Crime Rates in Canada’s Rural Areas 34 Percent Higher Than in Cities: StatCan

A law enforcement officer puts up police tape at a crime scene in an udated file photograph. A law enforcement officer puts up police tape at a crime scene in an udated file photograph. Samantha Laurey/AFP via Getty Images In the analysis, StatCan used data from police-reported crime and the crime severity index (CSI) to measure the difference between rural and urban crime rates across the provinces. The findings were released April 29. It found that in 2023, the crime rate in rural areas was 34 percent higher when compared...