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VANCOUVER — Canada is a much safer place than 20 years ago but policing, legal, judicial and correctional costs have gone through the roof, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute.

The crime rate fell 27% in the past decade, with the number of crimes, their severity and the pain and suffering they caused all decreasing. But justice costs rose by 35%, according to the report from the public policy think-tank.

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Written by Stephen Easton, Hilary Furness and Paul Brantingham, The Cost of Crime in Canada report revealed that policing expenses, the biggest single driver — $388 per capita in 2012 — rose 44%, corrections expenses were up by 33% and court expenses jumped 21%.

The amount every Canadian pays increased over the past decade to $580 from $480.

The 116-page study says that in 1998, crime cost Canada $42.4-billion, but now costs $85-billion, almost $40-billion of which is public-sector spending.