Crime rates in Waterloo Region and Guelph have gone up, but only slightly. And don’t fret, our crime rate is still among the lowest in Canada.
The bad news is the severity index and the violent crime severity indexes are both up seven percent for Kitchener. Yet, we are still well below the national average for break and enter, vehicle theft, robbery and homocide.
https://www.570news.com/news/local/article/79677–local-crime-rates-rise
