Police-reported crime in Canada went up last year for the first time in over a decade, Statistics Canada revealed on Wednesday, with particularly startling upswings in violent crime across the country.
The number of attempted murders alone was up 22 per cent year-over-year, the agency said.
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.
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The number of attempted murders alone was up 22 per cent year-over-year, the agency said.
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.
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Violent crime surges in Canada for the first time in 12 years | Globalnews.ca