr_j_e.pdf |