A current awareness resource for the students and faculty members in the Criminology department.

Robbery a sunset crime, extortion a sunrise one

Published August 28, 2014 by Yolanda Koscielski

Good news: 2013's Police-Reported Crime Statistics reveal a drop in reported crime last year. In particular, break and enters, robbery and theft under $5000 have been decreasing. On the downside, extortion and some more serious crimes are on the rise.

Find out more via Statistics Canada's Police Reported Crime Statistics, 2013. This page takes a closer look at the Crime Severity Index and crime statistics for 2013, two measures of police-reported crime. Both are taken from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Did you know that SFU Library provides access to range of tools for analyzing statistics and data from Statistics Canada, including those that allow for cross-tabulation? Contact your liaison librarian for more information.