Photo: RTBoughner at English Wikipedia · Public domainMackenzie has more crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 248.1 and its non-violent half to 122.6, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Behind the grade sit 34.2 violent incidents and 48.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On top of that, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Mackenzie reported put it at D for safety: #231 of 251 in British Columbia.
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 Mackenzie detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Mackenzie
Mischief: high for a town its size
Mackenzie records 18 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 ↓
Above British Columbia’s typical town
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Mackenzie scores 157.5. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Mackenzie is 35th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 46% of crime in Mackenzie ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 68% of violent crime and 28% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The D for Mackenzie, and how it is built
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: #231 of 251 in British Columbia and #2,472 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 Mackenzie’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Mackenzie runs highest on mischief (18 per 1,000 against 4.9), assault (15.4 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (5.7 per 1,000 against 2.8). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 1.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 20.3 | 5.7 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5 | 1.4 | 60% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 12.3 | 3.5 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 35.3 | 9.9 | 20% |
| Mischief | 64 | 18 | 40% |
| Weapons violations | 3 | 0.8 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 25 | 7 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 1.5 | 57% |
| Drug violations | 5.3 | 1.5 | 25% |
| Impaired driving | 9 | 2.5 | 67% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Mackenzie places 35th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan British Columbia | 3,415 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola British Columbia | 3,543 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| 25 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 3,475 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary British Columbia | 3,361 | 89.9 | 103.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Malartic Quebec | 3,506 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| 33 | Havre-Saint-Pierre Quebec | 3,389 | 110.6 | 223.3 | C− |
| 34 | Three Hills Alberta | 3,502 | 110.8 | 105.9 | C− |
| 35 | Mackenzie British Columbia | 3,442 | 157.5 | 248.1 | D |
| 36 | Gibbons Alberta | 3,352 | 167.1 | 160 | D |
| 37 | Bifrost-Riverton Manitoba | 3,518 | 307.1 | 431.5 | D− |
| 38 | Buckland No. 491 Saskatchewan | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 Mackenzie in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 120 violent incidents a year in the 3,600-resident police area around Mackenzie, 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 91 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Three years of Mackenzie’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 216.3; 2025 was lightest, at 102.9. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mackenzie | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 216.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 153.5 | 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 Mackenzie, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Mackenzie
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie | 3,442 | 157.5 | 248.1 | D |
| Chetwynd (102 km) | 2,484 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River (108 km) | 2,737 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Hudson's Hope (110 km) | 1,019 | 70.9 | 63.5 | C+ |
The places around Mackenzie all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Chetwynd (101.8 km away), scores 139.5 against 157.5.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Mackenzie has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 102–110 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Read with care. The police behind these figures serve about 3,596 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- A detachment’s area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Mackenzie together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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. 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.”
Questions about safety in Mackenzie
Is Mackenzie safe?
Mackenzie measures 157.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 34.2 violent incidents and 48.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Mackenzie?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 18.3, mischief at 18 and assault at 15.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Mackenzie?
It went down 33% between 2023 and 2025, from 153.5 to 102.9. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Mackenzie’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 46% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 68% of violent crime and 28% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Mackenzie 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).