Canadas Crime Severity Index higher in 2023 with increased child exploitation – Winnipeg [Video]

Statistics Canada recently released its figures for the Crime Severity Index (CSI) for 2023. Data show that the rate rose 2.1 per cent between 2022 and 2023, which translates to a rate of 80.5 per 100,000 people.

This is the highest the CSI has been since 2010, but well below when reported numbers peaked in the late 1990s.

Homicides were down in the majority of provinces, with Manitoba reporting a decrease of 15 from the year before. Both robberies and vehicle thefts both increased by five per cent, but when compared to longer-term data, they are down more than 50 per cent from 25 years ago.

The biggest contributors to the increase was a 35-per cent increase in rates of extortion, a 32-per cent increase in hate crimes, and a 52-per cent higher rate of police-reported instances of child sexual exploitation (CSE).