The disparity in police-reported violent crime between Canada and the United States has decreased in recent years, largely due to an uptick in major assaults recorded north of the border.
A Statistics Canada study examining crime trends from 1998 to 2023 found that the incidence of police-reported violent crimes for every 100,000 residents remains higher in the United States than in Canada. However, the violent crime rate is rising at a much quicker pace in Canada.
The rate of violent crimes reported in Canada rose by 13 percent from 1998 to 2008, and by nine percent from 2009 to 2023, while rates in the United States dipped 37 percent over a span of 25 years, StatCan found….