BY THE NUMBERS: CRIME IN SASKATCHEWAN

125.8

Crime severity index in Regina, an increase of 15 per cent and the highest in the country for 2016

117.8

CSI in Saskatoon, the second-highest in Canada

17

Times Regina has led the country in CSI since 1998. Saskatoon topped it in 2014 and 2015, the only two years Regina has not had the highest CSI. The two cities have been among the cities with the three highest CSIs since the calculations began

1-2

Ranking for Regina and Saskatoon in crime rate among Canadian cities. Regina has the most incidents per 100,000 people at 9,253 followed by Saskatoon at 8,942

9%

Increase in CSI in Saskatchewan, the largest jump in the country

11,476

Incidents per 100,000 people in Saskatchewan, giving the province the highest crime rate in Canada. It also has the highest CSI at 148.8

3,140

Incidents responded to by Stony Rapids RCMP in 2016, resulting in a crime rate of 216,104.61 for the area, the highest in Saskatchewan. Stony Rapids also had the province’s highest CSI at 1,838.24.

What is the crime severity index?

To calculate the CSI, Statistics Canada assigns each violation a weight based on the violation’s incarceration rate, as well as the average length of prison sentence handed down by criminal courts. The more serious the average sentence, the higher the weight. To calculate the CSI, the weighted offences are added up and divided by the population. The CSI is standardized to 100 (nationally) for the study’s base year of 2006. CSI differs from crime rate in that crime rate is simply the number of offences compared to the population.