Photo: This image is Image Number 937549 at Mushroom Observer , a source for mycological images. · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Lantzville records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, 13.0 violent incidents and 23.0 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Taking everything together, Lantzville scores B− (#54 of 251 in British Columbia): close to the middle of Canadian towns, measured on crime its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Add to that, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 63.6 in 2023 to 55.6 by 2025. Split in two, the index gives 58.4 for violence and 59.6 for everything else (normally 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. Measured across the Nanaimo detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Lantzville
Under the British Columbia norm
Lantzville’s index of 58.9 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. Towns its size ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Lantzville records 8.1 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 ↓
A low clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 21% of crime in Lantzville ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 32% of violent crime and 16% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Lantzville places 20th from the lowest index. 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.
Lantzville: B− for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 10 km off, which covers its own area rather than Lantzville.
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: #54 of 251 in British Columbia and #902 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.
Which crimes make up Lantzville’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Lantzville runs highest on mischief (8.1 per 1,000 against 4.9). Motor vehicle theft 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 | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 30.3 | 1.8 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.7 | 1 | 32% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 23.7 | 1.4 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11 | 0.7 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 96.7 | 5.8 | 7% |
| Mischief | 135.3 | 8.1 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.3 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 30 | 1.8 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16.7 | 1 | 38% |
| Drug violations | 7 | 0.4 | 29% |
| Impaired driving | 44.7 | 2.7 | 61% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.06 | — |
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.
Lantzville, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (63.6); 2025 was the lightest, at 55.6. 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 | Lantzville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 57.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 63.6 | 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 Lantzville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The detachment nearest Lantzville, 16,900 residents: around 220 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 380 a year and other violations 210 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Lantzville comes 20th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 4,389 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| 2 | Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,309 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| 3 | 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 | White City Saskatchewan | 4,379 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 19 | Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine British Columbia | 4,153 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
| 20 | Lantzville British Columbia | 4,276 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| 21 | Electoral Area B, Cariboo British Columbia | 4,169 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| 22 | Rossland British Columbia | 4,355 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| 23 | Richmond County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 4,305 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| 24 | Grand Forks British Columbia | 4,308 | 67.5 | 73.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Invermere British Columbia | 4,305 | 71.6 | 60.2 | 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 Lantzville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Lantzville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lantzville | 4,276 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| Fairwinds | 7,125 | 44.5 | 43.2 | A− |
| Electoral Area C, Nanaimo | 3,733 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| Nanaimo | 111,845 | 121.6 | 127.7 | D |
| Parksville | 15,371 | 107.4 | 88.3 | C− |
Lantzville sits above 1 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. Just 7.6 km away, Fairwinds comes to 44.5, against 58.9. Where a neighbour shares its police, it shares the figure too, and isn’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Lantzville
Is Lantzville safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Lantzville’s Crime Severity Index stands at 58.9 for 2023–2025. Its police record 13 violent incidents and 23 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Lantzville?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 8.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (8.1) and theft under $5,000 (5.8).
Is crime going up in Lantzville?
The reverse: 63.6 in 2023 came down to 55.6 by 2025, 12% lower.
How much of Lantzville’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 21% of crime (32% of violent crime, 16% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Lantzville 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).