crime statistics

Penticton property crime down; violent crime on the rise
Penticton police report are reporting a drop in property crime since last year, but now…

Coldstream the safest town in Thompson-Okanagan; Penticton last again
New crime data shows that Coldstream had the least crime in the Thompson-Okanagan region in…
Stats show sharp rise in ‘quick and easy’ crimes in Vernon
Recent crime statistics released by the Vernon North Okanagan RCMP show street-level theft and drug…

Assaults, break-ins on the rise in Vernon
VERNON – While the latest numbers from Vernon RCMP show crime dropped slightly overall in…

Report shows rise in Vernon’s most commonly reported crimes
VERNON – The latest crime numbers released by the Vernon RCMP show a rise in…

Bad guys seem to take time off in Lake Country
LAKE COUNTRY - RCMP in Lake Country are reporting a year-over-year drop of 40 per cent in total criminal code offences in the last quarter of 2014 as compared to 2013. This includes a 53 per cent drop in property crimes during the same period. Crimes against people in the bedroom community of 12,000, such...