Stats Canada's report on crime severity and out of the 33 census metropolitan areas in the country, Moncton is the 13th safest community.
The numbers show the severity of crime in the hub city is less serious than other Atlantic Canadian communities with a population over 100,000.
It’s a drop of three positions from the community’s ranking in 2008. Here at home, the violent crime severity index sits at 109.3 which is up from 102.9.
Over-all, Stats Canada says the number of crimes reported to police fell last year as did the seriousness of the incidents.
