Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot records less crime per resident than seven in ten Canadian towns
Steady over the three years, the index read 50.9 in 2023 and 49.2 in 2025. On crime the police covering Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #30 of 251 in British Columbia. By contrast, for every 1,000 residents, 14.2 violent incidents and 19.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 69.1 and 40.9.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Port Alberni detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
Lower than most of British Columbia
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, 48.6. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot comes 12th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot: B+ for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 6 km from Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, not to the town.
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.
Its place: #30 of 251 in British Columbia and #497 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Which crimes make up Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot runs highest on mischief (7.3 per 1,000 against 4.9). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 10 | 1.1 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.3 | 1.2 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 46.3 | 5.2 | 5% |
| Mischief | 64.7 | 7.3 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 50.3 | 5.7 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.3 | 0.7 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 27.3 | 3.1 | 72% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.1 | — |
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 to 10,000 people.
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot comes 12th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Paspébiac Quebec | 3,132 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 10 | Elkford British Columbia | 3,030 | 48.2 | 67.7 | B+ |
| 11 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| 12 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot British Columbia | 3,069 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| 13 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau Quebec | 3,128 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 14 | Markstay-Warren Ontario | 2,990 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| 15 | Athens Ontario | 3,078 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Electoral Area D, Cariboo British Columbia | 3,057 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Welcome Beach British Columbia | 3,130 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Princeton British Columbia | 3,050 | 114.4 | 174.3 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Houston British Columbia | 3,114 | 162 | 219.6 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, 8,840 residents: around 130 violent incidents a year, 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 170 property crimes and 130 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 E, Alberni-Clayoquot, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (50.9); the low point came in 2024, at 45.8. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 45.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 50.9 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | 3,069 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| Electoral Area F, Alberni-Clayoquot | 2,141 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| Port Alberni | 19,671 | 200.1 | 248.2 | D |
| Electoral Area D, Alberni-Clayoquot | 1,875 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| Electoral Area H, Nanaimo | 4,815 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
3 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
Is Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot safe?
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot scores 48.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 14.2 violent incidents and 19.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 9.8, mischief at 7.3 and assault at 6.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot?
The index stayed close to where it was, 50.9 in 2023 and 49.2 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 41% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 58% of violent and 30% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot and everywhere else it polices.
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).