Photo: Kristina D.C. Hoeppner from Wellington, New Zealand · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime per resident in Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot runs higher than in 79% of Canadian towns
Its letter for safety is C−, worked out from crime the police covering Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot reported over 2023 to 2025. Split in two, the index gives 98.3 for violence and 106.2 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). Annual rates stand at 22.8 violent incidents and 34.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Ucluelet detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
With 54% of its homes not lived in all year, Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot counts its crime against a smaller year-round population than the one that is there in season. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot records 16.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Over the British Columbia norm
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 103.3 in Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot’s index splits into violent crime, 98.3 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 106.2 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure, as Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 13 km away.
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot, by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot runs highest on mischief (16.4 per 1,000 against 4.2) and assault (13.3 per 1,000 against 6.7). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 9 | 2.8 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.3 | 1 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 23 | 7 | 16% |
| Mischief | 53.3 | 16.4 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 44.3 | 13.6 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.3 | 1.9 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 6.7 | 2.1 | 64% |
| Impaired driving | 30 | 9.2 | 31% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Around 74 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot (3,380 residents), 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 110 property crimes and 160 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 119.4 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 75.5 in 2025. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 115.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 119.4 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot | 1,009 | 103.3 | 98.3 | C− |
| Ucluelet (13 km) | 2,452 | 103.3 | 98.3 | C− |
| Tofino (22 km) | 2,772 | 117.4 | 205.8 | C− |
| Electoral Area D, Alberni-Clayoquot (59 km) | 1,875 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot (67 km) | 3,069 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| Port Alberni (68 km) | 19,671 | 200.1 | 248.2 | D |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 2 come in under Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot. Closest is Electoral Area D, Alberni-Clayoquot, 58.8 km away, at 48.6 to 103.3 here. Where a neighbour shares its police, it shares the figure too, and isn’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 13–68 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Few people behind the figures. The police behind these figures serve about 3,375 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot
Is Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 103.3 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot stands, with 22.8 violent and 34.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 32.2, mischief at 16.4 and assault at 13.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot?
No: the index fell 37%, from 119.4 in 2023 to 75.5 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot’s crime do police solve?
About 34% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 49% of violent and 28% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area C, Alberni-Clayoquot and other places, so the figures are shared.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).