Calgary leads the country in domestic assault rates, but according to the Calgary Foundation’s recently released 2008 Vital Signs report card, 67 per cent of offenders don’t re-offend after rehabilitation.
The statistic is one of many contained in the report card, which gives the city a C-minus grade on safety. The highest grades were in the work and learning categories, which each received a B because of Calgary’s low unemployment and high rate of post-secondary grads. The lowest grade, a D, went to housing. The report cites house prices, decreasing rental stock and the increase of homelessness as factors.
Most of the grades hover around the C mark. The report says Calgary is “at a crossroads of unrest” because of its explosive economic growth.
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