Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is higher in Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay than in 76% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 102.6 and other offences for 93.1, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. A Safety Grade of C− follows from crime the police covering Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay reported over the years 2023 to 2025. On top of that, the local count comes to 18.1 violent incidents and 32.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Nakusp detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay records 6.2 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Much like British Columbia’s towns
Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay’s index of 95.2 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. 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.
Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay: C− for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 20 km from Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay, 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay runs highest on break and enter (6.2 per 1,000 against 2.5) and mischief (8 per 1,000 against 4.2). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23.7 | 6.2 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.3 | 2.7 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 33.3 | 8.7 | 19% |
| Mischief | 30.7 | 8 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 21.3 | 5.6 | 78% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6 | 1.6 | 12% |
| Drug violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Impaired driving | 8.3 | 2.2 | 52% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
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.
The detachment closest to Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay, 3,920 residents, recorded about 69 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 120 property crimes and 84 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
The index in Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay, each year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 111, and 2025 the lightest at 80.1. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 94.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 111 | 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 K, Central Kootenay, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay | 1,965 | 95.2 | 102.6 | C− |
| Nakusp (11 km) | 1,740 | 95.2 | 102.6 | C− |
| Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay (55 km) | 1,596 | 55.8 | 39.2 | B |
| Electoral Area E, North Okanagan (57 km) | 1,248 | 53.2 | 66.4 | B+ |
| Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay (63 km) | 5,390 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| Kaslo (72 km) | 1,141 | 55.8 | 39.2 | B |
The places around Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Electoral Area D, Central Kootenay (55.4 km away), scores 55.8 against 95.2. A neighbour policed by the same service carries the same figure, so it isn’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay with figures are 11–72 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. About 3,917 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay
Is Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay safe?
Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay’s Crime Severity Index is 95.2 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 18.1 violent incidents and 32.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (18.1 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 8.7, and mischief, at 8, follow.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 28%, to 80.1 from 111. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 33% of crime (67% of violent crime, 19% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay 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).