The Annual Statistical Report provides information on person and property crime
trends, drug offences, domestic violence, weapon usage, and youth crime
between 2001 and 2005. Major findings are summarized below, using both
numbers and rates. The number of offences is important from a workload
perspective, while rates reflect the relative seriousness of a problem. Unless
otherwise stated, all information in this report is based on CPS internal data.
Person Crime Trends
�� The number and rate of person crimes decreased for the second consecutive
year (-1% and -3% respectively).
�� The rate of person crimes dropped to its lowest since 1996.
�� The number and rate of homicides increased in 2005.
�� Calgary had the second lowest sexual assault rate among the nine major
CMAs in 2004.
�� The number (-2%) and rate (-4%) of assaults decreased in 2005.
�� Of concern is a change in the number and proportion of more serious
assaults.
�� The number of hate/bias crimes decreased in 2005.
Property Crime Trends
�� The property crime rate dropped to a new 25 year low.
�� Break and enters decreased by 5% in 2005.
�� Calgary had the fourth lowest vehicle theft rate among the nine major CMAs
in 2004.
�� Credit card offences increased by 25% which may be partially related to a
growing problem with credit card skimming in Calgary and Nationally.
Other Trends
�� The number of drug offences has increased by 30% since 2001.
�� The total number of crack cocaine incidents has more than doubled (+113%)
since 2001.
�� The number of domestic related calls for service increased by 4% from 2004.
�� The number of victims injured by weapons increased by 3% in 2005.
Youth Crime Trends
�� The total number of youth crime offences was similar to 2004.
�� The number of youth formally charged with offences increased by 11% while
the number of youth dealt with via other measures decreased by 12%.
�� Youth violent crime was stable in 2005.
�� Youth are most likely to be involved in property offences