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An independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank says Thunder Bay has Ontario’s highest rate of property crime and violent crime.
The Fraser Institute’s Comparing Recent Crime Trends in Canada and the United States Study examines crime rates of large urban areas with 100,000 people or more, known as Census Metropolitan Areas in Canada and Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the U.S.
According to the study, which used the maximum annual crime rate from 2019 to 2022, Thunder Bay had Ontario’s highest rate of property crimes (e.g., burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft) and violent crime.
Outside of Ontario, Thunder Bay also ranked first out of 86 urban areas in the Great Lakes Region in property crime.
Across Canada, Thunder Bay ranked second in violent crime.
In total, the study examines total property and total violent crimes, adjusted for population, across 36 Canadian Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) and over 300 U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
It found that there has been an increase in crime rates following decades of decline.
For more information or to read the study click here.
