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Originally Posted by travis3000
Yeah the murder rate in Montreal has been in consistent decline since 1989 but the last 5-6 years have been exceptional. 2014 is turning out to be fairly decent as well. So obviously the city has corrected whatever issues they had. Indeed over the last 5 years, Montreal has become even safer than Toronto and one of the safest large cities in North America. I believe they include the island in their total murder numbers, so basically last year they had 26 murders in a population of 2,000,000 people. That is REALLY good! Keep up the great work!
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Well, it could be any number of things, not all of them positive even though the drop in homicides is clearly a good thing. For example, while it could reflect the Montreal police "getting it right", one could also expect the homicide rate to decline if one organized crime group or drug trafficking cartel had total control over the city's trade in illicit drugs. This is why I wondered what accounts for the positive trend.