S AFE C ITY M ISSISSAUGA 2009

C RIME SEVERITY INDEX  New method of quantifying crime  Attaches higher weights to major crimes and lower weights to minor crimes  It is a rate per population  Includes drugs and criminal traffic offences  Accommodates more than one crime per incident  Accommodates more than one victim per violent incident  Statistics Canada’s choice for measuring crime  Easy to monitor changes in crime over time  Three measures o Overall Crime Severity Index o Violent Crime Severity Index o Non-Violent Crime Severity Index

Findings  Crime Severity Indices are calculated for Police Jurisdictions – this are no CSI Indices for Mississauga  Peel Region ranked 37 th out of 208 on Overall CSI 103 rd our of 208 on Violent CSI 16 th out of 208 on Non-Violent CSI

C RIME RATES  Traditional method of quantifying crime  Rate per 10,000 persons  No distinction between major and minor crimes  Does not include drugs or criminal traffic offences  Reports one crime per incident Findings  Comparison with Canadian urban areas with populations over 15,000 - Mississauga (with and without airport) has lower Total Crime Rate Property Crime Rate Crimes Against Persons Rate

 Comparison with Canadian urban areas with populations over 15,000 - Mississauga (with and without airport) has higher Robbery Rate than  Mississauga ‘s Robbery Rank - ranked 10 th of 22 % of Mississauga Sherbrooke47.4 Trois-Rivieres49.4 Moncton53.0 Barrie53.1 Kingston53.8 St John's55.1 Quebec57.1 Guelph58.8 St Catherine’s78.2

M ISSISSAUGA TRENDS 2008 TO 2009  Total Criminal Offence Rates down 4.2% (3.8%)*  Total Crimes Against Persons Rate down 7.8% (7.6%)*  Total Property Crime Rate down 2.6% (1.5%)*  Total Criminal Code Traffic Offence Rate down 9.7%  Total Drug Offence Rate up 9.8% (9.3%)* * Excluding airport

M ISSISSAUGA AND N ATIONAL T RENDS

I NCLUDING D EMOGRAPHICS Research suggests demographics that vary with crime rate  Unemployment rate  Male unemployment rate  Young male unemployment rate  Poverty rate  Average education level  Percent families with one parent  Ethnic diversity rates …. The geography of Canada

Findings For Total Crime Rates As these variables increase, so do Total Crime Rates  Percent aboriginals  In B.C. – Population density  In Quebec – Ethnic diversity

Findings For Property Crime Rates As these variables increase, so do Property Crime Rates  Percent aboriginals  In B.C. – Population density  In Quebec – Ethnic diversity

Findings For Violent Crime Rates As these variables increase, so do Violent Crime Rates  Percent aboriginals, much greater effect in the Maritimes  In Quebec – Population density

Findings For Robbery Rates As these variables increase, so do Robbery Crime Rates  Percent aboriginals, much greater effect in the Maritimes  Ethnic diversity  In Quebec – Population density

Findings For Overall Crime Severity Index As these variables increase, so do Overall Crime Severity Indices  Percent aboriginals  Percent of adults who have completed high school & nothing further  Percent of households that are rented

 Percent of adults who have not completed high school, greatest effect in B.C.& Maritimes  Percent of mothers who are single, but not in B.C & only a small impact in Quebec  In Quebec - Percent of adult males with no income  In the Prairies, the Maritimes, and the North - Ethnic diversity  In B.C. - Population size

Findings for Violent Crime Severity Indices As these variables increase, so do Violent Crime Severity Indices  Percent of adults who have completed high school & nothing further  Percent of households that are rented  Percent aboriginals, greatest impact in Quebec  Ethnic diversity, greatest effect in Maritimes

 Percent of adults who have not completed high school, greatest effect in B.C.& Maritimes  Everywhere but B.C. - Percent of mothers who are single  Everywhere but the Maritimes - Percent of households in large apartment buildings  In the North - Percent of adult males with no income  In B.C. - Population size As median income increases, Violent CSI rate decreases

Findings for Non-Violent Crime Severity Indices As these variables increase, so do Non-Violent Crime Severity Indices  Percent of adults who have not completed high school  Percent of rented households paying over 30% of family income on rent  Percent of adults who are unemployed

 Percent of households that are rented, but not in B.C.  Percent of mothers who are single, less effect in B.C & Quebec  Percent of adult males with no income, only in Quebec  Percent of adults who have completed high school & nothing further, but only in B.C.  Ethnic diversity, but only in B.C. & the North  Population size, only in B.C. As median income increases, Non-Violent CSI rate decreases