Photo: The original uploader was GreenB1983 at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0Invermere sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
British Columbia’s towns sit around 83.2, midway up their range. Overall, it grades C+ for safety (#83 of 251 in British Columbia). Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 71.6 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. By contrast, typical years here bring 12.6 violent incidents plus 31.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Columbia Valley detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Invermere
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Invermere moved from 79.9 to 55.4, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Invermere records 10.2 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 ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Invermere’s index splits into violent crime, 60.2 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 76.7 against 62.8. By type ↓
A low clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Invermere’s police clear 19%, 32% of violent crime and 14% of the rest. Questions ↓
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 Invermere’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.
Its place: #83 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,398 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.
Year by year in Invermere: down 31%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 79.9, and 2025 the lightest at 55.4. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Invermere | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 79.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 79.9 | 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 Invermere, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
What police record in Invermere, by type
Against the typical town its size, Invermere runs highest on mischief (10.2 per 1,000 against 4.9). Theft under $5,000 and break and enter sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 0.4 | 18% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 21 | 1.6 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14 | 1.1 | 31% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 32.7 | 2.5 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12 | 0.9 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 137.7 | 10.7 | 12% |
| Mischief | 131.3 | 10.2 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 24.3 | 1.9 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12.7 | 1 | 31% |
| Drug violations | 10.3 | 0.8 | 17% |
| Impaired driving | 60.3 | 4.7 | 36% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 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 to 10,000 people.
By its index, Invermere stands 26th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,309 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| 4 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,209 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Electoral Area E, Cariboo British Columbia | 4,242 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Lantzville British Columbia | 4,276 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Golden British Columbia | 4,433 | 65.5 | 44.5 | B− |
| 24 | Grand Forks British Columbia | 4,308 | 67.5 | 73.9 | B− |
| 25 | Crabtree Quebec | 4,237 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 26 | Invermere British Columbia | 4,305 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| 27 | Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 4,279 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| 28 | Victoria County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 4,258 | 82.8 | 120.7 | C |
| 29 | Oka Quebec | 4,312 | 83 | 129.3 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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 Invermere in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Invermere is part of, 13,100 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 410 property crimes and 210 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 Invermere
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invermere | 4,305 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| Radium Hot Springs | 1,489 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| Electoral Area F, East Kootenay | 3,893 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 2 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider policing area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Invermere together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
Questions about safety in Invermere
Is Invermere safe?
Police-reported crime in Invermere scores 71.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 12.6 violent incidents and 31.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Invermere?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 10.7, mischief at 10.2 and other Criminal Code offences at 9.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Invermere?
Down 31%: 79.9 in 2023, 55.4 in 2025.
How much of Invermere’s crime do police solve?
19%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 32% and non-violent crime at 14%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Invermere 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).