Chilliwack, BC was recently found to have the highest crime rate in Canada.The BC Conservatives have placed the blame squarely at the feet of the BC NDP, accusing the government of failing to properly address the issue."How did we become the most dangerous city in Canada?" Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs wondered. "That's the question every parent, every senior, and every business owner in Chilliwack is asking. This isn't a blip. These numbers have been bad for years and the NDP still has no plan to turn it around."According to Statistics Canada, in 2024 Chilliwack recorded 11,352 police-reported incidents per 100,000 people, giving the city a Crime Severity Index of 141.7. To put that in perspective, the average in British Columbia is 93.."Chilliwack families are living with the consequences of a system that has completely failed them," Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á’a:líya Warbus lamented. "People are afraid to walk alone at night, properties are being broken into, and repeat offenders are cycling through the system with no accountability. The NDP has let public safety crumble, and their failed drug experiment is making it worse. It's time to restore consequences, rebuild care, and end policies that enable an environment ripe for crime."Both Maahs and Warbus argued that while the city has worked to tackle the issue, inaction at the provincial level has prevented their initiatives from providing the desired results."Policing alone can't fix a broken system," Warbus said. "We need to tackle the root causes such as proper addictions treatment, housing, and a justice system that actually protects communities."A number of other BC cities made the top ten list, with Kamloops, Nanaimo, and Kelowna coming in at 10,546, 9,365, and 8,922 police-reported incidents per 100,000 people, respectively,
