Photo: Themightyquill · CC BY-SA 2.5Ashcroft sees more crime per resident than 89% of Canadian towns
That puts it at D for safety, judged on crime the police covering Ashcroft reported from 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 29.2 violent incidents and 47.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Split in two, the index gives 113.5 for violence and 145.4 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8).
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 Ashcroft detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Ashcroft
Mischief: high for a town its size
Ashcroft records 10.9 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 ↓
Above British Columbia’s typical town
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Ashcroft scores 135.5. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Ashcroft’s index splits into violent crime, 113.5 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 145.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
Below-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Ashcroft’s police clear 21%, 45% of violent crime and 14% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Ashcroft: D for safety, and why
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 Ashcroft, by type
Against the typical town its size, Ashcroft runs highest on mischief (10.9 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (15.3 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (5.2 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 20.3 | 5.2 | 6% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 15.7 | 4 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 67.7 | 17.3 | 7% |
| Mischief | 42.7 | 10.9 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 1.3 | 46% |
| Administration of justice violations | 19.3 | 5 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.7 | 1.7 | 40% |
| Drug violations | 7.3 | 1.9 | 18% |
| Impaired driving | 21.7 | 5.5 | 51% |
| 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 people or more.
The police area Ashcroft is part of, 3,970 residents, recorded about 110 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 180 property crimes, plus 110 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 Ashcroft, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (153.6); the low point came in 2025, at 106.2. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Ashcroft | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 106.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 146.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 153.6 | 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 Ashcroft, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Ashcroft
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashcroft | 1,744 | 135.5 | 113.5 | D |
| Cache Creek | 1,053 | 135.5 | 113.5 | D |
| Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola | 1,189 | 135.5 | 113.5 | D |
Its police also cover 2 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. 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.
- 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. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Small numbers. With roughly 3,968 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Ashcroft is one part.
Questions about safety in Ashcroft
Is Ashcroft safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 135.5 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Ashcroft stands, with 29.2 violent and 47.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Ashcroft?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 17.3, other Criminal Code offences at 17.2 and assault at 15.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Ashcroft?
It went down 31% between 2023 and 2025, from 153.6 to 106.2. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Ashcroft’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 21% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 45% of violent and 14% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Ashcroft 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).