Photo: TerradiseBC · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine runs lower than in 64% of Canadian towns
Counting crime the police covering Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B for safety: #47 of 251 in British Columbia. Still, recorded violent incidents ran at 13.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 20.6, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 75.4 for violence and 45.4 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). The index rose from 47.9 in 2023 to 51.8 in 2025.
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 Terrace detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine
Lower than most of British Columbia
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 53.7 in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine stands 20th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine records 13.5 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 ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: B for Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 4 km off, which covers its own area rather than Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine.
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: #47 of 251 in British Columbia and #652 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.
What police record in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine, by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine runs highest on mischief (13.5 per 1,000 against 4.9) and drug offences (1.7 per 1,000 against 0.7). 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 | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5.7 | 0.7 | 93% |
| Breaking and entering | 11 | 1.4 | 6% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6.7 | 0.8 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 17 | 2.1 | 4% |
| Mischief | 108 | 13.5 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.6 | 20% |
| Administration of justice violations | 25.3 | 3.2 | 50% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 0.7 | 38% |
| Drug violations | 13.3 | 1.7 | 20% |
| Impaired driving | 36 | 4.5 | 81% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 61.4, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 47.9. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 61.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 47.9 | 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 Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The detachment nearest Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine, 8,090 residents: around 110 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 170 a year and other violations 170 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
By its index, Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine stands 20th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | 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+ |
| 18 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 52.5 | 75.2 | B+ |
| 19 | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs Quebec | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 20 | Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine British Columbia | 4,153 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
| 21 | Lantzville British Columbia | 4,276 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| 22 | Electoral Area B, Cariboo British Columbia | 4,169 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| 23 | North Norfolk Manitoba | 4,084 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen British Columbia | 4,103 | 113.4 | 144 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Port Hardy British Columbia | 4,201 | 259.5 | 435.4 | D |
| 38 | Fort Nelson British Columbia | 4,144 | 263.7 | 376.9 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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 Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine | 4,153 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
| Terrace | 13,648 | 174.6 | 155 | D |
| Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine | 3,189 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
Sharing its police with one neighbour, it shares that neighbour’s figure as well, so the neighbour isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine
Is Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s Crime Severity Index stands at 53.7 for 2023–2025. Its police record 13.6 violent incidents and 20.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine?
Mischief is the most common, at 13.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (12.9) and assault (6.8).
Is crime going up in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine?
It went up 8% between 2023 and 2025, from 47.9 to 51.8.
How much of Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 38% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 60% of violent crime and 23% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine and everywhere else it polices.
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).