That article is from over two years and two gun bans ago. I'm sure Nanaimo is much safer now.
Of course it is
Nanaimo's crime severity among Canada's 10 worst, but situation improving
Nanaimo’s crime rate has dropped, but the city's crime severity index is still in Canada’s top 10.
According to Statistics Canada data released last month, Nanaimo’s crime severity index fell two per cent in 2023 compared to 2022 and the city's crime rate overall went down nine per cent.
The crime rate, which excludes traffic offences, is based on the number of crimes per 100,000 population. Nanaimo in 2023 tallied 10,200 crimes.
Crime severity indexes are drawn from criminal code incidents reported by police departments across the country. They are meant as a representation of the seriousness of crimes committed, with violent crimes and child sex abuse cases, for example, ranking higher on the scale.
But in spite of lowered crime incident and severity figures, StatsCan still pegged Nanaimo as Canada’s sixth-worst municipality for crime severity after Kamloops, with the country's highest crime severity index of 165.3, followed by Chilliwack at 156.2; Red Deer, Alta., 146.3, and Lethbridge, Alta. and Winnipeg, which tied at 129.1. Nanaimo is followed by Kelowna with a CSI of 118.6, Regina at 111.6, Abbotsford-Mission, 107.6 and Edmonton, 105.
Crime rate and crime severity index were both down from previous year
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