Photo: George Dean · CC BY-SA 3.0For recorded crime, Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Steady over the three years, the index read 68.5 in 2023 and 66.9 in 2025. The overall Safety Grade is B− (#68 of 251 in British Columbia), which means close to the middle of Canadian towns, judged on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 18.1 violent incidents and 21.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. About 28% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Smithers detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako records 9.5 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako scores 107 for violence and 48.7 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Below British Columbia’s typical town
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako, 65. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako comes 21st, 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.
The B− for Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 3 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.
Its place: #68 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,008 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.
Crime in Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako runs highest on mischief (9.5 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (8.6 per 1,000 against 6.7). Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.3 | 1.9 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9 | 1.1 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 31.3 | 3.9 | 7% |
| Mischief | 76.3 | 9.5 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 31 | 3.9 | 36% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7.3 | 0.9 | 23% |
| Drug violations | 8.7 | 1.1 | 11% |
| Impaired driving | 16.7 | 2.1 | 62% |
| 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.
Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (68.5); 2024 was the lightest, at 59.5. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 59.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 68.5 | 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 A, Bulkley-Nechako, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako is 21st of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Spallumcheen British Columbia | 5,843 | 51.3 | 59.9 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Brokenhead Manitoba | 5,931 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| 19 | Stettler County No. 6 Alberta | 5,966 | 61.7 | 36.4 | B− |
| 20 | Saint Marys New Brunswick | 5,701 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 21 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 5,829 | 65 | 107 | B− |
| 22 | Redcliff Alberta | 5,916 | 66.7 | 63.8 | B− |
| 23 | Wolfville Nova Scotia | 5,587 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 24 | Shediac New Brunswick | 5,699 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 25 | Armstrong British Columbia | 5,643 | 73.6 | 83.6 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Electoral Area B, Peace River British Columbia | 5,814 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Osoyoos British Columbia | 5,724 | 97.9 | 68.6 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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 A, Bulkley-Nechako in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako, 8,030 residents: around 150 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 100 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako
Sharing its police with one neighbour, it shares that neighbour’s figure as well, so the neighbour isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako
Is Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako safe?
Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako measures 65 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 18.1 violent incidents and 21.3 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 9.5, assault at 8.6 and other Criminal Code offences at 8.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako?
Hardly at all, from 68.5 in 2023 to 66.9 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 45% of violent crime and 16% of everything else, 28% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako 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).