StatsCan report shows drop in crime rates in 2025, raising questions about bail reform legislation
Open this photo in gallery:Bill C-14, which toughens bail and sentencing rules, came into force last week. Those rates also have fallen for the majority of provinces and territories. Only Nunavut and New Brunswick saw increases in 2025, with the former seeing a 10-per-cent rise and the latter six per cent.
- ▪Open this photo in gallery:Bill C-14, which toughens bail and sentencing rules, came into force last week.
- ▪Those rates also have fallen for the majority of provinces and territories.
- ▪Only Nunavut and New Brunswick saw increases in 2025, with the former seeing a 10-per-cent rise and the latter six per cent.
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Open this photo in gallery:Bill C-14, which toughens bail and sentencing rules, came into force last week. The legislation targets repeat and violent offenders in cases such as car thefts, breaking and entering and extortion.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian PressShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountCrime rates fell across the country in 2025, according to a Statistics Canada report released this week, prompting questions from some criminologists about the need for bail reform legislation, which was recently implemented to address public concerns about crime.The federal agency’s national crime severity index, which measures the volume and severity of crime per 100,000 people, fell by five per cent last year, from 79 in 2024 to 75 in 2025, marking the…
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