Although Greater Sudbury’s overall crime severity index dropped, the local violent crime severity index increased by 13.05 per cent, spurred in large part by a spike in sexual assaults reported
Last year marked the first time since 2015 Greater Sudbury’s overall crime severity index has decreased year over year.
The violent crime severity index, meanwhile, increased from 112.47 in 2020 to last year’s 127.15. This is a 13.05 per cent increase year over year, which is much greater than the five per cent recorded nationally. It’s also more than double Greater Sudbury’s 2015 violent crime severity index of 64.49.
Nationally, there was an 18 per cent increase in the rate of level one sexual assaults, which involves “assault of a sexual nature that violates the sexual integrity of the victim,” according to Statistics Canada’s latest report. Level two and three sexual assaults decreased by a respective five and 13 per cent.
Greater Sudbury Police Service note Project Champion, a four-year initiative whose goal is increasing awareness and education in regards to sexual violence, will enhance report checking and survivor-centred training for officers alongside awareness of alternative reporting methods.
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