Crime rates, severity of violent crime up in Ottawa

Reported crime was up in Ottawa in 2016, but the rate of violent crime remained relatively the same, even after a near-record year of homicides, according to the 2016 Ottawa Police Service annual report.
The crime rate was up nearly six per cent from 2015, but the rate of violent crime, despite a year of atypical bloodshed in the city, was down almost one per cent. The rate of non-violent reported crime was up more than seven per cent.
The annual report “highlights how (OPS) addressed (its