How did the crime severity index change in Nova Scotia?
The answer
Crime severity index decreased in Nova Scotia.
- Overall change
- -32.44 index points
- 30.8% decrease
- Start · 1998
- 105.4 Index
- Latest · 2025
- 72.96 Index
What this answer shows
- Measure
- Crime severity index
- Area shown
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- 1998–2025Annual
- Unit
- Index
Selected details
- Measure
- Crime severity index
- Index base
- Canada, 2006 = 100
- Measure basis
- Police-reported crime weighted by court sentences
Crime severity index fell from 105.4 Index to 72.96 Index between 1998 and 2025—a decrease of 32.44 index points, or 30.8%. It reached an observed low of 62.31 Index in 2016 before ending at 72.96 Index in 2025.
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Crime severity index in Nova Scotia
Annual · 28 observations · 1998–2025
- Crime severity index72.96 Index
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- Observed high
- 106.73 Index2004
- Observed low
- 62.31 Index2016
Exact values28 observations · 1998–2025
| Period | Crime severity index |
|---|---|
| 2025Latest | 72.96 Index |
| 2024 | 75.45 Index |
| 2023 | 74.66 Index |
| 2022 | 74.9 Index |
| 2021 | 71.6 Index |
| 2020 | 71.62 Index |
| 2019 | 66.03 Index |
| 2018 | 65.33 Index |
| 2017 | 66.14 Index |
| 2016 | 62.31 Index |
| 2015 | 63.26 Index |
| 2014 | 66.79 Index |
| 2013 | 70.06 Index |
| 2012 | 76.88 Index |
| 2011 | 79.48 Index |
| 2010 | 83.62 Index |
| 2009 | 83.99 Index |
| 2008 | 84.15 Index |
| 2007 | 91.93 Index |
| 2006 | 101.14 Index |
| 2005 | 102.1 Index |
| 2004 | 106.73 Index |
| 2003 | 101.44 Index |
| 2002 | 93.91 Index |
| 2001 | 92.53 Index |
| 2000 | 95.26 Index |
| 1999 | 104.62 Index |
| 1998 | 105.4 Index |
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About this data
How to read this measureThe Crime Severity Index is not an indicator of overall safety. 2019 is the first full year under revised reporting standards; compare earlier years with caution. Revised 2021 and 2022 data use updated crime weights. The previous year may be revised at each release. Northwest Territories includes Nunavut in 1998; they are separate from 1999.
Data shown through 2025Table updated
These are the selections used for this answer. The full Statistics Canada table (opens in a new tab) (35-10-0026-01) contains other measures and breakdowns.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, Canada, provinces, territories and Census Metropolitan Areas, 2026-07-22. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
How this answer was calculatedThe headline compares the first and last observations shown. Overall change is the last index value minus the first and is reported in index points; relative change is (last ÷ first − 1) × 100. Intermediate observations remain visible in the chart and exact values. This is descriptive and does not identify causes.