Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFewer crimes per resident are recorded in Electoral Area A, Comox Valley than in 69% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 61.5 and other offences to 45.1, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. The local count comes to 11.9 violent incidents and 18.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On crime the police covering Electoral Area A, Comox Valley reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #32 of 251 in British Columbia.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Comox Valley detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area A, Comox Valley
Below British Columbia’s typical town
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Electoral Area A, Comox Valley, 49.5. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Electoral Area A, Comox Valley comes 17th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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.
Inside Electoral Area A, Comox Valley’s B+ for safety
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: #32 of 251 in British Columbia and #521 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.
What police record in Electoral Area A, Comox Valley, by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area A, Comox Valley runs highest on mischief (6.8 per 1,000 against 4.9). Theft under $5,000 and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 55.7 | 1.8 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7 | 0.2 | 39% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 27 | 0.9 | 20% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12 | 0.4 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 148 | 4.7 | 8% |
| Mischief | 213.3 | 6.8 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 15.3 | 0.5 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 71.7 | 2.3 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 31 | 1 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 15.3 | 0.5 | 65% |
| Impaired driving | 129.3 | 4.1 | 71% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3.7 | 0.1 | — |
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.
31,400 residents, about 370 violent incidents a year: the police area Electoral Area A, Comox Valley belongs to, 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 580 property crimes, plus 460 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Electoral Area A, Comox Valley places 17th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Electoral Area G, Nanaimo British Columbia | 8,412 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
| 15 | Haliburton Village Ontario | 8,100 | 44.7 | 49.5 | A− |
| 16 | Aylmer Ontario | 8,371 | 49 | 63.6 | B+ |
| 17 | Electoral Area A, Comox Valley British Columbia | 8,415 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| 18 | Argyle Nova Scotia | 8,216 | 52.1 | 68.3 | B+ |
| 19 | McNab/Braeside Ontario | 8,340 | 52.1 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 20 | St. Marys Ontario | 8,203 | 52.5 | 75.2 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Trail British Columbia | 8,539 | 114.1 | 118.2 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 A, Comox Valley in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Electoral Area A, Comox Valley’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 50.4 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 48.1. 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 | Electoral Area A, Comox Valley | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 50.4 | 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 A, Comox Valley, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area A, Comox Valley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Comox Valley | 8,415 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| Cumberland | 4,974 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| Comox | 15,884 | 40.6 | 39.2 | A− |
| Courtenay | 32,869 | 131.2 | 129 | D |
| Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley | 7,830 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Electoral Area A, Comox Valley. Just 12.6 km away, Comox comes to 40.6, against 49.5. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A wider policing area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Electoral Area A, Comox Valley together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area A, Comox Valley
Is Electoral Area A, Comox Valley safe?
Electoral Area A, Comox Valley measures 49.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 11.9 violent incidents and 18.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area A, Comox Valley?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (8.5 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 6.8, and assault, at 5, follow.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area A, Comox Valley?
Hardly at all, from 50.4 in 2023 to 50 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area A, Comox Valley’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 34% of crime (48% of violent crime, 26% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area A, Comox Valley 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).