North Saanich is B.C.B次元官网网址檚 least B次元官网网址渕ost dangerous place to liveB次元官网网址� in Canada, in Macleans MagazineB次元官网网址檚 latest look into crime statistics.

In a ranking of 229 communities with a population of 10,000 or more people, the District of North Saanich comes in at 225th B次元官网网址� in the bottom five places in Canada B次元官网网址� with a crime severity index (CSI) of 23. ThatB次元官网网址檚 a drop over the magazineB次元官网网址檚 2016 statistics. The Canadian average is 70.96.

Macleans released their statistics compilation on Nov. 23. They are based on piublic information released in July by Statistics Canada.

The least dangerous place on the list is Kennebecasis Region on New Brunswick, with a CSI of 16. The most dangerous is North Battleford, with a CSI of 353. B.C.B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址渕ost dangerous placeB次元官网网址� on that list is Williams Lake, ranked fourth overall.

Macleans based the rankings on specific crime statistics: homicide, assault and bodily harm, theft and property crime, drug offences and youth crime. The numbers were reported by various police forces in 2016.

North SaanichB次元官网网址檚 homicide rate remains unchanged at zero. Assaults are down (13 incidents in 2016) as are sexual assaults, breaking and entering and illicit drug crime. The only increases in crime came in fraud (16 cases) and impaired driving (23). North SaanichB次元官网网址檚 impaired driving rate, according to Macleans, is 193 incidents per 100,000 population. The Canadian average is 194.31.

At a ranking of 184th, Sidney is B次元官网网址渢he most dangerousB次元官网网址� of the Saanich Peninsula communities. Still, its CSI is 39 and unchanged from last year. Remember, the Canadian average is 70.96.

Central Saanich sits at 186th and just slightly B次元官网网址渓ess dangerousB次元官网网址� with a CSI of 38.

In Sidney and Central SaanichB次元官网网址檚 case, the statistics show the severity of crime (or violence) is on the rise B次元官网网址� but still below the national average. In Central Saanich, assaults are up (41 cases in 2016). And itB次元官网网址檚 the same in Sidney (33 cases last year).

The statistics show SidneyB次元官网网址檚 reported firearms offences are higher than the national average, per 100,000 population. But with a total of two such offences in 2016 puts that statistic in perspective.

The rate of sexual assaults in Sidney is up, with five such cases in 2016. And robberies are also up, with one actual incident reported by Macleans. All other crime categories show declining numbers in Sidney.

Apart from assault cases, the only other category showing an increase in cases in Central Saanich, is in fraud B次元官网网址� which hit 50 cases in 2016.

In its reporting, Macleans states overall crime in Canada is at is second lowest rate since 1998 B次元官网网址� as recorded by Statistics Canada.