Montreal is one of North America’s safest cities, but feelings of insecurity are on the rise

Montreal is one of North America’s safest cities, but feelings of insecurity are on the rise

Montreal has become one of the safest cities in North America, but residents’ sense of insecurity is growing, according to police.

A safe city – but we don’t feel it

Montreal remains the safest city of its size in North America, but we’re not feeling it, admits the police chief in a statement on Tuesday. Fady Dagher doesn’t discuss this, but he should be thinking about it: if people feel edgy even while the statistics show crime is low, and begin to desert the streets – especially after dark – and to avoid public transit, it can damage the city in the long run. Most of the point in the linked pieces – Englis…