Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Steady over the three years, the index read 60.1 in 2023 and 57.5 in 2025. Weighing it all, Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George earns B− for safety (#74 of 251 in British Columbia), with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 10.7 violent incidents and 20.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 98.3 and 55.5.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts for the Prince George detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George is 19th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Close to British Columbia’s typical town
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George scores 67.3. 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, Fraser-Fort George’s B− for safety
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 17 km off, which covers its own area rather than Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George.
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: #74 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,304 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, Fraser-Fort George, by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George runs highest on mischief (7.1 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (3.2 per 1,000 against 2.8). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 47.7 | 3.2 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.3 | 1.1 | 41% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 40 | 2.7 | 27% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11.7 | 0.8 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 41.3 | 2.8 | 2% |
| Mischief | 105 | 7.1 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 12.3 | 0.8 | 54% |
| Administration of justice violations | 27.3 | 1.8 | 56% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 1 | 33% |
| Drug violations | 9 | 0.6 | 41% |
| Impaired driving | 19.7 | 1.3 | 85% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
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.
Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (84.4) and 2025 the trough (57.5). 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, Fraser-Fort George | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 84.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 60.1 | 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, Fraser-Fort George, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George is 19th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo British Columbia | 3,733 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 3,672 | 65.5 | 44.5 | B− |
| 17 | Cartier Manitoba | 3,739 | 67 | 72.1 | B− |
| 18 | Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George British Columbia | 3,811 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
| 19 | Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George British Columbia | 3,764 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
| 20 | East Hawkesbury Ontario | 3,787 | 70.8 | 123.5 | C+ |
| 21 | Electoral Area F, East Kootenay British Columbia | 3,893 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| 22 | Colchester County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 3,891 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Roberts Creek British Columbia | 3,779 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Lake Cowichan British Columbia | 3,757 | 94.9 | 158.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 39 | Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 3,643 | 126.5 | 178.5 | D |
| 40 | Cowichan Bay British Columbia | 3,713 | 131.7 | 149.7 | 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, Fraser-Fort George in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment closest to Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George, 14,800 residents, recorded about 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 300 property crimes and 140 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 A, Fraser-Fort George
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George | 3,764 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
| Prince George (15 km) | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | D |
| Electoral Area F, Fraser-Fort George (22 km) | 1,402 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
| Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George (28 km) | 4,802 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George (29 km) | 3,811 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
3 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George with figures are 15–29 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “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, Fraser-Fort George
Is Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George safe?
With 10.7 violent incidents and 20.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George comes to 67.3 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George?
Most often it is mischief: 7.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 6.1 and assault at 4.4.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George?
Not much: the index went from 60.1 in 2023 to 57.5 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 41% of violent crime and 22% of everything else, 28% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).