Photo: George Dean · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako runs higher than in 90% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 195.5 for violence and 121.4 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). The grade is D, built on crime the police covering Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako reported from 2023 to 2025. Each year brought 41.8 violent incidents and 47.6 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 31.2 in 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Burns Lake detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako records 32.3 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 ↓
Over the British Columbia norm
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 141.7 in Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako. Towns its size ↓
Rising since 2023
Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako’s index went from 135.2 in 2023 to 162.8 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
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 Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 6 km off, which covers its own area rather than Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako.
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 Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako, by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako runs highest on mischief (32.3 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (4.2 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (22.6 per 1,000 against 6.7). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9 | 1.5 | 44% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 12 | 2 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 11 | 1.9 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 37.7 | 6.4 | 17% |
| Mischief | 191.3 | 32.3 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.9 | 57% |
| Administration of justice violations | 51.3 | 8.7 | 62% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.7 | 2.5 | 54% |
| Drug violations | 25 | 4.2 | 20% |
| Impaired driving | 29.3 | 5 | 66% |
| 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.
In Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako, up 20% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (162.8) and 2024 least (127.1). For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 162.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 127.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 135.2 | 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 Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 250 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako (5,940 residents), 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 280 property crimes, plus 430 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako | 1,769 | 141.7 | 195.5 | D |
| Burns Lake (3 km) | 2,007 | 141.7 | 195.5 | D |
| Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako (26 km) | 1,631 | 141.7 | 195.5 | D |
| Houston (60 km) | 3,114 | 162 | 219.6 | D |
| Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako (72 km) | 1,772 | 116.2 | 177.5 | C− |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako. Closest is Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako, 72 km away, at 116.2 to 141.7 here. The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 3–72 km from Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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 Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako
Is Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako safe?
Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako scores 141.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 41.8 violent incidents and 47.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 61.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 32.3 and assault at 22.6.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako?
Yes: the index rose 20%, from 135.2 in 2023 to 162.8 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako’s crime do police solve?
About 34% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 49% of violent and 23% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako 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).