Publications

Police Services Division produces a number of publications that report on provincial crime and police data.

Summary Crime Statistics For British Columbia

Police Services Division’s annual summary statistics publication contains information on the type and incidence of reported crime in British Columbia and on the structure of policing in the province. The most recent summary statistics publication available on this site contains data from 1996 to 2005. For ease of viewing and printing, the book has been separated into 12 sections (see below). A Table of Contents has been provided separately for online navigation purposes, however there is a table of contents with page numbers located within the Forward and Introduction section for those wishing to print the document.

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Police and Crime, Summary Statistics, 1996-2005:

• Foreword and Introduction
• Chapter 1: Crime in B.C., A Summary
• Chapter 2: Violent Crime in British Columbia
• Chapter 3: Property Crime in British Columbia
• Chapter 4: Other Crime in British Columbia
• Chapter 5: Drug Crime in British Columbia
• Chapter 6: Traffic Crime in British Columbia

Appendices

• Appendix A: Police Costs and Police Strengths
• Appendix B: 2005 Crime and Police Statistics
• Appendix C: Provincial Crime Trends, 1996-2005
• Appendix D: Jurisdictional Crime Trends, 1996-2005
• Table of Concordance

Municipal Crime Rates and Case Burdens

• Municipal Case Burden Report - 2001 - 2005 (July 2006)
• Municipal Crime Rate Report - 2001 - 2005 (July 2006)

Police Costs

• Municipal Police Forces Cost Report 2005 (August 2006)

Crime Report

• 2005 Crime Report (July 2006)

Other British Columbia Crime Statistics:

In addition to the annual summary statistics publications, Police Services Division also produces a newsletter (BC Crime Trends) and conducts special surveys on selected crime categories.

BC Crime Trends Newsletters:

• Issue #1 - Crime Rates
• Issue #2 - Youth Crime
• Issue #3 - Robbery
• Issue #4 - Homicide

Special Survey Reports:

• Survey of Sexual Assaults Reported to Police in British Columbia, 1993-1994
• Survey of Spousal Assaults Reported to Police in 1995 in British Columbia )
  

Financing Local Police Services

• Police Financing in British Columbia:
  Adjustments to the New Police Financing Model in Small Communities and Rural Areas - November 2006
• Police Financing in British Columbia:
  A New Police Financing Model in Small Communities and Rural Areas - April 2006
• Response to Regional Consultations on Police Financing
  in B.C.
• Restructuring Police Financing in Municipalities Under 5,000 Population and Unincorporated Areas (Discussion Paper, 2002)
  

Municipal Police Board Governance in British Columbia

• Report

Anti-Terrorism Act Reporting

• 2004 Report
• 2003 Report
• 2002 Report

Annual Report on the Law Enforcement Justification Provisions

• 2004 Report
• 2003 Report
• 2002 Report

Auxiliary/Reserve Constable Program
Provincial Policies

• Auxiliary Constables
• Reserve Constables

Other Publications

• Information Bulletin Police Release: On a Promise to Appear With an Undertaking in Violence against Women in Relationships Cases July 2005
• Provincial Fines Booklet June 2005
• Guideline Police Release On a Promise to Appear With an Undertaking in Violence against Women in Relationships Cases February 2005
  
• BC Police Board ~ Resource Document on Roles and Responsibilities Under the Police Act
• Closing the Gap: Policing and The Community Commission of Inquiry into Policing in British Columbia (Recommendations)
• Southern Vancouver Island Police Integration Report (November 2003)

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