Crime rates dipped in first six months of pandemic: Statistics Canada “Basically what we’ve seen with Waterloo is very much like the other services,” Rebecca Kong told Global News.Waterloo Region has seen a 12.8 per cent reduction in crime between March and August 2020 in comparison to a year earlier.It is not across the board that crime has dropped off though.Assaults have fallen 7.3 per cent but assaults by family members have gone up by around five per cent.A similar picture can be seen with regard to break-ins.
With everyone home, break-ins at residences were down almost 60 per cent whereas they were up nine per cent at businesses.In addition, Kong says police have seen an increase in overall calls of 6.5 per cent.