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While overall crime rates dropped, attempted murders, firearms and drunk driving offenses have increased from 2008.
Canada is showing a drop in its police-reported crime rate from 2008 to 2009: 43,000 fewer in 2009 than 2008 for a total of nearly 2.2 million crimes in 2009. While the CSI (Crime Severity Index) continues to show a decline from 1999, the Violent Crime Severity Index is not dropping as fast. In 2009, violent crimes represented 1 in 5 crimes and their seriousness ranged from harassing phone calls to homicide. While the drop in these rates was consistent across Canada, increases were reported in Manitoba and Nunavut.
Drunk driving cases have gone up:
Following 25 years of general decline, impaired driving offences increased for the third consecutive year, up 3% in 2009.
In July 2008, new legislation came into effect enabling police to conduct mandatory roadside testing and assessment of suspected drug-impaired drivers. Of the 89,000 incidents of impaired driving in 2009, just over 1,400 were reported by police to have been drug-impaired driving.
In metropolitan areas, Toronto was rated fairly well. Canada’s CSI stood at 87.2 while Toronto showed 61.9. The highest was Regina with 143.7 followed by Edmonton at 115.1 and Vancouver at 109.6. The complete list is available below.
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Reference
StatsCan
StatsCan: Police-reported crime severity indexes, by census metropolitan area
StatsCan: Police-reported crime for selected offences, Canada
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