Guelph remains one of the safest cities; crime rate drops even further

This just in from Chief Bryan Larkin:

Statistics Canada has announced the 2013 Crime Severity Index (CSI) and community rankings. Once again, Guelph has shown well as a safe community.

We remain one of the safest communities in Canada with the 2^nd lowest CSI for communities over 100,000 – same position as last year at 32 out of 33.

Here is a snapshot of the CSI:

• Guelph has the 2^nd lowest CSI in Canada for a community greater than 100,000
• Guelph Overall CSI is down 15.7% (51 to 43)
• Guelph Violent CSI is down 20.6% (53.5 to 42.5)
• Guelph Property CSI is down 13.7% (50 to 43.1)
• Clearance Rate Over All up from 44.3 to 51.0%
• Violent Clearance Rate up from 71.4 to 90.8%
• Non Violent Clearance Rate up 33.8 to 36.7%

The significant increases seen in clearance rates are a tribute to the good work of the Guelph Police Service.