Posted: Jul 27, 2021 3:00 PM CT | Last Updated: July 27 Regina Police Chief Evan Bray said the decrease in police-reported crime is promising news, but that drugs, addition and overdoses continue to be a problem.(CBC News) Police-reported crime took a downturn in 2020 around the country and especially in the Regina area. A report from Statistics Canada credits the pandemic for the decreases, because many people were staying at home for long periods of time, and avoiding public gatherings and businesses. The report shows the crime rate and crime severity index (CSI) dropped in Canada from 2019 to 2020. Crime rate is determined by the amount of crimes committed for every 100,000 people, while CSI focuses more on the severity of a crime based on conviction rates and lengths of sentences.