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Domestic violence
The Windsor Police Services categorizes domestic Chart 64: Number of assault-family and sexual assault family.
violence under two categories, sexual assault – family, City of Windsor, 2009-2014.
and assaults – family. In 2010, a low of 439 assaults
occurred and since then, assaults against family have Assault Family Sexual Assault Family
steadily increased. In 2012 they were at their highest
at 522 before declining slightly to 482 in 2014. Sexual 600 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
assaults against family have remained constant, 500
averaging around 32 per year with a slight decline from 400
a high of 41 in 2010 to a low of 24 in 2013, then a slight 300
increase to 29 in 2014. Unfortunately comparisons to 200
other communities are difficult as Ontario Municipal 100
Benchmarking Initiative does not track this data and
local police services in London and Kitchener-Waterloo- 0 2009
Cambridge categorize these crimes in different manners.
Source: W indsor Police Services. (2014) Crime Statistics.
Road safety
Roads are an important community asset. If people 231 violations per 100,000 people, the Windsor CMA
do not feel safe travelling from point A to B it impacts has seen fluctuating results. There was an increase in
community safety, and the ties that bind us together. violations from 207 in 2008 to 229 per 100,000 people in
2013. The Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA seems
Traffic violations include impaired driving, failure to to be the gold standard having maintained a sub-200
comply, dangerous operation of a vehicle and fail to violation level for all of the years reviewed. Part of the
stop. The data that is available for the Windsor CMA reason for this variation could be due to the discretion
indicates that violations in this area are lower than that local law enforcement has in enforcing road safety.
Ontario. Although the provincial average for traffic
violations has been on a steady decline from 264 to
Chart 65: R ate per 100,000 people of Total criminal code traffic Windsor CMA London CMA
violations in 2008-2013, Windsor CMA, London CMA, Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA Ontario
Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge CMA and Ontario.
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 252-00511, Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations. (Accessed on 2015-04-15)
Domestic violence
The Windsor Police Services categorizes domestic Chart 64: Number of assault-family and sexual assault family.
violence under two categories, sexual assault – family, City of Windsor, 2009-2014.
and assaults – family. In 2010, a low of 439 assaults
occurred and since then, assaults against family have Assault Family Sexual Assault Family
steadily increased. In 2012 they were at their highest
at 522 before declining slightly to 482 in 2014. Sexual 600 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
assaults against family have remained constant, 500
averaging around 32 per year with a slight decline from 400
a high of 41 in 2010 to a low of 24 in 2013, then a slight 300
increase to 29 in 2014. Unfortunately comparisons to 200
other communities are difficult as Ontario Municipal 100
Benchmarking Initiative does not track this data and
local police services in London and Kitchener-Waterloo- 0 2009
Cambridge categorize these crimes in different manners.
Source: W indsor Police Services. (2014) Crime Statistics.
Road safety
Roads are an important community asset. If people 231 violations per 100,000 people, the Windsor CMA
do not feel safe travelling from point A to B it impacts has seen fluctuating results. There was an increase in
community safety, and the ties that bind us together. violations from 207 in 2008 to 229 per 100,000 people in
2013. The Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA seems
Traffic violations include impaired driving, failure to to be the gold standard having maintained a sub-200
comply, dangerous operation of a vehicle and fail to violation level for all of the years reviewed. Part of the
stop. The data that is available for the Windsor CMA reason for this variation could be due to the discretion
indicates that violations in this area are lower than that local law enforcement has in enforcing road safety.
Ontario. Although the provincial average for traffic
violations has been on a steady decline from 264 to
Chart 65: R ate per 100,000 people of Total criminal code traffic Windsor CMA London CMA
violations in 2008-2013, Windsor CMA, London CMA, Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo CMA Ontario
Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge CMA and Ontario.
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Source: Statistics Canada. Table 252-00511, Incident-based crime statistics, by detailed violations. (Accessed on 2015-04-15)
