Crime rate as low as it was 40 yrs. ago

by The Canadian Press - Castanet  Jul 24, 2012 / 6:35 am
Statistics Canada says the rate of crimes reported to police in Canada its as low as it was in 1972. The agency says police services reported nearly 2 million incidents last year, about 110,000 fewer than in 2010. The severity of crime index, a tool used to measure the extent of serious crime in Canada, also dropped by six per cent. StatsCan says both the crime rate and the severity index declined or remained stable in regions throughout the country. Decreases were reported in several major categories, including attempted murder, major assaults, sexual assaults, robberies, break-ins and motor vehicle thefts. But there was an increase in 2011 in homicide, sexual offences against children, impaired driving and most drug offences.
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 Homicide in Canada, 2010   (Stats Canada)