Surrey enjoys its highest drop in crime in at least five years, with business break and enters down 21 per cent as one example.
The city hired a hundred more officers and created a registry of private security cameras, and development has helped as well.
But while the reality of crime is down, the feeling of being at risk remains.
Speaking of fear of risk, IPOs in Canada and worldwide declined dramatically in 2016. Vancouver-based Aritzia is one of the few exceptions of a company willing to risk a public offering.
