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Canada's Crime Severity Index Falls for Second Straight Year, StatsCan Finds
Break-ins and homicides drop sharply, even as shoplifting keeps climbing
Published: July 27, 2026
Statistics Canada says the country's crime severity index slid five percent in 2025, marking a second consecutive annual decline after eight years of increases. The agency's broader crime rate, which counts incidents regardless of severity, also edged lower.
Break-and-enter cases fell for a third straight year, and the national homicide rate dropped to its lowest point since 2014, registering the sharpest one-year decline in decades.
Not every category improved, however: shoplifting rose for a fifth consecutive year, and fraud rates remain far above where they stood a decade ago. Hate crimes ticked down slightly overall, though StatsCan noted increases in incidents targeting disability, gender and newcomers to Canada.
The figures land soon after Parliament passed new bail and sentencing legislation, part of a broader political shift toward tougher-on-crime messaging from multiple parties.
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