Homicide stats in Canadian Cities

[SignalHillHiker]

It's not yet a homicide, and hopefully won't be. But a 19-year-old ran into a soccer pitch in Topsail during a soccer camp, with 100 kids on the pitch and their parents in the stands watching, and stabbed an 11-year-old in the neck. The child is still in serious condition.

Soccer stabbing leaves C.B.S. reeling in shock, disbelief

A soccer pitch was still covered this morning with balls and pylons as police searched for more evidence in a bloody stabbing that sent a young boy to hospital and landed an older teenager in custody.

The boy, believed to be 11, was stabbed Thursday in the neck during a skills camp involving dozens of young players at a pitch in the Topsail neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, a suburban town just west of St. John's.

Witnesses said the teenager, believed to be 19, ran from the bleachers and stabbed the boy.

"He fell into my arms, and I just grabbed and held his wound, and put my arm around the back of his head, and lay him down on the field and lay with him, and just applied pressure to his wound," said a soccer father who was on the scene.

CBC News is not identifying him for privacy reasons.

"I just screamed to some other parents to call 911," the father said.

The boy was rushed to hospital and had been listed in serious condition. His status was not known Friday morning.

Sources tell CBC News that police believe the attack was random, and that a mental-health issue may be involved.

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary arrested a suspect a couple of hours later in another neighbourhood.

Police Chief Bill Janes said he could not divulge details of how the suspect — whom he described as "a male youth" — was taken into custody.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...lief-1.2778579

[BretttheRiderFan]

Edmonton is remarkably calm this year. I honestly feel the city is getting much nicer and safer every year.

[Marty_Mcfly]

I do honestly believe St. John's is at 2 for the year. The "missing persons" case of some guy in the drug trade, Josh something if I remember his name properly. isn't surprising anyone. Drug dealer, who has been convicted of of firearm and whatnot charges in the past, was probably done in my competition.

I think the strangest thing out of all of this was when was when the guy ran from police when being escorted to a plane to bring him back to St. John's, while being released from prison in Moncton. I think there may have been people here in St. John's who had a price on his life.

Really also hope that child in CBS isn't number 3. As much as you can let drug dealers take care of themselves, there's no reason at all an innocent child should be killed for no reason at all.

Also REALLY happy that the police decided to be serious about this and charged the stabber with attempted murder. I've been absolutely pissed all day that someone could slit a random child's throat and only get charged with aggravated assault. What kind of message are the police trying to send to criminals with that??

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by Marty_Mcfly

I do honestly believe St. John's is at 2 for the year. The "missing persons" case of some guy in the drug trade, Josh something if I remember his name properly. isn't surprising anyone. Drug dealer, who has been convicted of of firearm and whatnot charges in the past, was probably done in my competition.
I think the strangest thing out of all of this was when was when the guy ran from police when being escorted to a plane to bring him back to St. John's, while being released from prison in Moncton. I think there may have been people here in St. John's who had a price on his life.

Really also hope that child in CBS isn't number 3. As much as you can let drug dealers take care of themselves, there's no reason at all an innocent child should be killed for no reason at all.

Also REALLY happy that the police decided to be serious about this and charged the stabber with attempted murder. I've been absolutely pissed all day that someone could slit a random child's throat and only get charged with aggravated assault. What kind of message are the police trying to send to criminals with that??

Wearing cement filled rubber boots and kissin' the cod?

[Marty_Mcfly]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

Wearing cement filled rubber boots and kissin' the cod?

I think that's what the young ones call that these days

[softee]

A dozen homicides in September bring Toronto to 41 so far this year.

[BretttheRiderFan]

My hometown of Grande Prairie may have had one last night. At the same bar I watched the gold medal hockey game at earlier this year...

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2014/10/0...grande-prairie

Mounties say a man is dead after gunplay in Grande Prairie early Wednesday.

Police responded to reports of shots fired near the Canadian Brewhouse off of 108 Street about 1 a.m.

Emergency crews arrived to find a the badly injured "young" man on the ground, say police. He was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries.



The Grande Prairie General Investigation Section, RCMP Edmonton Major Crimes Unit and 'other specialized units' are currently assisting with the investigation.

[MTLskyline]

Thought this was interesting. How does it compare to other Canadian cities over that time period?



http://www.coolopolis.blogspot.ca/20...ard-trend.html

[BretttheRiderFan]

Holy cow, 100+ murders in a year, in a Canadian city? That just sounds insane to me.

Was that during the Biker War?

[Innsertnamehere]

Toronto had a really, really bloody September and there is surprisingly little media coverage. The media usually loves homicide stories especially ones about more than normal amounts of homicides.

[travis3000]

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Toronto had a really, really bloody September and there is surprisingly little media coverage. The media usually loves homicide stories especially ones about more than normal amounts of homicides.

Yeah September was the bloodiest month in 25 years for Toronto. It was pretty bad. A lot of stabbings.

[kwoldtimer]

Originally Posted by MTLskyline

Thought this was interesting. How does it compare to other Canadian cities over that time period?



http://www.coolopolis.blogspot.ca/20...ard-trend.html

That must reflect some kind of evolution in Montreal's organized crime/gangs/drug trafficking situation. It would be interesting to know what is behind the very positive trend.

[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!

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by kwoldtimer

That must reflect some kind of evolution in Montreal's organized crime/gangs/drug trafficking situation. It would be interesting to know what is behind the very positive trend.

There were turf wars in the mafia and the biker gangs through late 80s and in the 90s in Montreal. The police cracked down in a big way on these groups with special squads and such. They're still around of course but the turf wars have died down considerably as many of the ringleaders are now in jail.

Also 1989 was the year of Polytechnique so there are 14 murders in there from that single event.

[kwoldtimer]

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!

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.

[vid]

Thunder Bay recorded its 9th homicide a few hours ago. Our homicide rate now stands at 7.9/100,000.

[Trans Canada]

Originally Posted by MTLskyline

Thought this was interesting. How does it compare to other Canadian cities over that time period?



http://www.coolopolis.blogspot.ca/20...ard-trend.html

I can't find data going back that far but here is the past 9 years of Calgary data for person crime offences:



Sources of data:
Calgary Police Service Annual Statistical Report 2005 – 2009, http://www.calgary.ca/cps/Documents/...cal-report.pdf
Calgary Police Service Annual Statistical Report 2009 – 2013, http://www.calgary.ca/cps/Documents/...cal-report.pdf

[kwoldtimer]

Also very impressive, especially in the context of the city's rapid growth. Are there any cities in Canada that haven't been showing positive trends in crime rates in recent years?

[vid]

In spite of Thunder Bay's record homicide rate, our crime rate is still down overall compared to last year.

Regarding the 9th homicide, a man was arrested almost immediately. Of the past 9 years of homicides, only two are unsolved.

[trebor204]

Stats Canada has homicides rates for all CMA since 1981

Link
http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a26...pattern=&csid=

Use the Add/Remove Data tab to customize the table (Add CMA, change time frame, etc)