Statistics Canada has released the 2022 CSI for Victoria and Esquimalt. While we are glad to see a 10.9% decrease in violent crime in Victoria, at 157.7, Victoria’s CSI remains the highest for any municipally policed jurisdiction in BC, significantly above the BC average. Esquimalt’s CSI shows a slight, 1.9% increase in violent crime, but a 7.4% CSI reduction to a comparatively low CSI of 42.9. To avoid confusion, it is important to know that Statistics Canada also releases a CSI for the entire Victoria Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as the Victoria (CMA) CSI. The naming similarities can cause confusion as the CMA runs from Sidney to Sooke and includes many areas outside of VicPD’s service area. The Victoria (CMA) CSI and the Victoria (Municipal) CSI measure similar things but in significantly different geographic areas. Also, the Victoria and Esquimalt municipal CSIs began to be reported separately in 2020. This separation means that comparing the pre-2020 Victoria (Municipal) CSI, which was based on combined information for both Victoria and Esquimalt, to 2020 and beyond separated CSIs do not provide a like to like comparison. During our last deep dive, we took a look at our methodology, explaining how the survey was conducted, who we heard from and what the margin of error for the survey is, which helps us interpret the results. Have questions or comments? Please comment on our posts on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Threads or send us an email at [email protected]. We’ll be back next week for another 2023 VicPD Community Survey Deep Dive. For all the results, presentations and more information please visit https://vicpd.ca/open-vicpd/community-survey/. -30-
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