Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Hope than in 94% of Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of D follows from crime the police covering Hope reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #240 of 251 in British Columbia. Typical years here bring 32.8 violent incidents plus 108.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. Its violent half comes to 173 and its non-violent half to 223.8, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8.
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.
What stands out about safety in Hope
Mischief: high for a town its size
Hope records 39.3 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Above British Columbia’s typical town
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 208.1 in Hope. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
From 240.5 in 2023 to 178.2 in 2025: that is Hope’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
A low clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 14% for Hope (31% violent, 8% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D for Hope
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: #240 of 251 in British Columbia and #2,507 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.
Crime in Hope, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Hope runs highest on mischief (39.3 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (10.5 per 1,000 against 2.8) and motor vehicle theft (7.7 per 1,000 against 2.6).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 73.3 | 10.5 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10.7 | 1.5 | 31% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 53.7 | 7.7 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17 | 2.4 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 257.7 | 36.8 | 6% |
| Mischief | 274 | 39.3 | 3% |
| Weapons violations | 8 | 1.1 | 34% |
| Administration of justice violations | 21 | 3 | 51% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17.3 | 2.5 | 19% |
| Drug violations | 8 | 1.1 | 21% |
| Impaired driving | 30.7 | 4.4 | 60% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4 | 0.6 | — |
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.
In Hope, down 26% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 240.5, and 2025 the lightest at 178.2. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Hope | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 178.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 205.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 240.5 | 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 Hope, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Hope stands 36th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Fairwinds British Columbia | 7,125 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Electoral Area C, East Kootenay British Columbia | 7,006 | 56.2 | 70.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Kent British Columbia | 7,093 | 65.5 | 97.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Fernie British Columbia | 7,086 | 69.5 | 65.2 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Yarmouth Nova Scotia | 7,129 | 146.8 | 215.2 | D |
| 34 | Athabasca County Alberta | 7,280 | 165 | 138.6 | D |
| 35 | Slave Lake Alberta | 7,334 | 186.1 | 153.9 | D |
| 36 | Hope British Columbia | 7,183 | 208.1 | 173 | D |
| 37 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 254.7 | 229 | D |
| 38 | Merritt British Columbia | 7,190 | 270.6 | 338.1 | D |
| 39 | Bonnyville Alberta | 7,366 | 285.4 | 211.4 | D |
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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 Hope in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Hope recorded about 230 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.
Property crime adds about 750 a year and other violations 430 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Hope
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | 7,183 | 208.1 | 173 | D |
| Harrison Hot Springs (27 km) | 2,148 | 164.4 | 219.2 | D |
| Kent (29 km) | 7,093 | 65.5 | 97.8 | B− |
| Rosedale (32 km) | 2,401 | 164.4 | 219.2 | D |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley (41 km) | 1,155 | 164.4 | 219.2 | D |
| Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley (44 km) | 1,748 | 164.4 | 219.2 | D |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Hope. Harrison Hot Springs, 27.1 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 164.4 to 208.1.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Hope has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 27–44 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Hope
Is Hope safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Hope comes to 208.1. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 32.8 violent incidents and 108.1 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Hope?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (53.1 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 39.3, and theft under $5,000, at 36.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Hope?
It went down 26% between 2023 and 2025, from 240.5 to 178.2.
How much of Hope’s crime do police solve?
14%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 31% and non-violent crime at 8%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Hope’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).