Photo: Kayoty · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime in Barriere sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 86.9 and its non-violent half to 66.4, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. Out of every 1,000 residents, 11.2 violent incidents and 21.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Barriere’s overall Safety Grade is C+: close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. About 28% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for 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. Shared with the rest of the Barriere detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Barriere
Mischief: high for a town its size
Barriere records 6.8 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 ↓
Near the British Columbia middle
Barriere’s index of 71.8 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. 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.
What’s behind Barriere’s grade
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 Barriere, by type
Against the typical town its size, Barriere runs highest on mischief (6.8 per 1,000 against 4.2). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7.3 | 1.7 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 11 | 2.4 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 16.3 | 3.7 | 8% |
| Mischief | 30.3 | 6.8 | 10% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 7.7 | 1.7 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4 | 0.9 | — |
| Drug violations | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 7.7 | 1.7 | 35% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 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.
About 50 violent incidents a year across the police area of 4,580 residents that includes Barriere, 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 96 property crimes, plus 66 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Three years of Barriere’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 112.5 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 49.2. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Barriere | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 49.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 112.5 | 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 Barriere, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Barriere
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barriere | 1,913 | 71.8 | 86.9 | C+ |
| Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson), Thompson-Nicola (16 km) | 1,653 | 71.8 | 86.9 | C+ |
| Sun Peaks Mountain (38 km) | 1,546 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola (42 km) | 4,540 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country), Thompson-Nicola (47 km) | 1,766 | 69.5 | 47 | C+ |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Barriere. Just 46.7 km away, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country), Thompson-Nicola comes to 69.5, against 71.8. One place nearby is policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 16–47 km from Barriere.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Small numbers. With roughly 4,575 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.”
- A wider policing area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Barriere is one part.
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Barriere
Is Barriere safe?
Barriere measures 71.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 11.2 violent incidents and 21.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Barriere?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 8.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 6.8 and fraud at 5.5.
Is crime going up in Barriere?
Down 52%: 112.5 in 2023, 53.8 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Barriere’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 28%: 36% for violent crime and 25% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Barriere 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).