NunavutCrime and justice1999–2025 · Annual

How did the crime severity index change in Nunavut?

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The answer

Crime severity index increased in Nunavut.

Overall change
+242.41 index points
110.8% increase
Start · 1999
218.81 Index
Latest · 2025
461.22 Index

What this answer shows

Measure
Crime severity index
Area shown
Nunavut
Period
1999–2025Annual
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 rose from 218.81 Index to 461.22 Index between 1999 and 2025—an increase of 242.41 index points, or 110.8%.

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Crime severity index in Nunavut

Annual · 27 observations · 1999–2025

Selected period2025
  • Crime severity index461.22 Index
Crime severity index rose from 218.81 Index to 461.22 Index between 1999 and 2025—an increase of 242.41 index points, or 110.8%. The chart covers 1999 to 2025. Values are shown in Index.Index1002003004005001999200320082012201620212025218.81 Index461.22 Index

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Observed high
461.22 Index2025
Observed low
218.81 Index1999
Exact values27 observations · 1999–2025

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Crime severity index in Nunavut
PeriodCrime severity index
2025Latest461.22 Index
2024421.12 Index
2023432.39 Index
2022382.76 Index
2021390.56 Index
2020374.91 Index
2019369.46 Index
2018323.95 Index
2017299.65 Index
2016294.84 Index
2015275.19 Index
2014283.68 Index
2013286 Index
2012318.23 Index
2011315.11 Index
2010343.08 Index
2009332.89 Index
2008326.51 Index
2007315.99 Index
2006279.91 Index
2005327.16 Index
2004372.17 Index
2003360.78 Index
2002318.52 Index
2001288.92 Index
2000250.29 Index
1999218.81 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.

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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.