Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay runs lower than in 80% of Canadian towns
That puts it at A− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Electoral Area E, East Kootenay reported from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent incidents ran at 8.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 20.1, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its violent half comes to 34.1 and its non-violent half to 47.5, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. About 28% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Kimberley detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay
Lighter than British Columbia’s middle
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Electoral Area E, East Kootenay scores 43.4. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Violent crime scores 34.1 on Electoral Area E, East Kootenay’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 47.5 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 Electoral Area E, East Kootenay’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 13 km from Electoral Area E, East Kootenay, not to the town.
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.
Which crimes make up Electoral Area E, East Kootenay’s figures
Assault 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 4.3 | 2.1 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.7 | 1.7 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 8.7 | 4 | 3% |
| Mischief | 10.3 | 4.8 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 3.3 | 1.6 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 13.3 | 6.1 | 58% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
The detachment closest to Electoral Area E, East Kootenay, 2,090 residents, recorded about 18 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 43 property crimes, plus 27 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay, each year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (44.7) and 2023 the trough (41.4). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area E, East Kootenay | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 44.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 41.4 | 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 Electoral Area E, East Kootenay, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area E, East Kootenay
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, East Kootenay | 1,881 | 43.4 | 34.1 | A− |
| Kimberley (19 km) | 9,037 | 45.9 | 44.5 | A− |
| Cranbrook (34 km) | 22,703 | 149.5 | 147.3 | D |
| Electoral Area C, East Kootenay (39 km) | 7,006 | 56.2 | 70.5 | B |
Electoral Area E, East Kootenay has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Electoral Area E, East Kootenay with figures are 19–39 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.
- Few people behind the figures. About 2,091 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Reading the number. 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.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay
Is Electoral Area E, East Kootenay safe?
Electoral Area E, East Kootenay measures 43.4 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 8.4 violent incidents and 20.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay?
Top of the list is Criminal Code traffic offences (6.4 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 5.6, and fraud, at 5.1, follow.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area E, East Kootenay?
It went up 7% between 2023 and 2025, from 41.4 to 44.2. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Electoral Area E, East Kootenay’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 28% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 55% of violent crime and 19% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Electoral Area E, East Kootenay and everywhere else it polices.
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).