Photo: George Dean · CC BY-SA 3.0Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako has more crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Violence and property crime split as 41.8 violent incidents and 47.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, its letter for safety is D, worked out from crime the police covering Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako reported over 2023 to 2025. Split in two, the index gives 195.5 for violence and 121.4 for everything else (normally 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Burns Lake detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area E, 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 ↓
Higher than most of British Columbia
Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s index of 141.7 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. Towns its size ↓
Rising since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako moved from 135.2 to 162.8, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went 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 E, Bulkley-Nechako’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 29 km from Electoral Area E, 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.
Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area E, 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.
From 2023 to 2025, Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s index climbed 20%
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 162.8, with 2024 the lightest at 127.1. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area E, 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 E, Bulkley-Nechako, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako, 5,940 residents, recorded about 250 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.
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 E, Bulkley-Nechako
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako | 1,631 | 141.7 | 195.5 | D |
| Electoral Area B, Bulkley-Nechako (26 km) | 1,769 | 141.7 | 195.5 | D |
| Burns Lake (28 km) | 2,007 | 141.7 | 195.5 | D |
| Houston (68 km) | 3,114 | 162 | 219.6 | D |
| Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako (73 km) | 1,772 | 116.2 | 177.5 | C− |
Nearby, 1 of 2 places with their own figures have a lower index than Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako. Just 72.8 km away, Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako comes to 116.2, against 141.7. Its police also cover 2 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 26–73 km from Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- 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 E, Bulkley-Nechako
Is Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako safe?
Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako measures 141.7 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 41.8 violent incidents and 47.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (61.2 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 32.3, and assault, at 22.6, follow.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 20%, to 162.8 from 135.2.
How much of Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 49% of violent crime and 23% of everything else, 34% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, 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 E, 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).