Prime Time Crime
Homicide* Statistics - 1999 to 2005
BC CORONERS SERVICE
Policing and Community Safety Branch
Office of the Chief Coroner of British Columbia
Metrotower II, Suite 2035
4720 Kingsway Avenue
Burnaby, BC V5H 4N2
Telephone: 604 660-7745
Facsimile: 604 660-7766
In 2006 the BC Coroners Service changed the information that it would make public.
|
Age Category |
2005 | 2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
12 years and under |
0 | 2 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
|
13 - 19 years |
0 | 6 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
7 |
|
20 - 29 years |
0 | 34 |
21 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
31 |
|
30 - 39 years |
0 | 16 |
19 |
19 |
15 |
12 |
29 |
|
40 - 49 years |
0 | 22 |
14 |
22 |
21 |
14 |
19 |
|
50 - 59 years |
0 | 11 |
5 |
14 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
|
60 - 69 years |
0 | 7 |
6 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
70 - 79 years |
0 | 4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
80 years and over |
0 | 1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
|
Age unknown |
102 | 0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
102 | 103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
|
Gender |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
Female |
0 | 23 |
21 |
33 |
24 |
23 |
34 |
|
Male |
0 | 80 |
57 |
78 |
57 |
63 |
78 |
|
Unknown |
102 | 0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
102 | 103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
|
Method |
2005 | 2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
Firearms |
0 | 39 |
30 |
29 |
20 |
31 |
36 |
|
Stabbing / Incised Injury |
0 | 20 |
10 |
22 |
19 |
18 |
24 |
|
Beating |
0 | 14 |
7 |
15 |
10 |
14 |
16 |
|
Blunt Injuries |
0 | 7 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
|
Strangulation / Choking |
0 | 4 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
|
Burns / Heat / Fire |
0 | 0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Drowning |
0 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Fall |
0 | 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Motor Vehicle Incident |
0 | 1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Child Maltreatment |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Poisoning |
0 | 2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Other |
0 | 0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Undetermined |
102 | 15 |
21 |
18 |
20 |
6 |
17 |
|
TOTAL |
102 | 103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
|
Ethnicity |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
First Nations |
0 | 7 |
2 |
8 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
|
Non-First Nations |
0 | 96 |
78 |
104 |
69 |
78 |
105 |
|
TOTAL |
102 | 103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
|
Region |
2005 | 2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
Fraser |
42 | 25 |
26 |
44 |
30 |
31 |
41 |
|
Interior |
16 | 19 |
10 |
15 |
14 |
10 |
19 |
|
Island |
9 | 10 |
10 |
17 |
15 |
13 |
14 |
|
Metro |
26 | 35 |
28 |
22 |
14 |
18 |
29 |
|
North |
9 | 14 |
6 |
14 |
8 |
14 |
9 |
|
TOTAL |
102 | 103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
|
Town/City |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
Abbotsford |
0 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Agassiz |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Alert Bay |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Alexis Creek |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Anahim Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Armstrong |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ashcroft |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Avola |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Blind Bay |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Brentwood Bay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Burnaby |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
|
Burns Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cache Creek |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Castlegar |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Cawston |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Charlie Lake |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Chilliwack |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Comox |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Coos Bay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Coquitlam |
0 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
Courtenay |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Creston |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Crofton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dawson Creek |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Delta |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
Deroche |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Duncan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Enderby |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fairmont Hot Springs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Falkland |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fort Nelson |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fort St James |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Fort St John |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
Fort Ware (Kwadacha) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fraser Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Gillies Bay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Grand Forks |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Granisle |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Harrison Mills |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Hope |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Houston |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kamloops |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
Kelowna |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Kimberley |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Ladysmith |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lake Country |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Langdale |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Langley |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
|
Lillooet |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Maple Ridge |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Massett |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Merritt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Mission |
0 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Moricetown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mount Currie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nanaimo |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
Nanoose Bay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
New Westminster |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
North Vancouver |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Nukko Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Peachland |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pemberton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Penticton |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Pitt Meadows |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Port Alberni |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Port Coquitlam |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Port Moody |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pouce Coupe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Prince George |
0 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Prince Rupert |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Qualicum Beach |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Quatsino |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Quesnel |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Richmond |
0 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
|
Rock Creek |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Rossland |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Saanich |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Salmon Arm |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Scotch Creek |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sechelt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Shawnigan Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Sidney |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Smithers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sooke |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Spuzzum |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Squamish |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Surrey |
0 |
11 |
4 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
|
Tachie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Terrace |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Tofino |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Trail |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tumbler Ridge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Van Anda |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Vancouver |
0 |
26 |
21 |
13 |
13 |
16 |
26 |
|
Vanderhoof |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Vernon |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Victoria |
0 |
7 |
2 |
2 |