CPS sees slight increase in violent crime in 2020 May 6, 2021 Reading time: 2 min 30 s By Nick Seebruch CORNWALL, Ontario – Cornwall Police Service (CPS) Chief Danny Aikman presented his service’s crime statistics for 2020 to the CPS Board on Thursday, May 6, 2021. The Chief explained that 2020 saw a slight increase in violent crime as well as some property crimes. Of note, Assault with a Weapon offences was up by 26.7 per cent in 2020 with 114 reported cases that year compared to 90 in 2019. Sexual Assaults and Sexual Interference crimes reported to the police were also up by 13.6 per cent and 50 per cent respectively with 99 cases of Sexual Assault reported to CPS in 2020 compared to 94 in 2019 and 12 cases of Sexual Interference in 2020 compared to eight in 2019.