TABLE 8.1
	CASES OF CRIME REPORTED TO POLICE 1995 - 2008
	CATEGORY	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000 1	2001 2	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	Sexual Offences (indecent Assaults)	10	15	16	14	23	6	16	7	12	13	14	23	21	23
	Assaults: Aggravated Bodily Harm, Grievous Bodily Harm Wounding	49	24	20	29	37	37	22	12	18	20	7	31	19	21
	Larcency/Thefts	166	186	201	201	330	164	227	258	323	272	263	293	256	353
	Fraud	5	5	5	1	12	7	19	6	10	4	4	6	12	12
	Robbery	111	0	4	0	2	3	12	4	6	6	14	6	14	20
	Firearm	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	3	11	2	8	15	15	7
	Drugs	0	0	0	31	24	43	20	26	38	19	28	42	87	44
	Criminal Damage	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	3	2	10	24	11	11	18
	Child Stealing	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Counterfeit	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
	Burglary	0	100	94	123	0	95	206	205	104	191	278	258	195	189
	Murder	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	1	4	4	1
	Other	99	53	28	21	23	16	0	0	1	16	8	6	10	6
	Not true cases						154
	T O T A L	441	383	369	420	451	536	552	526	527	554	649	696	645	694
	Annual % Change		-13%	-4%	14%	7%	19%	3%	-5%	0%	5%	17%	7%	-7%	8%
	Population	9,818	10,095	10,373	10,658	10,947	11,254	11,561	11,919	12,200	12,522	13,638	14,254	14,886
	Crime rate per 1,000 poplation	44.9	37.9	35.6	39.4	41.2	47.6	47.7	44.1	43.2	44.2	47.6	48.8	43.3
	Source:  Police Department
	1. In 2000 there were 536 cases reported and 154 cases rejected. The data is tabulated on the true cases only
	2. In 2001 there were 137 cases rejected. Data is tabulated on all cases
	NB New Criminal Code effective 2000
	LAST UPDATE:  December 10, 2009