Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako than in 95% of Canadian towns
About 40% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its violent half comes to 349.2 and its non-violent half to 263.1, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. The grade is D, built on crime the police covering Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, typical years here bring 76.0 violent incidents plus 113.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 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 Fort St James detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako records 63.6 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
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s index of 286 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.
The D for Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 9 km from Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Crime in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako runs highest on mischief (63.6 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (11.2 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (44 per 1,000 against 6.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 1.4 | 35% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.7 | 1.9 | 91% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.7 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 37.7 | 9.5 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.3 | 2.6 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 107.3 | 27 | 39% |
| Mischief | 251.7 | 63.6 | 44% |
| Weapons violations | 7.3 | 1.9 | 68% |
| Administration of justice violations | 165.7 | 41.8 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 26 | 6.6 | 59% |
| Drug violations | 44.3 | 11.2 | 18% |
| Impaired driving | 34.3 | 8.7 | 69% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
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 300 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako (4,050 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.
Property crime adds about 450 a year and other violations 400 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Three years of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 319.1, and its lowest 2025, at 245.8. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 245.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 293.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 319.1 | 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 C, Bulkley-Nechako, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako | 1,312 | 286 | 349.2 | D |
| Fort St. James (5 km) | 1,542 | 286 | 349.2 | D |
| Vanderhoof (50 km) | 4,545 | 126.5 | 178.5 | D |
| Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako (58 km) | 1,772 | 116.2 | 177.5 | C− |
| Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako (59 km) | 3,643 | 126.5 | 178.5 | D |
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako has the highest index of the places around it. Just 49.6 km away, Vanderhoof comes to 126.5, against 286. One nearby place has no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 5–59 km from Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- Read with care. About 4,051 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
Is Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako safe?
With 76 violent incidents and 113.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako comes to 286 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 78.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (63.6) and assault (44).
Is crime going up in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako?
The reverse: 319.1 in 2023 came down to 245.8 by 2025, 23% lower. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 40% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 51% of violent crime and 34% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako and everywhere else it polices.
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).