Photo: The Interior · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Chase records more crime than two in three Canadian towns
The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 80 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Scored on crime the police covering Chase reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C for safety: #115 of 251 in British Columbia. Violence and property crime split as 16.7 violent incidents and 29.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Chase detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Chase
Easing since 2023
Chase’s index went from 115.2 in 2023 to 65 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Chase records 9.9 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 ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Chase is 29th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Below-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 22% for Chase (42% violent, 14% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Chase: C for safety, and why
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: #115 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,630 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.
Year by year in Chase: down 44%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (115.2); the low point came in 2024, at 60. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Chase | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 60 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 115.2 | 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 Chase, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Chase, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Chase runs highest on mischief (9.9 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (3.6 per 1,000 against 2.6). 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 | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 24.3 | 2.4 | 5% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13.3 | 1.3 | 32% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 36.3 | 3.6 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 0.8 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 64.7 | 6.4 | 4% |
| Mischief | 100 | 9.9 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 23.7 | 2.3 | 54% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9 | 0.9 | 30% |
| Drug violations | 5.3 | 0.5 | 32% |
| Impaired driving | 27 | 2.7 | 63% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
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.
By its index, Chase stands 29th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,668 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague Quebec | 2,536 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| 27 | Hanna Alberta | 2,665 | 76.9 | 65.8 | C+ |
| 28 | North Frontenac Ontario | 2,515 | 78.4 | 112.5 | C+ |
| 29 | Chase British Columbia | 2,591 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| 30 | Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,601 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 31 | Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley British Columbia | 2,597 | 87 | 109.6 | C |
| 32 | Sexsmith Alberta | 2,561 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| 33 | Tumbler Ridge British Columbia | 2,663 | 87.3 | 86.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 Chase in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Chase is part of, 10,100 residents, recorded about 170 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.
And about 290 property crimes, plus 160 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Chase
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 2,591 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| Sun Peaks Mountain (16 km) | 1,546 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| Blind Bay (23 km) | 9,984 | 40.8 | 37.4 | A− |
| Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola (25 km) | 3,543 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola (27 km) | 4,540 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap (29 km) | 3,475 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 4 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Chase has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–29 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Shared with the countryside. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Chase’s are shared with its surroundings.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Chase
Is Chase safe?
Its police recorded 16.7 violent incidents and 29 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Chase a Crime Severity Index of 80. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Chase?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 10.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (9.9) and assault (7.5).
Is crime going up in Chase?
Down 44%: 115.2 in 2023, 65 in 2025.
How much of Chase’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 22%: 42% for violent crime and 14% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Chase 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).