Gang Activity Makes P.G. Most Dangerous City in Canada

Thursday, October 14, 2010 05:24 PM

Prince George, B.C. – Don’t be shocked when you see the Macleans magazine cover that proclaims Prince George as the most dangerous city in the country.

The annual crime stats ranking is based on 2009 crime numbers, and P.G. may be at the overall top of the heap, but Victoria, Kelowna, Surrey and Chilliwack are in the top ten too.

The magazine points to gang activity as being the reason why Prince George is at the top of their list. The Mayor and RCMP say they are tackling this issue head on, and the upcoming gang summit will be a key to bringing together a variety of agencies to battle the problem. (see previous story)

The annual rankings examine stats for 5 categories, here are the categories, the national mark, and the communities with the worst record in each category:

Homicide:

The Canadian average is 1.8 homicides per 100 thousand people. Abbotsford is the worst in the country with a homicide rate 3 times the national average

Sexual Assaults:

The Canadian rate is 62 per 100 thousand of population. Cornwall Ontario has the highest rate in this category with a rate that is 154% of the National mark.

Motor Vehicle Theft:

The Canadian rate is 321 per 100 thousand population, Ft McMurray has a vehicle theft rate that is 209% of the national mark.

Robbery:

The national mark is 96 per 100 thousand population, but in Winnipeg, the rate is 249% of the national mark.

Break and Enters:

National mark is 610 per 100 thousand population, Chilliwack is 104% of that mark.

This is the only category in which Prince George even makes the top five, being listed at 67% over the national mark.

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Posted by: Denaljo on October 14 2010 7:48 PM

PG is #1 in Canada for dangerous crime!
PG is #1 in Canada for whining about our ranking!

Posted by: Dragonmaster on October 14 2010 9:49 PM

The real solution to this problem is so simple a kindergarten student could figure it out.

Keep these scumbags locked up when they get busted and stop letting them out. They are a menace to society and our gov't just keeps allowing them to continue on with their BS! Our own gov't is the main cause of this problem because they keep letting these pukes go free.

Posted by: DPJ on October 14 2010 10:13 PM

Take the gangs away and Prince George becomes one of the safest in Canada.

Posted by: verballabel on October 14 2010 11:36 PM

Dragonmaster +1

I agree 100%

Posted by: gus on October 15 2010 4:56 AM

Hey .... are we the only ones with gangs? Unbelievable!!!!

Are we the ones with the most effective gangs? Unbelievable!!!!

Are we the ones with the most gang members per 10,000 population? Unbelievable!!!

Come on people, give us some information that tells us that this place is the favourite for gangs and what is causing that. If others have less, why? What are we doing wrong?

There is all this commotion with absolutely nothing that anyone with any brains to think for themselves can sink their teeth into as to cause.

Do we have no experts here? Criminologists? We used ot have a good program at CNC. Anyone there that can help out giving us some rationally for all this other than a talking head for the RCMP? How about someone from Simon Fraser University?

The place right now look like a bunch of people runnning around like chickens with their heads cut off. All because of some magazine article that needs some reasonable interpretation by someone who knows what he/she is talking about.

This is nothing new. It has been building up and it looks to me like we have sat back and let it happen with little action taken.

Posted by: gus on October 15 2010 5:01 AM

BTW, what is the District RCMP involvement with all this? And how about E divison for the whole province?

Looks like we have the store, but the shoplifters are coming from elsewhere. Why? The pickins here are easier than elsewhere? We're more affluent than other places in the province? We have cheaper housing?

Come on, what are the causative factors?

Posted by: culturevulture on October 15 2010 11:56 AM

Congratulations Prince George! I am so pleased to see PG up where it belongs. I'm sure it was a challenge, but it is good to see you are #1. It will come as no surprise I left town 12 hours after I retired and only came back to finish selling the house. We now live on the S coast and love it. Anyhow, what can you expect from a town whose cultural icon has a septic tank for a head?

Posted by: opinion10 on October 15 2010 12:59 PM

Culturevulture I am "shocked"! It took 12 hours to leave, what was the hold up!? And why leave a town that has such a title as this town has?! You went to the S coast. Terrible!!!. Here we have parks you don't go in after dark, a city center that has been in the "revitalization" stage for what..20 plus years, awesome roads to travel on (winter is best with our top-notch snow removal) just to name a few perks of living here. As for our icon, the septic tank head pretty well sums it up doesn't it? Enjoy your retirement but remember what you now miss! Bet where you live doesn't rate where P.G does in the magazine article! Darn eh!!!!

Posted by: culturevulture on October 15 2010 7:59 PM

Yeah. I guess you got me on that one. We are well down the list from PGs number one position. I guess the pressure is on now to see if PG can hold the number 1 position for next year.

Posted by: CBT on October 15 2010 9:07 PM

Don`t forget the main problem here

POOR ECONOMY = MORE CRIME

Posted by: bitter on October 15 2010 9:10 PM

Culturevulture, something is missing on the S coast. We need to fix that. You need some homeless shelters, drug rehab centers , a new jail. We need to share with you all of Canada's unwanted. The cultural icon you are talking about will most likely retire in a nice place just like you did on a nice fat pension. We are #l but not for the reasons you think. our City is being distroyed and we are letting it happen. What happens to people when they are let out of our jails?? what happens to the people that are sent here for DRUG rehab and drop out of the program??I bet none of them are sent back to where they came from. Its not hard to figure out how we wound up living in a septic tank.