LibGuides: Criminology: Data & Statistics

Key Statistics Database

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With a team of over 450 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information. The product is aimed at business clients and academics of any size.

Provincial

TIP: Search OCtopus using keywords. Example: crime AND statistic AND "British Columbia".

BCStats: Socio-Economic Profiles
Profiles consist of charts and tables for various B.C. regions. Includes indicators of education concerns.
B.C. Ministry of Justice: Police & Crime Statistics
Data BC

National

TIP: Search OCtopus using keywords. Example: crime AND statistic AND Canada.

Statistics Canada Data
A simplified version of Statistic's Canada data products containing tables, regional profiles, maps, microdata, and visualizations. Users can search by keyword, and filter or browse by subject, geography, and survey or statistical program. Contains the former CANSIM - old CANSIM table numbers can be used to search (e.g. 111-0008)
Department of Justice: Research & Statistics
Focus on a wide variety of justice-related issues, for example Aboriginal issues, criminal justice issues, criminal procedure reform, Criminal Code reform, drug addictions, family violence, governance, human rights and privacy, international research, legal aid, mental health, northern justice issues, organized crime, public opinion research, race and diversity, sentencing, terrorism and security, victims, and youth justice.
Juristat
This publication provides in-depth analysis and detailed statistics on a variety of topics and issues related to justice and public safety. Topics include crime, victimization, homicide, civil, family and criminal courts, and correctional services. Issues related to community safety, and perceptions of safety are also covered. The publication is intended for those with an interest in Canada's justice and public safety systems as well as those who plan, establish, administer and evaluate programs and projects related to justice and public safety.
Statistics Canada: Crime and Justice Statistics
Subjects include: Correctional Services, Crimes & Offences, Justice System Spending, and Victims & Victimization.
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics Profile Series
This series of profiles provides analysis on a variety of topics and issues concerning victimization, offending and public perceptions of crime and the justice system. The profiles primarily draw on results from the General Social Survey on victimization. Where applicable, they also incorporate information from other data sources, such as the Census of the Population and the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Family violence in Canada: a statistical profile
Annual profiles provide the most current data on the nature and extent of family violence in Canada, as well as trends over time, as part of the ongoing initiative to inform policy makers and the public about family violence issues.

International

UNData
Webportal that allows users to access many United Nations statistical databases, including UNODC's International Homicide Data.