Thompson is no longer the most violent city in Canada. With the recent Statistics Canada figures for the crime severity Index,  Thompson’s crime rate has lowered by 13%. That’s the lowest it’s been in 10 years.

Violent crime has seen a 32.2% drop and  non-violent crime saw a 3.4% drop.

City officials say we have seen this drop in crime due to a few reasons; the working partnership with our local RCMP, our Downtown Strategy, and crime reduction initiatives like Project Northern Doorway.

Investments in education, recreational programming and housing have also helped keep the crime rate down.

Moving forward Thompson will need to look at other areas to continue to lower our crime rate. These include drugs and gangs, domestic violence, and substance abuse.