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
|
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 |