Photo: Ryan Durand · CC BY 4.0Per resident, Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako records more crime than four in five Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako reported from 2023 to 2025. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 29%, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Behind the grade sit 34.8 violent incidents and 32.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Violence accounts for an index of 177.5 and other offences for 92.7, against usual levels of 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. Measured across the Fraser Lake detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako records 16 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
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako, 116.2. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 177.5 on Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 92.7 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure, as Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 5 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako runs highest on mischief (16 per 1,000 against 4.2) and assault (12.9 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 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 1.8 | 30% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 8.7 | 2.7 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4.3 | 1.4 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 22 | 6.9 | 17% |
| Mischief | 50.7 | 16 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 19.3 | 6.1 | 59% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 1.7 | 51% |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 14 | 4.4 | 79% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 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.
The detachment closest to Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako, 3,160 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.
Add about 100 property crimes and 95 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 133.2 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 93.1. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 93.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 133.2 | 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 D, Bulkley-Nechako, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako | 1,772 | 116.2 | 177.5 | C− |
| Vanderhoof (50 km) | 4,545 | 126.5 | 178.5 | D |
| Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako (57 km) | 3,643 | 126.5 | 178.5 | D |
| Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako (58 km) | 1,312 | 286 | 349.2 | D |
| Fort St. James (63 km) | 1,542 | 286 | 349.2 | D |
| Burns Lake (71 km) | 2,007 | 141.7 | 195.5 | D |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 50–71 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Few people behind the figures. The police behind these figures serve about 3,160 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako
Is Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako safe?
The short answer is an index of 116.2 for Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako (2023–2025), built from 34.8 violent incidents and 32.5 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 23.8, mischief at 16 and assault at 12.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako?
The reverse: 133.2 in 2023 came down to 122.3 by 2025, 8% lower. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako’s crime do police solve?
About 29% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 44% of violent and 15% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Electoral Area D, 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).