Photo: Ben Waardenburg benwubbleyou · CC0Anmore sees less crime per resident than 87% of Canadian towns
That puts it at A for safety, judged on crime the police covering Anmore reported from 2023 to 2025: #11 of 251 in British Columbia. Violence accounts for an index of 34.2 and other offences for 40.4, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Police counts work out at 7.3 violent incidents and 14.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. Each of the 6 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Coquitlam detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Anmore
Below British Columbia’s typical town
Anmore’s index of 38.4 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Anmore places 6th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Police clear less here
Police cleared 17% of Anmore’s crime, weighted by seriousness (21% of violent crime, 15% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Anmore’s two halves part ways: 34.2 for violence (typical 85.7) and 40.4 for the rest (typical 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.
What’s behind Anmore’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 5 km from Anmore, since none reports under the town’s name.
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: #11 of 251 in British Columbia and #262 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.
Anmore’s crime by kind
Assault 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 | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 6 | 1.8 | 0% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 15.3 | 4.7 | 8% |
| Mischief | 15.3 | 4.7 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 3.3 | 1 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
Anmore comes 6th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Dufferin Manitoba | 2,587 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| 4 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 2,505 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 5 | Magrath Alberta | 2,566 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 6 | Anmore British Columbia | 2,508 | 38.4 | 34.2 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Polycarpe Quebec | 2,549 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 8 | Hatley Quebec | 2,512 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 9 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards Ontario | 2,505 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Clearwater British Columbia | 2,500 | 69.5 | 47 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Chase British Columbia | 2,591 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley British Columbia | 2,597 | 87 | 109.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Prairie Alberta | 2,607 | 334.5 | 521.9 | 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 Anmore in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Anmore, 3,210 residents: around 24 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.
And about 47 property crimes, plus 130 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Anmore, each year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 50.2, with 2023 the lightest at 24.6. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Anmore | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 50.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 24.6 | 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 Anmore, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Anmore
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anmore | 2,508 | 38.4 | 34.2 | A |
| Port Moody | 38,285 | 43.5 | 43.4 | A− |
| Coquitlam | 173,599 | 59.8 | 61.6 | B− |
| Burnaby Mountain | 9,248 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Lougheed | 15,442 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Lochdale | 7,463 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Montecito | 10,734 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
The places around Anmore all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. The police behind these figures serve about 3,210 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. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Anmore
Is Anmore safe?
Police-reported crime in Anmore scores 38.4 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 7.3 violent incidents and 14.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Anmore?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 4.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (4.7) and other Criminal Code offences (4.4).
Is crime going up in Anmore?
It went up 65% between 2023 and 2025, from 24.6 to 40.5. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Anmore’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 17%: 21% for violent crime and 15% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Anmore together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).