Saskatoon crime stats released ahead of priorities committee meeting

Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time. Saskatoon Police Service is working with the fire department to develop a report on calls for service – Mar 25, 2024The report, set to be discussed at Wednesday’s governance and priorities committee, shows that the number of interactions fire crews have had with inadequately housed people increased 65.6 per cent between 2023 and 2022.

The Saskatoon Police Service said it received a record number of calls for service in 2023, receiving over 150,000 calls — said to be a 12 per cent increase over the number of calls in 2022.Police also said that property crime increased by 6.87 per cent in that same time period, and violent crimes increased by 7.33 per cent.

Violent crime stats and property crime stats for the Fairhaven community were given, with police saying that violent crime stats fluctuated between December 2021 and December 2023.Police said property crime stats almost doubled between December 2022 and September 2023. “Property crime in Confederation SC has also increased significantly. The most significant increase was due to Shoplifting Under $5,000 specifically at one commercial business.”

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