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Police deal with assault-heavy week

City police responded to more than 250 criminal incidents during the week of Monday, July 18 through Sunday, July 24. Thunder Bay Police Service statistics are made available through crimereports.
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City police responded to more than 250 criminal incidents during the week of Monday, July 18 through Sunday, July 24.

Thunder Bay Police Service statistics are made available through crimereports.com, a website that tracks reported crime via information provided by local police services.

This week’s report shows police were busier on the south side, responding to 146 criminal incidents compared to 104 cases north of the Harbour Expressway.

The more than 250 incidents reported last week is an estimate and does not include traffic cases.
South of the Harbour Expressway, some of the more serious incidents included:

• 21 assaults
• 16 break and enters
• 15 thefts
• 2 thefts of vehicle
• 7 thefts from vehicle
• 1 weapons charges
• 2 sexual assaults
• 11 property crimes

Meanwhile, north of the Harbour Expressway some of the more serious incidents included:

• 12 assaults
• 7 break and enters
• 2 sexual assaults
• 17 thefts
• 1 thefts of vehicle
• 2 thefts from vehicle
• 5 property crimes
• 3 robbery
• 4 weapons charges

The vast majority of cases city police responded to were listed as either liquor, disorder and property crime.

The above numbers represent an estimate.





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