Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 72.6 and other offences for 67.7, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Weighing it all, Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay earns B− for safety, with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Year on year, 14.7 violent incidents and 22.5 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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: one figure for all of the Salmo detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay records 7.8 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 ↓
Close to British Columbia’s typical town
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay scores 68.7. 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 G, Central Kootenay’s grade
How sure: Less sure, as Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 2 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.
What police record in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay, by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay runs highest on drug offences (4.4 per 1,000 against 0.7) and mischief (7.8 per 1,000 against 4.2). 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 | 1.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5 | 1.8 | 26% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5.3 | 1.9 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 20.7 | 7.2 | 3% |
| Mischief | 22.3 | 7.8 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 9 | 3.1 | 67% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Drug violations | 12.7 | 4.4 | 84% |
| Impaired driving | 27.3 | 9.6 | 68% |
| 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.
About 42 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay (2,860 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 64 a year and other violations 88 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Three years of Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
From 78.5 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 60.2 in 2025. 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 G, Central Kootenay | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 67.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 78.5 | 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 G, Central Kootenay, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay | 1,795 | 68.7 | 72.6 | B− |
| Salmo (8 km) | 1,310 | 68.7 | 72.6 | B− |
| Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary (20 km) | 2,008 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Fruitvale (20 km) | 2,068 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay (22 km) | 2,758 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| Castlegar (22 km) | 9,465 | 107.5 | 94.1 | C− |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 3 come in under Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay. The nearest of them, Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary (19.7 km away), scores 63.8 against 68.7. 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. The nearest places to Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay with figures are 8–22 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Small numbers. The police behind these figures serve about 2,857 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay
Is Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay safe?
With 14.7 violent incidents and 22.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay comes to 68.7 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (13 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 11.5, and mischief, at 7.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay?
Down 23%: 78.5 in 2023, 60.2 in 2025. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 39% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 55% of violent crime and 31% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).