Safety

REPORTS OF PROPERTY CRIME IN RED DEER

Property crime, as defined by the RCMP, includes Theft under $5,000, Theft over $5,000, Possession of Stolen Goods, Fraud, Break and Enter and Arson.

In 2006, there were 7,361 reports of property crimes in Red Deer. This is equivalent to 1 property crime for every 11 citizens in the city65.

Comparative data will be available in 200866.

REPORTS OF PROPERTY CRIME IN ALBERTA

In 2005, Alberta’s rate of property crime per 100, 000 was 4,874; this is a 30% greater than at the national level (3738)67.

VIOLENT CRIME

Violent crime includes homicide, assault, abduction, kidnapping and robbery.

In 2005, 645.5 violent crimes per 100, 000 in Red Deer, compared to 942.9 violent crimes per 100, 000 in Canada68.

In 2005, there were 942.9 violent crimes per 100,000 at the National level69.

RESPONSE TIME FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

In 2006, the Emergency Medical Services and Fire Departments responded to emergencies in less than 4 minutes 91% of the time. The City of Red Deer’s goal is to respond to 90% of emergencies in 4 minutes or less70.

See Appendix 7.0 for more information about the Response Time for Red Deer EMS.

POLICE OFFICERS PER 100,000

At 147 police officers per 100,000 in 2006, the number of police officers in Red Deer was 23% below the national average and 12% below the provincial average. The rate was up 17 % from that in 200071.

PERCEPTION OF SAFETY

The following Harm Prioritization Scale is a measure of what people perceive are the most problematic crimes in the city of Red Deer, in 2006. The following is a listing of what the public perceives as the crime areas that are most important in the City of Red Deer established by an RCMP task force. The first item listed is seen by the public as the most serious/problematic and the last item listed is the least serious/problematic in the public’s perception72.

  1. Domestic Violence
  2. Sexual Violence
  3. Bullying
  4. Public Disorder
  5. Homicide
  6. Child Exploitation
  7. Motor Vehicle Accidents
  8. Assault with Weapon
  9. Child Pornography
  10. Possession of Stolen Property
  11. Human Trafficking
  12. Assault
  13. Impaired Driving
  14. Illicit Drug Trafficking
  15. Break and Entering

*This program has not been given the go ahead to continue on an annual basis.

65 Royal Canadian Mounted Police, City of Red Deer Detachment, personal communication, February 2007 back
66 Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 2007. 2006 Mayor’s Report. back
67 Statistics Canada. 2005. Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 1991-2005. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. Cansim Table 252-0013. back
68 Statistics Canada. (n.d.) Retrieved July 2007 from http://cansim2.statcan.ca/cgi-win/CNSMCGI.EXE?regtkt=&C2Sub=&ARRAYID=2520013&C2DB=&VEC=&HILITE=
OFFENCES&LANG=E&SDDSLOC=%2F%2Fwww.statcan.ca%2Fenglish%2Fsdds%2F*.htm&ROOTDIR=CII/
&RESULTTEMPLATE=CII/CII_PICK&ARRAY_PICK=1&SDDSID=&SDDSDESC back
69 Statistics Canada. 2007. Crimes by Type of Offense. Retrieved February 2007 from http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/legal02.htm back
70 J. McDonald, Red Deer City Fire Chief and Emergency Services Manager, February 2006. back
71 Statistics Canada. “Police Resources in Canada 2006”, Table 4a, p.22. Retrieved February 2007 from http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Collection-R/Statcan/85-225-XIE/85-225-XIE2006000.pdf back
72 Royal Canadian Mounted Police, City of Red Deer Detachment, personal communication, February 2007 back