Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime in Electoral Area G, East Kootenay is close to typical for Canadian towns
British Columbia’s towns sit around 83.2, midway up their range. Behind the grade sit 12.6 violent incidents and 31.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Electoral Area G, East Kootenay’s overall Safety Grade is C+: close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Police cleared 19% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, 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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Columbia Valley detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area G, East Kootenay
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
Seasonal homes make up about 31% of Electoral Area G, East Kootenay’s housing, so summer crime is set against winter’s population and the rates read high. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area G, East Kootenay records 10.2 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 ↓
Lighter than in 2023
From 79.9 in 2023 to 55.4 in 2025: that is Electoral Area G, East Kootenay’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Electoral Area G, East Kootenay’s two halves part ways: 60.2 for violence (typical 86.4) and 76.7 for the rest (typical 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.
Electoral Area G, East Kootenay: C+ for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 21 km from Electoral Area G, 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.
Year by year in Electoral Area G, East Kootenay: down 31%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 79.9 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 55.4 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area G, East Kootenay | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 79.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 79.9 | 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 G, East Kootenay, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Electoral Area G, East Kootenay’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area G, East Kootenay runs highest on mischief (10.2 per 1,000 against 4.2). 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 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 18% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 21 | 1.6 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14 | 1.1 | 31% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 32.7 | 2.5 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12 | 0.9 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 137.7 | 10.7 | 12% |
| Mischief | 131.3 | 10.2 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 24.3 | 1.9 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12.7 | 1 | 31% |
| Drug violations | 10.3 | 0.8 | 17% |
| Impaired driving | 60.3 | 4.7 | 36% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 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.
The detachment nearest Electoral Area G, East Kootenay, 13,100 residents: around 160 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.
Add about 410 property crimes and 210 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area G, East Kootenay
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area G, East Kootenay | 1,952 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| Radium Hot Springs (9 km) | 1,489 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| Invermere (23 km) | 4,305 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| Electoral Area F, East Kootenay (36 km) | 3,893 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 3 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 9–36 km from Electoral Area G, East Kootenay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area G, East Kootenay
Is Electoral Area G, East Kootenay safe?
Statistics Canada puts Electoral Area G, East Kootenay at 71.6 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 12.6 and property crimes at 31.9 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area G, East Kootenay?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (10.7 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 10.2, and other Criminal Code offences, at 9.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area G, East Kootenay?
The reverse: 79.9 in 2023 came down to 55.4 by 2025, 31% lower.
How much of Electoral Area G, East Kootenay’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 32% of violent crime and 14% of everything else, 19% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, 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 G, 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).