Friday, December 23, 2011

New Crime Stats for Cariboo-Chilcotin Region...

Yesterday, the Rush reported on the Province of BC releasing Crime Stats for 2010 which you can read the full report here

The reports shows reductions in the overall crime rate, clearance in crime cases and the overall crime severity index (BC and Canada),

In the Cariboo-Chilcotin region:

Wells - No report (District of Wells too small to report on - population of 235)


Quesnel:

Overall CSI (Crime Severity Index) of 184.0 (down from 267.2 in 2009) or 12th in the Province
Violent CSI of 188.1 (down from 333.4 in 2009) or 18th in the Province
Non-Violent CSI of 182.4 (down from 241.7 in 2009) or 10th in the Province

Williams Lake:

Overall CSI (Crime Severity Index) of 211.6 (down from 233.2 in 2009) or 4th in the Province
Violent CSI of 227.3 (down from 292.1 in 2009) or 11th in the Province
Non-Violent CSI of 205.6 (down from 210.5 in 2009) or 4th in the Province

100 Mile House:

Overall CSI (Crime Severity Index) of 71.6 (down from 79.2 in 2009) or 114th in the Province
Violent CSI of 75 (down from 94.3 in 2009) or 80th in the Province
Non-Violent CSI of 70.2 (down from 73.5 in 2009) or 124th in the Province

Another report released by the Provincial Ministry of Public Safety reports:

Read full report here

a) 88 RCMP officers in Cariboo-Chilcotin region -- 45 policed the Cities of Quesnel/Williams Lake while the remaining 43 policed the provincial areas

b) Cariboo Regional District population up in 2010 (65,414) vs 2009 (65,075)

c) 9% decrease in case load per officer (90 in 2009 vs 81 in 2010)

d) Crime Rates (per 1,000 population) as follows:

District of Wells (policed as provincial force) - 73 per 1,000 in 2010 vs 72 per 1,000 in 2009

City of Quesnel (policed as municipal force) - 204 per 1,000 in 2010 vs 245 per 1,000 in 2009

City of Williams Lake (policed as municipal force) - 260 per 1,000 in 2010 vs 252 per 1,000 in 2009

District of 100 Mile House (policed as provincial force) - 52 per 1,000 in 2010 vs 57 per 1,000 in 2009

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