On Tuesday, the Calgary Police Service released a much-anticipated report that shows that crime around the consumption site has spiked since Safeworks started providing a safe place for addicts to ingest their street drugs.
While drug crimes in the rest of the city are declining, the crime and disorder report shows a 250-metre zone near Safeworks has seen a 276-per-cent increase in drug-related calls to police in 2018, along with a 29-per-cent rise in the overall number of calls for service compared with the three-year average.
Violence in the area is up nearly 50 per cent, while vehicle crime has increased 63 per cent. Break-and-enters are also up by more than 60 per cent and the total number of calls to police jumped 36 per cent in 2018 compared with the previous year.
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