A total of 62 percent of Canadians say they believe crime has risen in the communities where they live over the last five years, according to new polling from Angus Reid.
The survey released on Jan. 12 found that 24 percent believe there has been no change in crime in their communities, while 5 percent believe there has been a decrease.
In 2014, just 30 percent of Canadians said they believed there had been an increase in crime in their neighbourhoods, while 40 percent said the rates were stable. In 2015, a total of 32 percent said they felt firmly safe to walk in their neighbourhood alone and after dark, but this had fallen to 17 percent in 2025….