Violent crime down in Sudbury in 2024, robberies increase

Violent crime overall dropped in Greater Sudbury in 2024, officials said Wednesday, but it rose in other areas such as robbery.

The number of criminal offences reported in Greater Sudbury last year was down by four per cent, according to statistics headed to the police services board this week.

That translates into 394 fewer criminal offences compared to 2023.

Violent crime was down by 10.8 per cent, while property offences declined by 3.8 per cent. That includes a drop in sexual assaults (14.2 per cent), criminal harassment (22.6 per cent) and assaults 9.7 per cent).

Robbery offences increased

Other sexual offences, however, increased by 8.1 per cent. That category includes crimes such as sexual interference, distributing intimate images and child luring.

Robbery offences also increased by 21.7 per cent last year, and drug-related offences were up by 60.9 per cent, the report said.

Greater Sudbury Police received 64,752 calls for service in 2024, 85 per cent of which were non-criminal, including liquor licence concerns, mental health, suspicious persons and mental health calls.

There were also two fewer homicides last year.

The report goes to the police services board on Wednesday.