Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley records less crime than 69% of Canadian towns
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. Add to that, on crime the police covering Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #32 of 251 in British Columbia. Of the two halves, violence comes to 61.5 and other offences to 45.1, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Comox Valley detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley
Below British Columbia’s typical town
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 49.5 in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley stands 21st, the lowest first. 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 B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’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.
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 B (Lazo North), Comox Valley, by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area B (Lazo North), 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.
The police area Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley is part of, 31,400 residents, recorded about 370 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.
Property crime adds about 580 a year and other violations 460 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley comes 21st of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Shefford Quebec | 7,704 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 19 | Cornwall Prince Edward Island | 7,920 | 46.9 | 58 | B+ |
| 20 | La Broquerie Manitoba | 7,808 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
| 21 | Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley British Columbia | 7,830 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| 22 | Cardinal Ontario | 7,952 | 51.4 | 74.1 | B+ |
| 23 | Saint-Calixte Quebec | 7,627 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 24 | Acton Vale Quebec | 7,945 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Electoral Area A, Nanaimo British Columbia | 7,825 | 87 | 109.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Drayton Valley Alberta | 8,047 | 152.4 | 156.3 | 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 B (Lazo North), Comox Valley in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 50.4, and 2024 the lightest at 48.1. 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 B (Lazo North), 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 B (Lazo North), Comox Valley, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley | 7,830 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| Comox | 15,884 | 40.6 | 39.2 | A− |
| Courtenay | 32,869 | 131.2 | 129 | D |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley | 9,803 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| Cumberland | 4,974 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| Electoral Area A, Comox Valley | 8,415 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley. Just 4.6 km away, Comox comes to 40.6, against 49.5. Its police also cover 3 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- A wider policing area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley
Is Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley safe?
Police-reported crime in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley scores 49.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 11.9 violent incidents and 18.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 6.8 and assault at 5.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 50.4 to 50.
How much of Electoral Area B (Lazo North), 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 B (Lazo North), 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).