Sarnia crime rate on the rise [Video]

If you think that Sarnia seems more dangerous, statistics show you could be correct.

Police reported crime statistics for 2023 have officially been released, and crime severity and frequency for the city is overall higher than it was the year prior.

This year’s data shows an overall increase to the crime severity index (CSI) of 10.69 per cent, an 24.48 per cent increase in violent CSI and a 4.42 per cent increase in non-violent CSI.

Overall, the crime “rate” (which is violations scaled to population) increased 19.61 per cent – covering a wide variety of categories including assault, fraud, assault, shoplifting and more. The most common charges were failure to comply with orders, and theft under $5,000. The category that saw the highest year over year increase was probation breaches, were saw a change of more than 100 per cent in 2023.

Sarnia Police Chief Derek Davis said that while …