Exploring the Link between Crime and Socio-Economic Status in Ottawa and Saskatoon: A Small-Area Geographical Analysis

Figure 3.2 - Total Violent Offences, 2003, Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs)

Figure 3.2 This is a bar graph showing the rate of violent offences of Census Metropolitan Areas in 2003. Saskatoon had the highest rate.

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The Y axis represents the names of the 27 cities for which rates of total criminal code offences for 2003 are presented. The following cities are listed from top to bottom: Saskatoon, Regina, Halifax, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Saint John, Abbotsford, Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Hamilton, Calgary, Montréal, St. John’s, Toronto, Ottawa-Gatineau, Sudbury, Ottawa-Gatineau (Ontario Portion), Kingston, Windsor, London, St. Catherines-Niagara, Sherbrooke, Kitchener, Trois-Rivières, Saguenay, Québec.

The X axis represents the rate of violent offences per 100,000 population and is measured in hundreds and increases in increments of 500 from 0 to 2000.

The bar graph shows the rates of total Criminal Code offences in 2003 for the 27 cities listed above. The violent offence rates are: