By The Canadian Press

Number of Crimes Reported to Police Jumps for First Time in 12 Years

Jul 20, 2016 | 10:24 AM

OTTTAWA:  Statistics Canada says the number of crimes reported to police went up last year for the first time in 12 years.

The crime severity index, which measures the volume of reports and how serious they are, rose five per cent in 2015.

But the agency says that’s still 31 per cent lower than it was a decade ago.

The overall crime rate also rose, by three per cent, but Statistics Canada notes the last time a rate increase was reported was 2003.

The agency says the rise in both measurements was due to more incidents of fraud, breaking and entering, robbery, and homicide.

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It says there were almost 1.9 million Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffic, reported in 2015, 70,000 more than the year before.