Regina, Saskatoon top national crime stats
Regina and Saskatoon continue to post the worst crime statistics among major Canadian cities, according to the most recent report on crime.
"Despite an 8% decline, Regina continued to report the highest index [of crime severity] in the country followed by the other western cities of Saskatoon and Winnipeg," the Statistics Canada report, which analyzed police-reported crimes in 2010, said.
"These cities were also among those with the highest overall crime rates," the report added.
Saskatoon and Regina also had the distinction of ranking second and third in terms of the homicide rate, which considers the size of the community and the number of murders committed.
Saskatoon recorded 10 homicides in 2010. In Regina, eight people were murdered.
The homicide rates for the two cities, were about twice the national average.
