Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 caElectoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George has more crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 92.5 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 67.2. That puts it at C for safety, judged on crime the police covering Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George reported from 2023 to 2025. Behind the grade sit 15.9 violent incidents and 30.5 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+. Police cleared 26% 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the McBride detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George records 6.9 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 70.1 on Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 102.2 against 62.8. By type ↓
Much like British Columbia’s towns
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 92.5 in Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George. 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 H, Fraser-Fort George’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 30 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.
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 H, Fraser-Fort George’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George runs highest on break and enter (6.9 per 1,000 against 2.5) and mischief (9 per 1,000 against 4.2). Fraud 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 | 1.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 11.7 | 6.9 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4.3 | 2.5 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 12 | 7 | 17% |
| Mischief | 15.3 | 9 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 3.7 | 2.1 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.7 | 1 | — |
| Drug violations | 1.7 | 1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 8 | 4.7 | 50% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 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.
About 27 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George (1,670 residents), 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 52 property crimes and 31 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (99.9); the lightest was 2024 (78.9). The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 78.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 98.7 | 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 H, Fraser-Fort George, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George | 1,604 | 92.5 | 70.1 | C |
| Valemount (58 km) | 1,082 | 132.4 | 103.6 | D |
| Jasper (132 km) | 4,627 | 67.7 | 60.8 | B− |
| Electoral Area F, Cariboo (147 km) | 5,016 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo (156 km) | 1,289 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| Clearwater (158 km) | 2,500 | 69.5 | 47 | C+ |
Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George sits above 4 of the 5 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is Jasper, 132.2 km away, at 67.7 to 92.5 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George with figures are 58–158 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Few people behind the figures. With roughly 1,669 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George
Is Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George safe?
Police-reported crime in Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George scores 92.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 15.9 violent incidents and 30.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 10.4 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 9 and theft under $5,000 at 7.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George?
Barely: 98.7 in 2023, 99.9 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 55% of violent crime and 18% of everything else, 26% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George 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).