Violent Crime Stats

[elkhunter11]

Apparently the liberal policies are not working, as the violent crime stats rose significantly.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2836239/vi...e-in-12-years/

[Okotokian]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

Apparently the liberal policies are not working, as the violent crime stats rose significantly.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2836239/vi...e-in-12-years/

Uh, hate to have to tell you this, but those stats were for 2014-2015. Trudeau won the election in October 2015. Most of that year was under Harper. hang it on Steve....

"Canada’s Crime Severity Index (CSI) and the overall crime rate both grew between 2014 and 2015, with the CSI (an index that measures both the volume and severity of police-reported crime) up 5 per cent."

[Talking moose]

Never read the article but isn't that a given as the price of oil tanked?(rise in certain crimes)

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by Okotokian

Uh, hate to have to tell you this, but those stats were for 2014-2015. Trudeau won the election in October 2015. Most of that year was under Harper. hang it on Steve....

"Canada’s Crime Severity Index (CSI) and the overall crime rate both grew between 2014 and 2015, with the CSI (an index that measures both the volume and severity of police-reported crime) up 5 per cent."

So Trudeau was able to significantly drive up the crime rates for 2015, in only a few months? that sounds even worse.

[Okotokian]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

So Trudeau was able to significantly drive up the crime rates for 2015, in only a few months? that sounds even worse.

Oh come on elk. You never read the story you posted. LOL

[Kurt505]

Originally Posted by Talking moose

Never read the article but isn't that a given as the price of oil tanked?(rise in certain crimes)

Not sure how the price of oil affects violent crime in say Toronto or Vancouver, and as much as I'd like to blame it on justin, as Oko pointed out, that would only give him 2-1/2 months to jack the stats.

I have no explanation as to why the violent crime jumped so high over a one year period, maybe it was the way they collected the data or maybe it was measured using a new criteria?

[dmcbride]

It will be interesting to see if the trend continued in 2016. Why aren't the stats posted for 2016?

[CMichaud]

Coles notes from the story...

"This marked the first rise in police-reported crime in 12 years,” Statistics Canada noted in a release. “But (the 2015 rate) was 31 per cent lower than it was a decade earlier in 2005."

The rise in the CSI was primarily a result of a sharp increase in incidents of fraud, breaking and entering, robbery and homicide, according to Statistics Canada.

Criminal Code violations “specific to the use, discharge and pointing of firearms” were, like attempted murders, up by around 22 per cent.

Alberta bore the brunt of the increases, with the CSI in that specific province jumping by 18 per cent. That’s the largest spike seen in any province or territory since at least 2010.

“In Alberta, the higher CSI was primarily the result of more incidents of breaking and entering, theft of $5,000 or under, and motor vehicle theft,” Statistics Canada said.

The other major oil-producing provinces, including Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, also experienced significant increases in property crime as their economies struggled with the falling price of oil.

As the overall CSI and crime rate went up, the number of drug offences in Canada continued a pattern of dropping year over year in 2015.

There were about 96,000 offences that fell under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act last year, representing a 9 per cent decrease.

The number of offenders between the ages of 12 and 17 dropped between 2014 and 2015, the new data shows, with about 2,700 fewer young people finding themselves in trouble with police.

Still, 92,000 young people were charged with a crime last year in Canada, and 35 of them were charged with a homicide. That’s six more alleged young killers than in 2014.