As of Friday, the City of Vancouver had registered 19 homicides in 2017, said Vancouver Police Department spokesman Sgt. Jason Robillard.
That tally is about 40 per cent higher than Vancouver’s 10-year average of 13.4 homicides per year, according to VPD crime statistics. The last time Vancouver recorded 19 homicides in a single year was 2009. There were 20 homicides in 2008.
Meanwhile, Surrey recorded 12 homicides this year, Surrey RCMP spokesman Cpl. Scotty Schumann said Friday. That’s 20 per cent lower than the city’s 10-year average of 15 homicides per year, according to Surrey RCMP crime statistics, but it’s less than half the city’s high of 25 homicides recorded in 2013.
As of Friday, the City of Vancouver had registered 19 homicides in 2017, said Vancouver Police Department spokesman Sgt. Jason Robillard.
That tally is about 40 per cent higher than Vancouver’s 10-year average of 13.4 homicides per year, according to VPD crime statistics. The last time Vancouver recorded 19 homicides in a single year was 2009. There were 20 homicides in 2008.
Meanwhile, Surrey recorded 12 homicides this year, Surrey RCMP spokesman Cpl. Scotty Schumann said Friday. That’s 20 per cent lower than the city’s 10-year average of 15 homicides per year, according to Surrey RCMP crime statistics, but it’s less than half the city’s high of 25 homicides recorded in 2013.