{
  "id": "csi-police-service",
  "category": "Safety",
  "title": "Police-reported crime in Victoria and Esquimalt (Crime Severity Index)",
  "geography": "Victoria municipal police service area (City of Victoria and Township of Esquimalt)",
  "scope": "city",
  "levels": [
    "Police services (municipal)",
    "Provincial and federal justice policy"
  ],
  "plain_question": "Taking both how much and how serious police-reported crime is, is it going up or down in the area policed by the Victoria police department?",
  "value": 161.18,
  "display_value": "161.2",
  "unit": "index points (higher means more, or more serious, police-reported crime)",
  "period": "Calendar year 2025",
  "period_start": "2025-01-01",
  "period_end": "2025-12-31",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "Calendar year 2024",
    "previous_value": 152.17,
    "change_percent": 5.9
  },
  "since_text": "Was 152.2 in 2024. Violent crime index 172.5 in 2025",
  "trend": "worsening",
  "trend_basis": "161.2 in 2025 compared with 152.2 in 2024 (+5.9%). Violent crime index: 172.5 in 2025 (was 162.2). Non-violent crime index: 158.0 (was 149.4).",
  "direction_good": "down",
  "right_direction": "A lower number means less, or less serious, police-reported crime.",
  "caveats": [
    "This index covers the area served by the Victoria police department, which polices both the City of Victoria and the Township of Esquimalt. Statistics Canada does not publish a City-only figure.",
    "Downtown Victoria is a regional centre for work, shopping, nightlife and services. Crime counts include incidents involving people who live elsewhere, but the index is calculated against the resident population only, which raises it compared with largely residential areas.",
    "The index counts only crime reported to or found by police. Changes in reporting or police practices can move it.",
    "Each index is set so that Canada in 2006 equals 100. The Greater Victoria (metropolitan) index on the Police-reported crime page is a different, wider area."
  ],
  "charts": [
    {
      "title": "Crime Severity Index, Victoria police service area",
      "fmt": "dec1",
      "unit": "index",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "All police-reported crime",
          "area": "vicpd",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 132.91
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 125.26
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 101.24
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 112.03
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 135.24
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 116.63
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 111.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 117.15
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 128.62
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 162.61
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 153.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 154.37
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 170.56
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 152.17
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 161.18
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Violent crime",
          "area": "vicpd",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 150.17
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 130.65
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 105.42
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 108.54
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 144.46
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 115.56
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 117.25
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 122.38
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 105.87
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 148.33
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 181.02
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 161.22
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 145.44
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 162.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 172.53
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Non-violent crime",
          "area": "vicpd",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 126.36
            },
            {
              "period": "2012",
              "value": 123.03
            },
            {
              "period": "2013",
              "value": 99.51
            },
            {
              "period": "2014",
              "value": 113.07
            },
            {
              "period": "2015",
              "value": 131.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2016",
              "value": 116.74
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 108.49
            },
            {
              "period": "2018",
              "value": 114.99
            },
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 136.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 167.36
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 143.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 152.94
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 182.04
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 149.45
            },
            {
              "period": "2025",
              "value": 158.01
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "2011",
      "value": 132.91
    },
    {
      "period": "2012",
      "value": 125.26
    },
    {
      "period": "2013",
      "value": 101.24
    },
    {
      "period": "2014",
      "value": 112.03
    },
    {
      "period": "2015",
      "value": 135.24
    },
    {
      "period": "2016",
      "value": 116.63
    },
    {
      "period": "2017",
      "value": 111.0
    },
    {
      "period": "2018",
      "value": 117.15
    },
    {
      "period": "2019",
      "value": 128.62
    },
    {
      "period": "2020",
      "value": 162.61
    },
    {
      "period": "2021",
      "value": 153.5
    },
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "value": 154.37
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "value": 170.56
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 152.17
    },
    {
      "period": "2025",
      "value": 161.18
    }
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "Annually (published in July)",
  "data_published": "2026-07-22",
  "source": {
    "name": "Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (police services in British Columbia)",
    "url": "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects-start/crime_and_justice",
    "dataset_url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/0d856434-39e2-45ff-a974-cbcf94e45e91",
    "table_url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510006301",
    "table": "35-10-0063-01"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Open Government Licence - Canada",
    "url": "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada"
  },
  "attribution": "Adapted from Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0063-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11T08:10:35Z",
  "licence_type": "open"
}