They report an increase of 22 percent in calls for service in the northern district in December to 5273 from 4334 in December 2020. That includes an increase from 635 to 896 in common police activities with wellbeing checks up from 87 to 166 and people reported missing up from 105 to 156.

Crimes against person increased from 570 to 771 including sexual offences increasing from 24 to 27, assaults increasing from 423 to 603 and robbery, extortion, harassment, threats increasing from 105 to 117.  Crimes against property increased from 655 to 1103 with theft over five thousand dollars increasing from 16 to 31 and mischief increasing from 494 to 921.  And drug enforcement was up from 34 to 43 with possession increasing from one to 11 while trafficking decreased from 30 to 27.