Lethbridge’s crime severity dropped last year, compared to 2021, making 4 years in a row the city has seen decreasing crime rates.

Lethbridge’s crime severity dropped last year, compared to 2021, making 4 years in a row the city has seen decreasing crime rates.
Lethbridge’s crime severity dropped last year, compared to 2020, making 3 years in a row the city has seen decreasing crime rates.
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This is the highest number of deaths seen in Lethbridge during the same 12 month period over the previous 4 years.
Alberta government data shows that Lethbridge saw more drug-related deaths between January and June 2021 than in the same period any other year.
Lethbridge has seen 25 drug-related deaths so far in 2021. That beats out every other year except last year, but we’re on track to beating that, too.
Lethbridge’s crime severity dropped last year, compared to 2019, making two years in a row the city has seen decreasing crime rates.
Lethbridge has seen 32 drug-related deaths since the supervised consumption site closed last summer. EMS responses are also up over 2020.
Lethbridge has seen a record number of drug-related deaths since ARCHES was forced to shut down its supervised consumption site last summer.
Lethbridge has seen a record number of drug-related deaths since ARCHES was forced to shut down its supervised consumption site last summer.