The Manitoba RCMP West District, which includes Dauphin, experienced a significant decrease in calls for service in January compared to the same time period the previous year, dropping nine per cent from 4,756 last year to 4,607 in 2022.

Decreases were reported in all categories, except crimes against property.

The following increases and decreases are being highlighted:

Common police activities had an overall decrease of 14 per cent from 536 in 2021 to 462 this year, with the highest individual decreases in suspicious person, vehicle or property down 28 per cent from 167 to 120 and breach of peace down 37 per cent from 165 to 104.

Crimes against the person had a decrease of six per cent from 279 to 262. Sexual offences decreased by 50 per cent from 24 calls in 2021 to 12 in 2022 and assaults decreased five per cent from 156 to 148.

Crimes against property, overall, saw an increase of 11 per cent from 489 calls to 543, theft under $5,000 increased 44 per cent from 94 to 135, while break and enters increased 28 per cent from 88 to 113 and theft over $5,000 increased from 15 per cent from 40 to 46. Finally, fraud decreased 25 per cent from 61 to 46.

Drug enforcement saw an overall decrease of 33 per cent from 48 to 32 and specifically, possession decreased from 15 to 10.

Similar decreases were seen across the province with the East District down 13 per cent from 7,009 to 6,754 and the North District dropping 10 per cent to 5,200 from 5,889.

The complete statistics can be found at www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/mb/stats/index-eng.htm.