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As a follow-up to the Board of Police Commissioners' meeting, HRP and Halifax District RCMP are releasing the 2015 second quarter crime statistics. Overall, crime is down more than seven per cent when comparing the second quarter of 2015 to the same period in 2014.
Violent crime is up less than one per cent, including increases in homicides (+1), attempt murders (+1), assaults (+2) and robberies (+5). Property crime is down over 14 per cent with decreases in thefts of motor vehicles (-2), thefts under 5,000 (-3), thefts over 5,000 (-383), possession of stolen goods (-50) and frauds (-3) and an increase in break and enters (+23).
We are continuing to stay the course with our crime reduction strategy to address any violent crime. We will continue to focus on identifying areas with higher rates of crime (hot spots), deploying our Quick Response, Street Crime Units and Guns and Gangs Unit by targeting the criminal element and monitoring those who are on court imposed conditions. Officers will continue to be in close contact with the community in order to address crime as well as quality-of-life issues.
The 2015 second quarter stats are available at http://www.halifax.ca/police/documents/HRM2ndQtr2015Combined150721.pdf