How To Decrease Crime Rate In Canada

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Statistics show that crime rates in the region of Toronto have fallen to the lowest as released by Statistics Canada. But looking at the numbers for the policing budget is astonishing. Although the crime rates have declined drastically the budgets for the Canadian police is still on the rise. The total budget allotted to just the police departments in Canada is $13.6 billion.

As we observe the charts below we can clearly see that as the crime rates rose, the number of police officers also rose from the 1960’s till the 1980’s where we see a stagnant slope on the graph. But as the crime rate drops from 1991 a rise in the rate of police officers is seen on the charts. According to the Statistics Canada, crime rates declined by 26.3% from 2001