Crime per resident in Electoral Area F, Cariboo runs lower 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. That puts it at B+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Electoral Area F, Cariboo reported from 2023 to 2025: #42 of 251 in British Columbia. What’s more, the yearly rates were 9.6 violent incidents and 15.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Williams Lake detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area F, Cariboo
Lighter than British Columbia’s middle
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 51.7 in Electoral Area F, Cariboo. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Electoral Area F, Cariboo stands 7th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in Electoral Area F, Cariboo stood at 55.6, by 2025 at 46.7. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. 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.
Electoral Area F, Cariboo: B+ for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Electoral Area F, Cariboo itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 31 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: #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.
Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area F, Cariboo runs highest on drug offences (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.7). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 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 F, Cariboo: down 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 55.6; the lightest was 2025, at 46.7. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area F, 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 F, Cariboo, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Electoral Area F, Cariboo stands 7th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Bruce Peninsula Ontario | 5,018 | 29.3 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Cumberland British Columbia | 4,974 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| 5 | Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley British Columbia | 5,156 | 49.9 | 52.5 | B+ |
| 6 | Cobble Hill British Columbia | 5,074 | 49.9 | 52.5 | B+ |
| 7 | Electoral Area F, Cariboo British Columbia | 5,016 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| 8 | Edenwold No. 158 Saskatchewan | 4,932 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 9 | Morin-Heights Quebec | 5,086 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 10 | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 5,194 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Electoral Area C, North Okanagan British Columbia | 5,029 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| 19 | Electoral Area F, North Okanagan British Columbia | 4,969 | 62.6 | 70.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Gibsons British Columbia | 5,090 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Electoral Area D, Peace River British Columbia | 5,100 | 107.6 | 157.4 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | 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 F, Cariboo in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment closest to Electoral Area F, Cariboo, 13,500 residents, recorded about 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.
Add about 210 property crimes and 130 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area F, Cariboo
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Cariboo | 5,016 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| Electoral Area D, Cariboo (25 km) | 3,057 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| Williams Lake (29 km) | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | D |
| Electoral Area E, Cariboo (31 km) | 4,242 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
Sharing its police with 2 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Electoral Area F, Cariboo with figures are 25–31 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. 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.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area F, Cariboo
Is Electoral Area F, Cariboo safe?
Statistics Canada puts Electoral Area F, Cariboo at 51.7 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 9.6 and property crimes at 15.9 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area F, Cariboo?
Assault is the most common, at 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (4.7) and mischief (4.2).
Is crime going up in Electoral Area F, Cariboo?
Down 16%: 55.6 in 2023, 46.7 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s crime do police solve?
About 38% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 57% of violent and 29% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area F, Cariboo and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).