For recorded crime, Fruitvale sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Violence and property crime split as 6.9 violent incidents and 16.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Weighing it all, Fruitvale earns B− for safety, with close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported over 2023 to 2025. On top of that, on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 63.8, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ sits at 67.2.
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 Trail and Greater District detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Fruitvale
Easing since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Fruitvale moved from 65.7 to 54.3, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Below British Columbia’s typical town
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 63.8 in Fruitvale. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Fruitvale’s two halves part ways: 58.3 for violence (typical 86.4) and 66.6 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
A low clearance rate
Police cleared 25% of Fruitvale’s crime, weighted by seriousness (51% of violent crime, 17% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The B− for Fruitvale, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Fruitvale itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 11 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.
Fruitvale’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Fruitvale runs highest on mischief (5.8 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 | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 0.5 | 12% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.3 | 1.3 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13.3 | 1.1 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 50 | 4.1 | 9% |
| Mischief | 71.7 | 5.8 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 117 | 9.6 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7 | 0.6 | 39% |
| Drug violations | 6.3 | 0.5 | 63% |
| Impaired driving | 35.7 | 2.9 | 62% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Fruitvale’s index fell 17% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 71.5, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 54.3. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fruitvale | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 71.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 65.7 | 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 Fruitvale, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 85 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Fruitvale (12,300 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 200 property crimes and 240 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 Fruitvale
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitvale | 2,068 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary | 2,008 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Montrose | 1,072 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Trail | 8,539 | 114.1 | 118.2 | C− |
| Warfield | 1,729 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Electoral Area B (Lower Columbia-Old-Glory), Kootenay Boundary | 1,432 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Rossland | 4,355 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
5 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. 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.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Fruitvale
Is Fruitvale safe?
Police-reported crime in Fruitvale scores 63.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 6.9 violent incidents and 16.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Fruitvale?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 15.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (5.8) and theft under $5,000 (4.1).
Is crime going up in Fruitvale?
No: the index fell 17%, from 65.7 in 2023 to 54.3 in 2025.
How much of Fruitvale’s crime do police solve?
About 25% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 51% of violent and 17% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Fruitvale 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).