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Originally Posted by freeweed
I've posted this in other threads here:
This statscan chart shows how Calgary historically has a much lower murder rate than Edmonton. The past few years were a huge anomaly led by the boom bringing in transients, and gangs. And now we're getting back to normal.
Remember, with a murder rate as low as Calgary typically has, all it takes is one "bad" month (say 5 murders) to bring us back to "average". |
So to put Edmonton's current rate in perspective, looking at it annualized it would be 55/1,000,000, meaning 5.5 on that chart. A league of its own.