Sustainability Charter
2017-2021 FINANCIAL PLAN
PUBLIC SAFETY
DESIRED OUTCOMES:
Community Safety and Emergency Services
Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
Transportation Safety
Indicator
Performance Indicator Description
Targets
(Where Set)
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Crime Severity
Index
The Crime Severity Index is a metric that
looks at annual crime rates, and weights
police-reported incidents according to the
seriousness of the offense. The base index is
100 for Canada in 2006.
No Target
N/A
120.2
115.9
113.5
134.0
Neighbourhood
Emergency
Preparedness
Number of residents who have participated in
Neighbourhood Emergency Preparedness
Programs. (Presentation Attendance + Booth
Visits)
Trend Up
5,778
3,432
3,486
8,346
7,711
Traffic Incidents Number of traffic incidents per capita, per
year
Trend Down
N/A
0.0281
0.0278
0.0302
0.0322
Bicycle and
pedestrian
injuries /
incidents
Number of bicycle and pedestrian injuries /
incidents per year
Trend Down
N/A
294
321
404
450
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND LIVELIHOOD
DESIRED OUTCOMES:
Jobs and Skills Training
Economy
Innovation
Indicator
Performance Indicator Description
Targets
(Where Set)
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
Median
Household
Income
After tax median household income, by
neighbourhood and City average.
No Target
$61,840
(Average)
Next data available for 2016
Availability of
Employment
Number of jobs in the City per resident in the
labour force.
By 2031 a 0.75:1
jobs to worker
ratio;
By 2058 a 1:1
jobs to worker
ratio
0.70:1
0.71:1
0.71:1
0.71:1
0.70:1
Industrial Land
Base
Acres in industrial and mixed employment
designated lands (including industrial use,
vacant industrial, and non-industrial use)
No Target
7,257
7,370
7,370
6,011
5,835
City Tax Base
Proportions of the City’s tax base that are
from residential, business, industrial, and
other sources
60% from
residential, and
40% from
commercial and
industrial by 2021
65.8%
Res.,
34.2%
Com./Ind.
66.1%
Res.,
33.9%
Com./Ind.
66.2%
Res.,
33.8%
Com./Ind.
68.8% Res.,
31.2%
Com./Ind.
70.2%
Res.,
29.8%
Com./Ind.
Businesses by
Sector
Number of businesses in all sectors
(including cultural)
No Target
14,094
16,744
14,844
16,035
16,377
Place of Work Place of work for Surrey residents (outside
Surrey, in Surrey, no fixed workplace)
No Target
42.8%
Outside;
40.5% In;
16.8% No
fixed
Next data available for 2016
http://dashboard.surrey.ca/16