Photo: Maclean25 at English Wikipedia · Public domainChetwynd records more crime per resident than 89% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 210.6 and 112.3. Graded on crime the police covering Chetwynd reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety. Per 1,000 residents a year, 36.2 violent incidents and 54.1 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Still, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 162.7 in 2023 to 139.7 by 2025.
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 Chetwynd detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Chetwynd
Mischief: high for a town its size
Chetwynd records 25.8 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 ↓
Over the British Columbia norm
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Chetwynd, 139.5. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Chetwynd’s index splits into violent crime, 210.6 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 112.3 against 62.8. By type ↓
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 Chetwynd’s grade
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 Chetwynd, by type
Against the typical town its size, Chetwynd runs highest on mischief (25.8 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (19.2 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (2 per 1,000 against 0.8). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 19.3 | 3.9 | 4% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 21 | 4.2 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 54.3 | 10.9 | 12% |
| Mischief | 128 | 25.8 | 35% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 37.7 | 7.6 | 72% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.7 | 1.7 | 38% |
| Drug violations | 4 | 0.8 | — |
| Impaired driving | 32.7 | 6.6 | 53% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 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.
Chetwynd, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 162.7, and 2024 the lightest at 116.1. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Chetwynd | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 116.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 162.7 | 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 Chetwynd, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 180 violent incidents a year in the 5,020-resident police area around Chetwynd, 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 270 property crimes, plus 140 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 Chetwynd
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chetwynd | 2,484 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River (9 km) | 2,737 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Hudson's Hope (48 km) | 1,019 | 70.9 | 63.5 | C+ |
| Tumbler Ridge (74 km) | 2,663 | 87.3 | 86.4 | C |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River (76 km) | 6,344 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| Taylor (78 km) | 1,415 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
Chetwynd has the highest index of the places around it. Just 47.6 km away, Hudson's Hope comes to 70.9, against 139.5. One place nearby is policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Chetwynd with figures are 9–78 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- A wider policing area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Chetwynd’s are shared with its surroundings.
Questions about safety in Chetwynd
Is Chetwynd safe?
Its police recorded 36.2 violent incidents and 54.1 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Chetwynd a Crime Severity Index of 139.5. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Chetwynd?
Police record mischief most, 25.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (19.2) and other Criminal Code offences (17.8).
Is crime going up in Chetwynd?
Down 14%: 162.7 in 2023, 139.7 in 2025.
How much of Chetwynd’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 69% of violent crime and 19% of everything else, 41% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Chetwynd 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).