Winnipeg's overall crime rate rose 10 per cent in 2019, led by increasing rates of violent crime and property crime, according to the police's latest crime stat report.

Supt. Brian Hunter says total reported crime events in the municipality for the quarter was 1,751, which is down 19 per cent from last year (2,174).

In just one year the number of carjackings in the city more than doubled from 50 in 2017 to 103 last year. 

A Winnipeg criminologist says more cooperation is needed between city police and social services to fight rising crime rate.

Saskatoon has the fourth highest crime severity index (CSI) in the country, according to data released by Statistics Canada.

The severity of crime also rose by two per cent, according to a Statistics Canada calculation called the Crime Severity Index.

Police say the number of break and enters to residential properties, businesses and vehicles are declining in Prince Albert, Sask.

Edmonton's police chief plans on coordinating with public health officials to combat the growing use of meth he says is showing up in large numbers in daily police reports.

Kingston police release its 2018 crime statistics and the number of sex offences and break and enters stand out.

The stats show a 97 per cent rise in thefts from vehicles and a massive 230 per cent increase in violent crime at the Okanagan Correctional Centre near Oliver.