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Crime is on the rise in Vernon.
According to a report from Vernon RCMP that will be presented to city council on Monday, the Vernon detachment recorded a 14.93 per cent increase in criminal cases in the last three months of 2016.
The statistics are based on October to December and are compared to 2015 numbers.
Property crimes were up a whopping 27.58 per cent in 2016, with theft from vehicles almost doubling from 2015 stats.
Local police were also busier than ever.
A jump of 5.39 per cent in calls for the last three months of 2016 had RCMP responding to 30,164 calls compared to 28,621 in 2015.
However, impaired driving investigations have decreased by 9.09 per cent over the same time in 2015.
