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.
