Photo: Urban Walnut · CC BY-SA 3.0Hudson's Hope is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 70.9, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ sits at 67.2. Overall, Hudson's Hope grades C+ for safety: close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. What’s more, the local count comes to 17.3 violent incidents and 28.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Hudson's Hope detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Hudson's Hope
Mischief: high for a town its size
Hudson's Hope records 11.5 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 ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Hudson's Hope’s two halves part ways: 63.5 for violence (typical 86.4) and 74.4 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Much like British Columbia’s towns
Hudson's Hope’s index of 70.9 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. 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 Hudson's Hope’s grade
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.
Hudson's Hope’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Hudson's Hope runs highest on mischief (11.5 per 1,000 against 4.2) and assault (8.5 per 1,000 against 6.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1 | 0.8 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 3.3 | 2.8 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4.7 | 3.9 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 1.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 4.3 | 3.6 | — |
| Mischief | 14 | 11.5 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4 | 3.3 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.3 | 1.9 | — |
| Drug violations | 0.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 4.7 | 3.9 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 police area Hudson's Hope is part of, 1,200 residents, recorded about 21 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 35 property crimes and 22 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 Hudson's Hope’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 92; the lightest was 2024, at 36.5. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Hudson's Hope | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 36.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 92 | 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 Hudson's Hope, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Hudson's Hope
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson's Hope | 1,019 | 70.9 | 63.5 | C+ |
| Chetwynd (48 km) | 2,484 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River (55 km) | 2,737 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River (67 km) | 6,344 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| Fort St. John (71 km) | 24,383 | 200.6 | 214.9 | D |
| Taylor (79 km) | 1,415 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
The places around Hudson's Hope all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Hudson's Hope has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 48–79 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Read with care. With roughly 1,203 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.”
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Hudson's Hope is one part.
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. 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 Hudson's Hope
Is Hudson's Hope safe?
Hudson's Hope measures 70.9 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 17.3 violent incidents and 28.8 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Hudson's Hope?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 12.4, mischief at 11.5 and assault at 8.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Hudson's Hope?
No: the index fell 9%, from 92 in 2023 to 84.1 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Hudson's Hope’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 29% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 48% of violent crime and 22% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Hudson's Hope 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).