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Total crimes against property All three communities fare poorly when compared to
the province despite a downward trend property crime
Property crime whether a break–and-enter, arson, to a statistics. Although the Windsor CMA rate of property
smashed window or graffiti on a wall has a pronounced crime fell from 3,598 to 2,966 incidents per 100,000
impact on a community, leaving a visual scar that can people, it remains well above the provincial average of
easily be seen by all. These crimes not only affect the 2,361 incidents in 2013.
victims but the wider community as abandoned and
damaged properties languish.

Chart 62: T otal crimes against property, rate per 100,000 Windsor CMA London CMA
population, 2008-2013, Windsor CMA, London CMA, Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA Ontario
Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge CMA and Ontario.

6,000

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Source: S tatistics Canada. Table 252-0051 - Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, CANSIM (database). (Accessed on 2015-04-13)
NOTE: Crimes against property include breaking and entering, possession of stolen property, theft, fraud, mischief, and arson.

Total arsons preliminary number reported in the media seem on track
to remain in that range.lxxxii Overall the Windsor CMA
Arson is an obvious and dangerous form of property generally finds itself around the provincial average for
destruction.lxxxi Despite the concentration of media arson while Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA and
reporting on arson in recent years, the overall number London CMA have larger fluctuations.
of arsons in the Windsor CMA has remained in a range
of 53 to 74 annually in the years of study and the 2014

Chart 63: T otal Arson rates per 100,000 population, 2008-2013, Windsor CMA London CMA
Windsor CMA, London CMA, Kitchener-Waterloo- Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA Ontario
Cambridge CMA and Ontario.

60

50

40

30

20

10

0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Source: S tatistics Canada. Table 252-0051 - Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations, CANSIM (database). (Accessed on 2015-04-13)

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