Photo: Bernard Samuel Fenn · Public domainMore crimes per resident are recorded in Mission than in 84% of Canadian towns
All 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. The yearly rates were 22.5 violent incidents and 45.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering Mission reported from 2023 to 2025: #208 of 251 in British Columbia. Split in two, the index gives 134.5 for violence and 107 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56).
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.
What stands out about safety in Mission
Mischief: high for a town its size
Mission records 11.9 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Down since 2023
In 2023 the index in Mission stood at 137.4, by 2025 at 98.9. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Mission places 34th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Over the British Columbia norm
Mission’s index of 114.1 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. 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.
What sits behind Mission’s C−
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: #208 of 251 in British Columbia and #2,217 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Mission’s index fell 28% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 137.4, against a low of 98.9 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mission | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 106.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 137.4 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Mission, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Mission, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Mission runs highest on mischief (11.9 per 1,000 against 3.7), drug offences (1.8 per 1,000 against 0.8) and theft under $5,000 (19.9 per 1,000 against 11.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 35 | 0.8 | 26% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 22 | 0.5 | 90% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 7.3 | 0.2 | 27% |
| Robbery | 28.3 | 0.6 | 27% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6 | 0.1 | 50% |
| Other violent violations | 16.3 | 0.4 | 33% |
| Breaking and entering | 165.3 | 3.6 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 21.7 | 0.5 | 38% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 120 | 2.6 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 46.3 | 1 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 925 | 19.9 | 6% |
| Mischief | 554 | 11.9 | 5% |
| Weapons violations | 62.3 | 1.3 | 35% |
| Administration of justice violations | 231 | 5 | 68% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 68.3 | 1.5 | 33% |
| Drug violations | 83.3 | 1.8 | 40% |
| Impaired driving | 169 | 3.7 | 74% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 14.3 | 0.3 | 14% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
By its index, Mission stands 34th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Port Moody British Columbia | 38,285 | 43.5 | 43.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 19 | West Vancouver British Columbia | 47,929 | 57.2 | 59.8 | B |
| … | |||||
| 25 | West Kelowna British Columbia | 40,274 | 78.4 | 79.1 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Charlottetown Prince Edward Island | 48,118 | 86.1 | 87.1 | C |
| 32 | Orillia Ontario | 37,735 | 98.5 | 146.3 | C− |
| 33 | Cornwall Ontario | 54,346 | 104.5 | 126.4 | C− |
| 34 | Mission British Columbia | 47,280 | 114.1 | 134.5 | C− |
| 35 | Timmins Ontario | 45,569 | 124.5 | 170.4 | D |
| 36 | Rocky View County Alberta | 50,260 | 137 | 122.9 | D |
| 37 | Vernon British Columbia | 49,527 | 145.1 | 141.2 | D |
| 38 | Campbell River British Columbia | 38,300 | 162.9 | 166.6 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Mission in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 1,050 violent incidents a year on Mission’s police records (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 2,100 property crimes and 1,860 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 Mission
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission | 47,280 | 114.1 | 134.5 | C− |
| Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley | 1,808 | 81 | 95 | C |
| Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley | 1,556 | 81 | 95 | C |
| Abbotsford | 175,358 | 96 | 107.5 | C− |
The places around Mission all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley (7.5 km away), scores 81 against 114.1.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. 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 Mission
Is Mission safe?
Mission measures 114.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 22.5 violent incidents and 45.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Mission?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 32.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (19.9) and mischief (11.9).
Is crime going up in Mission?
The reverse: 137.4 in 2023 came down to 98.9 by 2025, 28% lower.
How much of Mission’s crime do police solve?
About 20% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 30% of violent and 15% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Mission’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).