Survey on safety ranks Calgary 20th among Canadian cities
Global News
Calgary is ranked 20th on the list of 34 Canadian cities, ahead of 21st ranked Edmonton, but behind Lethbridge which cracked the top 10.
There are 19 other Canadian cities safer than Calgary, according to a new survey conducted by rental listing company Rentola.
Calgary is ranked 20th on the list of 34 Canadian cities, ahead of 21st-ranked Edmonton, but behind Lethbridge, which cracked the top 10.
According to Rentola, the metropolitan areas were ranked based on data from Statistics Canada, which included the crime severity index, the non-violent and violent crime severity indexes, the crime-solving rate, as well as the number of citizens per police officer.
The survey crunched the numbers to create a score out of 10, while cities lacking data were excluded from the analysis.
Barrie, Ont., took first place as Canada’s safest city, according to the survey, with a score of 7.13 out of 10; while Calgary scored 5.78 out of 10.
The study ranked Winnipeg, Man., as the least safe Canadian city on the list, with a score of 4.59.
Kelly Sundberg, a criminologist at Mount Royal University in Calgary, said the difference in crime between each city on the list is minimal.
“We can see that the crime from city to city is relatively consistent,” Sundberg told Global News. “I’m sure Calgary would like to be higher in the rankings. But, Prairie cities tend to be a little bit off from the safer sides.”