Photo: Andybremner2012 · CC BY-SA 4.0Lillooet has more crime per resident than 88% of Canadian towns
Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 28% (the typical Canadian town of 2,500+: 34%). What’s more, the grade is D, built on crime the police covering Lillooet reported from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent incidents ran at 30.3 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 54.4, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Of the two halves, violence comes to 120.5 and other offences to 134.9, beside norms of 86.4 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Lillooet detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Lillooet
Mischief: high for a town its size
Lillooet records 22.5 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 ↓
Heavier than British Columbia’s middle
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 130 in Lillooet. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Lillooet’s index splits into violent crime, 120.5 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 134.9 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Lillooet: D for safety, and why
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.
What police record in Lillooet, by type
Against the typical town its size, Lillooet runs highest on mischief (22.5 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (18.5 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (6.7 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 22.3 | 6.7 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 1.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 11 | 3.4 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 47.3 | 14.5 | 23% |
| Mischief | 73.3 | 22.5 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 35 | 10.6 | 80% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4 | 1.2 | — |
| Drug violations | 4 | 1.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 10 | 3.1 | 43% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.3 | — |
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.
Around 99 violent incidents a year in the 3,050-resident police area around Lillooet, 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 180 property crimes and 120 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Lillooet’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (143.2); 2025 was the lightest, at 104.9. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lillooet | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 141.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 143.2 | 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 Lillooet, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Lillooet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lillooet | 2,065 | 130 | 120.5 | D |
| Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country), Thompson-Nicola (40 km) | 1,189 | 135.5 | 113.5 | D |
| Cache Creek (46 km) | 1,053 | 135.5 | 113.5 | D |
| Ashcroft (46 km) | 1,744 | 135.5 | 113.5 | D |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Lillooet.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 40–46 km from Lillooet.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Lillooet is one part.
- 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. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Read with care. With roughly 3,048 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.”
Questions about safety in Lillooet
Is Lillooet safe?
Statistics Canada puts Lillooet at 130 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 30.3 and property crimes at 54.4 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Lillooet?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (31 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 22.5, and assault, at 18.5, follow.
Is crime going up in Lillooet?
It went down 27% between 2023 and 2025, from 143.2 to 104.9. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Lillooet’s crime do police solve?
About 28% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 56% of violent and 18% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Lillooet together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).