North Bay Police
First quarter city police stats are in and criminal offenses are pretty much where they were last year.

There were 697 criminal offences to the end of March — down 10 from last year.

The only big jump in crime stats involves theft under $5,000 — with 196 this year compared to 154 last year.

Most crime areas are down, including sexual offences, robberies, assaults and break and enters.

Meantime, calls for service and police activity are both up about 600.