Some Crime Climbing in P.G.
Prince George, B.C. – In a report to be presented to Prince George City Council this evening, the Prince George RCMP are noting increases in some areas of crime.
Specifically, in the first fours months of 2017, compared to the same period a year ago, there has been a 35% increase in Break and Enters.
From January to end of April this year there were 261 B &E’s compared to 193 in the same period a year ago.
The following table shows areas where there have been increases:
For both 2016 and 2017, the period is January 1st to April 30th.
| Type of Crime | 2016 | 2017 | Change |
| Sexual Assault
|
16 | 26 | +63% |
| Aggravated Assault/Assault with Weapon
|
61 |
82 |
+34% |
| Assault/Common | 198 | 210 | +6% |
In the report to Council, it is also noted there have been some reductions. Robberies during the first four months of the year are down 19%, sitting at 19 in the first four months of this year, compared to 29 in the same four months a year ago.
There has also been a significant reduction in vehicle theft. From January to the end of April there had been 57 vehicle thefts, a 38% reduction from the 92 vehicle thefts recorded in the same period in 2016.
Comments
Any statistics on shop lifting?. Seems to be out of control in some areas of the City.
Aye I wouldn’t mind seeing those stats as well on shoplifting
Ironically a good many shoplifting calls to the big box stores and the area malls are for older and elderly females which is a surprise to many people as you wouldn’t expect them to be shoplifters and already this year I’ve seen the police respond to a certain big box store to deal with older ladies who were caught shoplifting and in handcuffs
If you mean by older. You mean senior citizen. If they gave the seniors the same benefits they give the welfare recipients. There would be no need for them to shoplift
Foggy, that was Hilarious.
I hope that the hiring of 8 new firemen is to replace retiring one’s.If not I hope that I will notice a reduction in my household fire insurance.Looking at these stats looks like our local police need more help.But I did not go to a university to read these stats.
I hope that the hiring of 8 new firemen is to replace retiring one’s.If not I hope that I will notice a reduction in my household fire insurance.Looking at these stats looks like our local police need more help.But I did not go to a university to read these stats.
When they only give us half the picture the statistics become useless for anything other than promoting budgets.
We need to see how many charges were laid for the crimes, and the repeat offender rates.
If we have 68% increase in sexual assaults and no charges laid, that’s huge. If we see last year say 20% resulted in charges laid, and one individual was responsible for half of those.. It sheds light on the situation.
If we have say two individuals charged for B&E, but they represent 80% of last years B&E’s, and we have a decrease this year, but no cases solved, then we still have a problem.
I would argue 80% of the crimes are committed by only a handful of people, so seeing if individuals are charged for multiples of these crimes, and the repeated offender rates, is vitally important to making good policy decisions for our politicians and judiciary.
Robberies and vehicle thefts are down, so I wonder who they’ve put in jail for awhile?
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