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We suffer this here. Toronto has roughly 40 - 80 murders each year. So each year comes with helpful headlines informing us the homicide rate has halved or dou
by retrac 5y ago
We suffer this here. Toronto has roughly 40 - 80 murders each year. So each year comes with helpful headlines informing us the homicide rate has halved or doubled over the previous year, often with some commentary about what this regression/progression indicates for our society. If you average over a few years, you find out it's basically flat.
- FridayoLeary 5y ago"Murders up by 156%!!" (i.e. 20 more than last year)
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- topspin 5y agoStatistics Canada has the Toronto Metropolitan Area averaging well over 100/year for the last 3 years: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510007101 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=351000...
- spideymans 5y agoYou're just talking about two different areas. Your data is for the Greater Toronto Area. The commenter above you was referring to the City if Toronto (which is one of several municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area).