Violent crime rises significantly in Waterloo Region in 2022
Global News
In Waterloo Region, the Violent Crime Severity Index leaped upwards by 15.61 per cent after having dropped the previous two years.
Violent crime and crime overall in Canada increased across the country last year, according to Statistics Canada, which released its annual Crime Severity Index (CSI) report on Thursday.
“The consecutive increases recorded in the overall CSI may indicate a return to the upward trend in crime observed before the start of the pandemic,” the StatCan report noted.
The federal CSI was reported to be at 78.1 in 2022, while Waterloo Region’s CSI for 2022 came in above the national average at 79.1 with the only rates higher across Ontario being in Thunder Bay (103.5) and Sudbury (82.8).
The crime severity index is measured annually to record changes in crime. It takes into account both the severity of crimes and the number of crimes.
That being said, the crime rate, which is police-reported crimes per 100,000 people, shrunk year over year in Waterloo Region and came in below Kingston and London as well as other municipalities in Ontario.
In Waterloo Region, the Violent Crime Severity Index leaped upwards by 15.61 per cent after having dropped the previous two years — and the area is not alone.
The national rate for the Violent CSI increased by five and six per cent over the past two years, a number which has been buoyed by a higher rate of homicides, sexual assaults, robberies and extortions.
Waterloo police chief Mark Crowell issued a statement which acknowledged that the rise in violent crime was an issue for the community as well as for his police service.
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