Brampton and Mississauga’s rate of increase in violent crime tripling Canada’s over last five years

According to Stats Can, the number of violent police-reported incidents of all types of violent crime increased 13 percent between 2017 and 2018. What’s more concerning is that these types of crimes have increased 33 percent since 2014, a more telling sign that the numbers represent an ongoing trend and not a statistical blip.

Additionally, the numbers show that violent crime in Brampton and Mississauga is not only increasing, but that increase is happening faster than many other parts of the country. 

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Police and municipal leaders like to point to stats showing that Mississauga and Brampton have a lower rate of violent crime than many other cities.

And while that’s true — for now — just-released national crime statistics show that the violent crime severity rate is worsening three times faster here than the national average.

Published on August 16, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton