City of Montreal Uniform Crime Reporting Data

Year
2001
Projection
Data is in unprojected lat/long coordinates. Recommend projecting using UTM Zone 19N for Montreal.
Datum
GCS_NAD_1983
Abstract

The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS), in co-operation with the policing community, collects police-reported crime statistics through the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR). The UCR Survey was designed to measure the incidence of crime in Canadian society and its characteristics. This dataset contains specific incident rates for crime in the City of Montreal at the level of Census Tract.

The dataset includes a "population at risk" field for each census tract. Incident rates are available for the following crime categories: property crime, drug offences, violent crime, other offences, sexual assault, criminal harassment, homicide, break and enter, mischief, prostitution, assaults, theft under $5000, robbery, and motor vehicle theft.

The data are provided in .xls Table format. The data can be mapped using Statistics Canada Census 2006 shapefiles for census tracts in the City of Montreal (available from the Library).

File Location
This data is available through the Library's GIS Services, contact libgis@mcmaster.ca.
Scholars Geoportal URL
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Metadata

A detailed description of the survey, including data variables, sources, methodology, and accuracy, is available on the Statistics Canada website: Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey - Detailed information for 2001

How to Cite This

Database Name [type of medium]. (Year). Producer location, province/state: Producer name. Available online: address/path/file [Access date].

e.g.
City of Montreal Uniform Crime Reporting Data [computer file]. (2001). Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.

Geospatial Availability
Library
Geospatial Formats
Table
Location:
Canada
Subjects:
Human Environment