Data-first answers about crime and home safety in Canada — every number sourced from Statistics Canada with the reference year and access date cited on the page. No recycled decade-old figures: these pages track the newest police-reported data releases.
The 2024 numbers at a glance
- 121,033 breaking-and-entering incidents nationally — a rate of 293 per 100,000, down 11% year-over-year
- 42% higher rural crime rate vs urban (7,421 vs 5,235 per 100,000)
- 77.9 national Crime Severity Index, down 4% year-over-year
Sources: Statistics Canada — Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2024 (The Daily, 22-Jul-2025) and Juristat 85-002-X, rural and urban crime, 2024 (26-May-2026). Reference year 2024; accessed 09-Jul-2026. Full citations on each guide.
Guides
- Break-In Statistics Canada (2024) — the newest national numbers, the six-year trend, and what the 19% clearance rate means for prevention
- Rural Crime in Canada (2024) — the rural-urban gap, province by province, and why it changes what rural security needs
- Safest Cities in Canada: Reading the Crime Severity Index — what CSI rankings actually measure, and how to research your own address
Numbers are context — protection is a phone call.