Crime continues downward trend: City stats
Property and persons crimes in our city continue to trend downward, according to the latest numbers from The City of Red Deer.
Statistics for the second quarter of 2018 show break and enters in Red Deer are down by more than 27 per cent, from 760 in the first half of 2017 to 552 so far this year.
Motor vehicle thefts in Red Deer this year are down 46 per cent over 2017 and are the lowest our city has seen in the last five years. A total of 402 vehicles have been reported stolen in Red Deer this year compared to 748 at this time last year.
Total property crimes – including fraud, theft, mischief-related cases – have also dropped to a five-year low, The City says, and are down 41 per cent from 2017.