Canada's 10 most dangerous cities include 5 in B.C., says Maclean's

supatsa · 03-13-2008, 07:26 PM

Updated: Canada's 10 most dangerous cities include 5 in B.C., says Maclean's

Maclean's has come up with a list of the 10 most dangerous cities in Canada (pop. 50,000 or more) based on 2006 per capita crime rates. It might surprise you.

Five of the top 10 cities are in B.C., although Vancouver comes in at a surprisingly low No. 9. The others are Prince George (4), New Westminster (6), Chilliwack (7) and Victoria (8).

Regina tops the list, although it was in a virtual dead heat with Saskatoon and Winnipeg. Only one eastern city, Halifax, made the top 10.

The study took into account six types of crimes: murder, sexual assault, aggravated assault, robbery, breaking and entering, and auto theft.

According to Maclean's, the break-and-enter rates in Chilliwack and Victoria would put them among the top 10 per cent of all American cities.

Here's the top 100, as listed at Maclean's.ca:

http://communities.canada.com/thepro...maclean-s.aspx

can't believe Vancouver is part of the top 10!

annasus92 · 03-13-2008, 07:28 PM

I would like to live in Caledon, Ontario xD seems like a very safe crime-free community

pattypus · 03-13-2008, 07:50 PM

Isn't Vancouver like the #1 most desirable place to live or something? And when those people collect data to decide which city is the best, they do include crime. hmm..

xoxo.juicy · 03-13-2008, 08:14 PM

holy... thanks for posting this up!!

Annie =) · 03-13-2008, 10:05 PM

Burnaby is before surrey? I always thought Surrey would be one of the top 3.

vonnie · 03-13-2008, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Annie =)

Burnaby is before surrey? I always thought Surrey would be one of the top 3.

Hmm.. that's odd. Surrey has double the number of residents as well. I always considered it pretty safe. But then again, cities are very LARGE and it differs from one corner to the other.

chabam_baller · 03-13-2008, 10:11 PM

woahh Toronto is like 26th...wow... i tought it'll be like top 5

mArie · 03-13-2008, 10:11 PM

I grew up in Toronto and I'm quite surprised that it's not on the top 10. The crime rate there is pretty crazy, especially in the North York region. Mainly shootings and drug related crime.

pandalover · 03-13-2008, 10:17 PM

Thanks for posting :) This is pretty interesting.

xxk1nky · 03-13-2008, 10:28 PM

LOL what the hell?! surrey isn't in the top 3??! that is screwed up.
but then again, statistics aren't always right!

czheng · 03-13-2008, 10:48 PM

hm, maybe i should go live in Caledon ! its last LOL

ko0ty · 03-14-2008, 12:00 AM

At least Richmond is near the end!

crownme · 03-14-2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by annasus92

I would like to live in Caledon, Ontario xD seems like a very safe crime-free community

I live near Caledon and it's a really tiny place... about 100 000 people and everything is so far apart! I'm surprised it's not included as a part of Peel Region since Peel Region is seen as Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon.

I'm also really surprised that Toronto was so low on the list. There's a good amount of crime in Toronto... you always hear about shootings and stuff =\

Shopoholic18 · 03-14-2008, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Annie =)

Burnaby is before surrey? I always thought Surrey would be one of the top 3.

Surrey's Crime rate has been down these couple of years and i hate when people just point out that surrey's probably the worst!

dork_leader · 03-16-2008, 12:14 AM

Um, you guys do realize that it is PER CAPITA. Therefore, if a smaller town has more crimes per number of people in that town, than a large city, the smaller town would be considered more dangerous. Surrey probably has more crimes, in pure numbers, as compared to, say Prince George, but they have more crimes as compared to their population size.

Shopoholic18 · 03-16-2008, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by dork_leader

Um, you guys do realize that it is PER CAPITA. Therefore, if a smaller town has more crimes per number of people in that town, than a large city, the smaller town would be considered more dangerous. Surrey probably has more crimes, in pure numbers, as compared to, say Prince George, but they have more crimes as compared to their population size.

vancouvers population is more then surreys

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dork_leader Mallvibes Newbie Join Date: Aug 2006 POSTS: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Buy/Sell Rating: 0	Re: Canada's 10 most dangerous cities include 5 in B.C., says Maclean's Um, you guys do realize that it is PER CAPITA. Therefore, if a smaller town has more crimes per number of people in that town, than a large city, the smaller town would be considered more dangerous. Surrey probably has more crimes, in pure numbers, as compared to, say Prince George, but they have more crimes as compared to their population size.