Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area H, Nanaimo has less crime per resident than 71% of Canadian towns
About 41% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size. Of the two halves, violence comes to 69.1 and other offences to 40.9, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Scored on crime the police covering Electoral Area H, Nanaimo reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on B+ for safety: #30 of 251 in British Columbia. Year on year, 14.2 violent incidents and 19.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Port Alberni detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area H, Nanaimo
Below British Columbia’s typical town
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Electoral Area H, Nanaimo, 48.6. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Electoral Area H, Nanaimo comes 11th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity 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.
What’s behind Electoral Area H, Nanaimo’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 21 km from Electoral Area H, Nanaimo, since none reports under the town’s name.
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: #30 of 251 in British Columbia and #497 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.
Electoral Area H, Nanaimo’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area H, Nanaimo runs highest on mischief (7.3 per 1,000 against 4.9). Break and enter 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 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 10 | 1.1 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.3 | 1.2 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 46.3 | 5.2 | 5% |
| Mischief | 64.7 | 7.3 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 50.3 | 5.7 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.3 | 0.7 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 27.3 | 3.1 | 72% |
| 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Electoral Area H, Nanaimo places 11th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 4,829 | 45 | 53.2 | A− |
| 8 | Roxton Pond Quebec | 4,884 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 9 | Marmora Ontario | 4,761 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| 10 | Saint-Antonin Quebec | 4,633 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| 11 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo British Columbia | 4,815 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| 12 | Cumberland British Columbia | 4,974 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| 13 | Electoral Area F, Cariboo British Columbia | 5,016 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| 14 | Edenwold No. 158 Saskatchewan | 4,932 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo British Columbia | 4,702 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Electoral Area F, North Okanagan British Columbia | 4,969 | 62.6 | 70.8 | B− |
| 22 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George British Columbia | 4,802 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 H, Nanaimo in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Electoral Area H, Nanaimo, 8,840 residents: around 130 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.
Add about 170 property crimes and 130 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
In Electoral Area H, Nanaimo, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 50.9, and its lowest 2024, at 45.8. Set beside it, 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 H, Nanaimo | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 45.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 50.9 | 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 H, Nanaimo, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area H, Nanaimo
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area H, Nanaimo | 4,815 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| Electoral Area F, Alberni-Clayoquot | 2,141 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| Qualicum Beach | 9,640 | 51.5 | 32.6 | B+ |
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | 3,069 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
2 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area H, Nanaimo
Is Electoral Area H, Nanaimo safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Electoral Area H, Nanaimo scores 48.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 14.2 violent and 19.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area H, Nanaimo?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 9.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (7.3) and assault (6.7).
Is crime going up in Electoral Area H, Nanaimo?
Not much: the index went from 50.9 in 2023 to 49.2 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area H, Nanaimo’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 41% of crime (58% of violent crime, 30% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Electoral Area H, Nanaimo 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).