Crime in rural areas 42 per cent higher than urban areas, says StatCan

So, while the majority of Criminal Code (excluding traffic) offences occurred in urban areas, says StatCan, the crime rate “in rural areas was 42 per cent higher than the rate in urban areas,” with 7,421 incidents per 100,000 population, compared with 5,235 incidents per 100,000 population in urban areas. Ten years earlier, in 2014, this gap was 29 per cent.