ISLAND’S ‘UNFOUNDED’ RATES

Rates of sexual assault allegations dismissed as unfounded, according to data collected and analyzed by the Globe and Mail: • National average — 19% • B.C. average — 11% Municipal departments • Victoria Police Department — 13% (64 of 500) • Saanich Police Department — 10% (31 of 321) • Central Saanich Police Service — 60% (15 of 25) • Oak Bay Police Department — 44% (7 of 16) Island RCMP, by community • North Saanich —7% (2 of 30) • Sidney —6% (8 of 137) • Langford — 11% (26 of 238) • Colwood — 10% (7 of 67) • Sooke —6% (7 of 122) • Salt Spring Island —7% (5 of 75) • Nanaimo — 11% (101 of 958) • Port Alberni — 13% (55 of 411) • Comox — 10% (4 of 39) • Courtenay — 7% (22 of 334)