Residential property crime is down by over 30 per cent in Richmond compared to last year, according to RCMP.
According to the Richmond Mounties — who compared data from April to September of this year to that same period in 2018 — residential break-ins have decreased by 32 per cent.
From April to September 2018, there were 349 incidents. This year, there were 236.
“We have attacked residential break and enters with an all-hands-on-deck approach, and used a highly data-driven methodology aided by our crime analysts,” said Sgt. Simon Lee of Richmond RCMP’s crime reduction unit, in a press release.
“We are then able to map areas, times and identify patterns or trends in behavior. This information then can be quickly disseminated to all of our frontline and specialty units.”
This reduction in property crime is due to the combined efforts of the RCMP’s property crime and crime prevention units and prolific offender suppression team, as well as front line officers, the block watch unit and crime analysts.
“Our several-pronged approach in investigating and disrupting suspects responsible for residential break-ins has resulted in the arrest of several high-profile offenders, each responsible for multiple crimes.
“We have shown that a common goal can be reached with a unified and concerted effort among all units,” said Lee, adding that the RCMP will continue to ensure that those responsible for property crime will not go unchecked.
