Crime Trend within Toronto or the Greater Province of Ontario

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Introduction: Crime Trend within Toronto or the Greater Province of Ontario
Toronto is one of the biggest cities in Canada. Police reports and statistics show that it
has one of the highest homicide rates in the country. With a rate of 2.58 per 100,000
homicide rate, it is way above the average Canadian homicide rate which is at 1.67. Many
people are preferring to stay away from major cities such as Toronto due to increased crime
rates such as homicides or murders. Comparative to world cities, Toronto is double the crime
rate of London which is at 1.2 per 100,000 and getting closer to one of the highest recorded
crime cities in the world that is New York. New York homicide rate is at a terrifying 3.3 per
100,000 of the population. The Toronto crime rate index has a crime severity index (CSI) of
61, which ranks it art 122nd worst among Canadian towns and cities. The most prone areas in
Toronto are the dangerous alleyways and some of the streets especially in downtown Toronto
(Gottschalk, 2016).
Is Toronto Dangerous
A brief history has shown that for the last past several decades, Toronto has been
particularly safe. Increase in crime has exceeded in the past decade. While one homicide
reported is actually to many. 2.57 is a reasonable homicide index for a city with a population
that is near 3 million. This has put Toronto in less impressive cities in Canada according to
many. The rate of sexual assaults and assault rate is higher than the national average.
However, firearm and robbery with violence offense are more than double the CSI average
for the country. Drug offense are average than the countries average. Impaired driving
however is lower in Toronto than the average countries index. Youth crime is high in some
areas which is quite a hard take due to violent gang activities that are reported in the city

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(Jayaweera, et al,2015). However, it seems that the youth engaging in violent crime and gang
related activities are actually less than the number of gun violence related crime by adults.
This shows that most gang members are actually adults and much of the crime related
problems seems to come from gangs especially with guns.
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