P.G. Crime Stats Released

Thursday, January 25, 2007 03:59 AM

The Crime stats for the City of Prince George for 2006 have been compiled, and here is the quick look.

Statisticians at the RCMP Detachment are quick to point out the numbers for 2006 could still change as on going investigations could bring about changes. Constable Gary Godwin says the stats are "dynamic, and some categories could swing by as much as 20% one way or another."

Godwin says a good example would be a hold up that at first appears to be an armed robbery, so it would be registered in the system as such, but as the investigation proceeds, it may turn out there never was a weapon so the stat would have to change.

Type	2005	2006	Change
Homicide	4	3	-1
Attempted Murder	3	1	-2
Robbery with Firearm	5	3	-2
Robbery w/out Firearm	51	88	+37
Robbery / other off weapon	40	67	+27
Assault (all)	1439	1647	+208
Assault on Police Officer	59	53	-6
B&E Business	275	333	+58
B&E Home	587	633	+46
Vehicle Theft Truck	512	609	+97
Vehicle Theft Car	311	286	-25
Vehicle Theft Motorcycle	37	41	+4
Vehicle theft other ( snowmobiles, quads etc)	78	68	-10
Prostitution: Procuring	15	3	-12
Prostitution: Soliciting	162	124	-28
Drugs Marijuana Grow -Ops	20	5	-15

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Posted on Thursday, January 25, 2007 03:59 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: acrider54 on January 25 2007 6:34 AM

Of course crime stats are up. There has been so many Liberal cuts that people have to make money somehow, might as well be off of the law abiding tax payer.

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on January 25 2007 7:42 AM

Probably just the people starting over that had to walk away from their homes after ten years of NDP government.

Or maybe they are out of work NDPer's trying to make the Liberals look bad?

On the other hand they could just be criminals? Some NDP gang members have hatched a plan to bring the people to their senses! HeeHee!!

Posted by: owl on January 25 2007 9:36 AM

A one year comparison is virtually useless. At least a 5 year view is needed to show any sort of trends. Once one has that, just as in a financial audit statement, one needs to know whether enforcement practices have changed over time. That can have a significant effect on decreasing numbers if efforts are redirected elsewhere or vice versa.

BTW, here is another look at the stats

- the numbers are down over last year in 9 categories and up in 7

- other than assault, the 7 which are up are property crimes

- other key violent crimes are down.

- Of the increased crimes, there was a 16.2% increase overall

- Of the decreased crimes, there was a 16.9% decrease

So, it is interesting how different eyes will look at this and say there has been an increase. This is not a black and white situation. If this is similar to previous years, and it likely it is not, then there could be a shift in the profile of the crime characteristics of PG.

It appears to be consistent with past information in that PG is quite high on property crime when compared to communities of similar size.

Posted by: Harbinger on January 25 2007 11:38 AM

I can't help but notice that penalties for these crimes are not on the rise. Not exactly rocket science, is it?

Posted by: Chester on January 25 2007 10:24 PM

The stats I am more interested in relate to who was charged, the penalty's handed out, or the deterants laid in all of these instances.

How many of the offences were committed by the same people over the course of a year?

How many of the offenders are still in jail? Chester

Posted by: owl on January 26 2007 11:14 AM

Inerestingly the stats I am more intersted in are those which point to the ways which are most effective with dealing with offenders.

That would show up with information about not only repeat offenders as a proportion of the total, but follow up of past offenders and the length of time they have not re-offended. In other words, is rehabilitation working, is it improving and which countries are the ones which have the best record of that, how do we fit in with that, and if we are not going in the right direction or near the top, how can we get there?

I know one thing is for sure, following the USA in what they do is not the way to go since we would end up with higher cirme rates more offenders and tripling our jail capacity and the budget for that service of free fleebag hotels.