Electoral Area B, Cariboo sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Violence accounts for an index of 76.4 and other offences for 58.6, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Overall, it grades B− for safety (#64 of 251 in British Columbia). Even so, its police logs show 15.3 violent incidents and 25.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Quesnel detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area B, Cariboo
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area B, Cariboo records 11.6 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 ↓
Under the British Columbia norm
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Electoral Area B, Cariboo scores 63.3. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Electoral Area B, Cariboo is 21st of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. 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.
What’s behind Electoral Area B, Cariboo’s grade
How sure: Less sure, as Electoral Area B, Cariboo has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 10 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: #64 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,000 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.
What police record in Electoral Area B, Cariboo, by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area B, Cariboo runs highest on mischief (11.6 per 1,000 against 4.9). 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 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 29 | 2.1 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 15.3 | 1.1 | 20% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 22.7 | 1.7 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 10 | 0.7 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 54 | 4 | 9% |
| Mischief | 156.3 | 11.6 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 8 | 0.6 | 59% |
| Administration of justice violations | 43.3 | 3.2 | 49% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.3 | 1.4 | 45% |
| Drug violations | 11.3 | 0.8 | 27% |
| Impaired driving | 33.7 | 2.5 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Year by year in Electoral Area B, Cariboo: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 64.2, and 2025 the lightest at 62.8. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area B, Cariboo | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 63 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 64.2 | 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 B, Cariboo, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Electoral Area B, Cariboo stands 21st of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,209 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Electoral Area E, Cariboo British Columbia | 4,242 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs Quebec | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 19 | Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine British Columbia | 4,153 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
| 20 | Lantzville British Columbia | 4,276 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| 21 | Electoral Area B, Cariboo British Columbia | 4,169 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| 22 | North Norfolk Manitoba | 4,084 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| 23 | Crabtree Quebec | 4,237 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 24 | Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 4,279 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen British Columbia | 4,103 | 113.4 | 144 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Port Hardy British Columbia | 4,201 | 259.5 | 435.4 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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 B, Cariboo in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 210 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Electoral Area B, Cariboo (13,500 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 340 a year and other violations 160 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area B, Cariboo
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | 4,169 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| Quesnel | 10,253 | 275.7 | 243.5 | D |
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo | 1,289 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo | 6,172 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| Electoral Area I, Cariboo | 1,707 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
The comparison skips 3 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area B, Cariboo
Is Electoral Area B, Cariboo safe?
Electoral Area B, Cariboo’s Crime Severity Index is 63.3 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 15.3 violent incidents and 25 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
Top of the list is mischief (11.6 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 7, and assault, at 6.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
Barely: 64.2 in 2023, 62.8 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area B, Cariboo’s crime do police solve?
35%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 56% and non-violent crime at 25%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Electoral Area B, Cariboo 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).