The highest crime rate is for breaking and entering, with 1091.38 per 100,000 people, compared to Canada’s average of 438.51. We're always interested in hearing about news in our community. Kelowna's crime rate is now the second highest of any city in the country, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. The chart also tells you if a community’s CSI score has improved or worsened from the previous year. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup. As a result, Kelowna's overall crime rate of 10,747 offences reported to police per 100,000 population is now the second highest in Canada, after Lethbridge. 32 call centre scammers arrested in India for threatening, extorting Canadians: police, Father charged with 1st-degree murder of his 2 young boys, Woman launches into racist tirade against staff at Burnaby Shoppers Drug Mart. This Caribbean nation is under a Level 2 Travel Advisory, citing armed robberies, homicides, and sexual assaults as the biggest issues. "I want to send a message to our citizens that we take their concerns very seriously," added Coun. Montreal took the 63rd spot with a CSI score of 75 in addition to its crime rate falling from the previous year. If you use our datasets on your site or blog, we ask that you provide attribution via a link back to this page. Both cities saw their crime rate rise from the previous tear. Kelowna's crime surge triples Canadian average, Three more Kelowna schools report COVID-19 cases; numbers also up at KSS, Nine-storey seniors complex proposed for Pandosy area, Bad landlords in Kelowna feel city's wrath, Great week for cycling, but ski openings washed out, Okanagan history: lots of change at historic Harvey House, Finley makes big impression in BCHL debut, Garza, Butler headline AP preseason All-America team, Remembrance Day Service goes ahead in Westbank, Toronto FC receives permission to train back home ahead of the MLS playoffs, Stelco loses $88 million as prices fall and upgrade project stifles shipments. Canada crime rate & statistics for 2015 was 1.70, a 13.33% increase from 2014. Crime increased by … Aboriginal Population Profile, 2016 Census This product presents information from the Census of Population focusing on the Aboriginal identity population of various geographic areas. But even the safest countries come with their own share of crime and here in Canada, some areas are definitely more dangerous than others. The Indigenous Liaison Program serves as a bridge between Statistics Canada and First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities and Indigenous organizations. We have provided a few examples below that you can copy and paste to your site: Your image export is now complete. While Kelowna's overall crime rate increased 24 per cent, the next highest rate of increase was 15 per cent, in Thunder Bay. Sign up now! The Valley's death toll from such overdoses is already 84 so far this year, compared to 83 in all of 2019. The province's largest city was ranked 59th in Canada for violent crime, while Surrey came in 85th based on 2018 data. Toronto has the second highest weekly incidence rate … That was up 28 per cent from four years ago. The province or territory with the lowest crime rate in 2017 was Quebec with 3,359 incidents per 100,000 followed by Ontario with 3,804 incidents per 100,000. We have provided a few examples below that you can copy and paste to your site: Your data export is now complete. Since 1981, the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Deputy Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety in Canada have been working together, along with the Chief Statistician of Canada, in an enterprise known as the National Justice Statistics Initiative (NJSI).