Crime rate on the rise in Chilliwack

CHILLIWACK — There is a disturbing trend emerging as society recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and it has nothing to do with physical health. Instead, the trend is an increase in crime. That was a point made last week by Superintendent Davy Lee of the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment.
“We are seeing a rise in the crime data,” Lee told Chilliwack City Council Tuesday in his quarterly community policing report. “Now that we are moving to the post-pandemic era, we&r