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stouffviue suntribunem saturday haays 20075 crime rate drops but murder up electronic gadgets such as ipods lead to increased street robberies byjoefantauzzi staff writer york regions crime rate has dropped even though there were more murders and robberies last year york regional police statistics show there were 38663 crimes reported in the region last year down 697 from 2005 that translates to a drop of 51 per cent per 100000 residents from 2005 however there were three more murders and 22 more robberies total crimes against persons were down by 114 driven by a drop in sexual assaults the increase in robberies includes an increase in young people being robbed on the streets of electronics such as ipods and designer clothes this is a safe community and con tinues to be a safe community chief armand la barge said patrick francone 18 agrees there are not that many murders the aurora resident said ive never seen any muggings or pickpockets never heard of it michelle qubti who recently moved to vaughan said she also feels safe i havent had any incidents ms qubti said 1 think its fairly quiet i dont see a whole lot of kids grouped together nothing that would frighten me jeff purvey who lives in keswick and stopped to eat in markham tuesday said he also feels safe adding hes street smart having grown up in scarborough i think its better than most places but i think it has something to do with it being a ritzier community he said while york police cleared 83 per cent of crimes against persons only 38 per cent of property crimes were cleared property crimes are harder to solve because there are often no witnesses chief la barge said york police plan to increase their use of crime analysis in property cases to identify trends and patterns he said bythe numbers 38663 total criminal and federal offences in york region in 2006 701 increase in property crimes arson mischief and fraud 139 decrease in vehicle thefts hondas were stolen more than any other car 749 drop in criminal code traffic violations 125 increase in impaired driving charges 56 number of hate crimes in york down 2 139 decrease in vehicle thefts y 645 weapons violations down from 658 6 percentage in drug violations 83 percentage of crimes against persons cleared by york police wwwkingfestmusiccom hosted by seneca college king campus 13990 dufferin st n king city order tickets online at wwwticketmasterca or call 4168708000 ticketmaster cuars3j fsmcaulnt i rrvr- mmm see seneca larter ontario canada trust 9v philips iftt p iw pohhvhfr fov vwowouj over the next 25 years york region will experience continued rapid and dynamic population and employment growth by 2031 the region is anticipated to grow by adding 570000 people to bring our population to 15 million people 0 340000 jobs to bring our employment to 800000 last year the public gave us key input on a range of issues facing the region including protecting our natural heritage and maintaining our high quality of life accommodating significant population and employment growth addressing traffic congestion and ensuring that there is appropriate infrastructure investment to support growth rates ensuring that human services keep pace with growth maintaining a vibrant economy and attracting employment our challenge is to make smarter more sustainable growth management decisions in 2007 we are asking for your input on several growth scenarios developed over the past year come and share your thoughts and ideas with us on one of the following dates 600 pm to 700 pm open house 700 to 730 presentation 730 to 900 pm facilitated discussion meeting date municipality location tuesday may 8 2007 town of richmond hill richmond hill municipal offices 225 east beaver creek road omb hearing room lobby 1 floor wednesday may 9 2007 town of aurora aurora town hall 1 municipal drive aurora council chambers thursday may 10 2007 town of east gwillimbury east gwillimbury civic centre 19000 leslie street sharon council chambers tuesday may 15 2007 town of newmarket newmarket municipal offices 395 mulock drive newmarket council chambers for further information please visit wwwyorkca or call 9058304444 extns 1526 1532 or 1508 wrlgregum love your look and feel the confidence laser hair removal safe effective permanent cellumte reduction using advanced rf technology see our website for city tvs feature photofacial microdermabrasion and advanced skin care special for the month of may book any advanced skin care treatment and receive a second treatment at half price 6038 main street stouffviue 9056400092 wwwmedispacliniccom edispa clinic on main