Recorded crime per resident is lower in Electoral Area D, Cariboo than in 66% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 55.1 and other offences for 50.8, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Recorded violent incidents ran at 9.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 15.9, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On top of that, on crime the police covering Electoral Area D, Cariboo reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #42 of 251 in British Columbia.
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: the Williams Lake detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area D, Cariboo
Under the British Columbia norm
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Electoral Area D, Cariboo, 51.7. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Electoral Area D, Cariboo comes 17th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than in 2023
From 55.6 in 2023 to 46.7 in 2025: that is Electoral Area D, Cariboo’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. 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.
The grade: B+ for Electoral Area D, Cariboo
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 10 km from Electoral Area D, Cariboo, not to the town.
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: #42 of 251 in British Columbia and #570 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 D, Cariboo, by type
Fraud 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 | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 25.3 | 1.9 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 19.7 | 1.5 | 22% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 30.3 | 2.3 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 37 | 2.8 | 5% |
| Mischief | 56 | 4.2 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 9 | 0.7 | 59% |
| Administration of justice violations | 24 | 1.8 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8 | 0.6 | 38% |
| Drug violations | 15.3 | 1.1 | 48% |
| Impaired driving | 34.3 | 2.6 | 58% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.07 | — |
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 D, Cariboo: down 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 55.6 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 46.7. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area D, Cariboo | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 52.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 55.6 | 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 D, Cariboo, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The detachment nearest Electoral Area D, Cariboo, 13,500 residents: around 130 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.
Property crime adds about 210 a year and other violations 130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Electoral Area D, Cariboo is 17th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Elkford British Columbia | 3,030 | 48.2 | 67.7 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot British Columbia | 3,069 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Athens Ontario | 3,078 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 15 | Saint-Liboire Quebec | 3,123 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 16 | Saint-Dominique Quebec | 3,062 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 17 | Electoral Area D, Cariboo British Columbia | 3,057 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| 18 | Trois-Pistoles Quebec | 3,123 | 52.3 | 97.2 | B+ |
| 19 | Vanscoy No. 345 Saskatchewan | 3,029 | 54.2 | 56.3 | B |
| 20 | Ange-Gardien Quebec | 3,100 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Welcome Beach British Columbia | 3,130 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Princeton British Columbia | 3,050 | 114.4 | 174.3 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 D, Cariboo in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Electoral Area D, Cariboo
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Cariboo | 3,057 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| Williams Lake | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | D |
| Electoral Area E, Cariboo | 4,242 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area D, Cariboo
Is Electoral Area D, Cariboo safe?
The short answer is an index of 51.7 for Electoral Area D, Cariboo (2023–2025), built from 9.6 violent incidents and 15.9 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area D, Cariboo?
Police record assault most, 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (4.7) and mischief (4.2).
Is crime going up in Electoral Area D, Cariboo?
The reverse: 55.6 in 2023 came down to 46.7 by 2025, 16% lower.
How much of Electoral Area D, Cariboo’s crime do police solve?
38%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 57% and non-violent crime at 29%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Electoral Area D, 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).