Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area C, East Kootenay is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 56.2, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5. In sum, crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Electoral Area C, East Kootenay at B (#51 of 251 in British Columbia): close to the middle of Canadian towns. Per 1,000 residents a year, 14.1 violent incidents and 19.2 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Cranbrook detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay
Lighter than British Columbia’s middle
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 56.2 in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay. Towns its size ↓
Down since 2023
Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s index went from 61.3 in 2023 to 50.2 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Electoral Area C, East Kootenay stands 15th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 25% for Electoral Area C, East Kootenay (40% violent, 16% 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.
What’s behind Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s grade
How sure: Less sure, as Electoral Area C, East Kootenay has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 2 km away.
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: #51 of 251 in British Columbia and #765 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.
Crime in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, type by type
Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.3 | 1.9 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13 | 1.6 | 21% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 11.3 | 1.4 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5 | 0.6 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 30.7 | 3.8 | 2% |
| Mischief | 40 | 5 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 17.3 | 2.1 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9 | 1.1 | 22% |
| Drug violations | 4.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 36.3 | 4.5 | 61% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
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.
In Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, down 18% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 61.3, against a low of 50.2 in 2025. 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 C, East Kootenay | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 57.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 61.3 | 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 C, East Kootenay, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Electoral Area C, East Kootenay stands 15th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parkhill Ontario | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Southern Gulf Islands British Columbia | 6,691 | 39.1 | 40.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Fairwinds British Columbia | 7,125 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Honoré Quebec | 6,984 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 13 | Plessisville Quebec | 6,774 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| 14 | Wainfleet Ontario | 7,329 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 15 | Electoral Area C, East Kootenay British Columbia | 7,006 | 56.2 | 70.5 | B |
| 16 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized Ontario | 6,831 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
| 17 | Douglas New Brunswick | 6,840 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 18 | Kent British Columbia | 7,093 | 65.5 | 97.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Fernie British Columbia | 7,086 | 69.5 | 65.2 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Hope British Columbia | 7,183 | 208.1 | 173 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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 C, East Kootenay in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment closest to Electoral Area C, East Kootenay, 7,990 residents, recorded about 110 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 150 property crimes, plus 110 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 Electoral Area C, East Kootenay
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, East Kootenay | 7,006 | 56.2 | 70.5 | B |
| Cranbrook (4 km) | 22,703 | 149.5 | 147.3 | D |
| Kimberley (27 km) | 9,037 | 45.9 | 44.5 | A− |
| Electoral Area B, East Kootenay (35 km) | 2,221 | 54.7 | 67.3 | B |
| Electoral Area E, East Kootenay (39 km) | 1,881 | 43.4 | 34.1 | A− |
| Fernie (50 km) | 7,086 | 69.5 | 65.2 | C+ |
3 of the 5 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Electoral Area C, East Kootenay. Closest is Kimberley, 27.4 km away, at 45.9 to 56.2 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 4–50 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area C, East Kootenay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay
Is Electoral Area C, East Kootenay safe?
Its police recorded 14.1 violent incidents and 19.2 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Electoral Area C, East Kootenay a Crime Severity Index of 56.2. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 5.8 and assault at 5.2.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area C, East Kootenay?
It went down 18% between 2023 and 2025, from 61.3 to 50.2.
How much of Electoral Area C, East Kootenay’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 40% of violent crime and 16% of everything else, 25% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area C, East 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).