Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
Recorded violent incidents ran at 13.7 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 24.3, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Still, the index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 61.3 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Across all the graded crimes, Electoral Area B, North Okanagan lands on B− (#54 of 251 in British Columbia): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Vernon detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
Below British Columbia’s typical town
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 61.3 in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Electoral Area B, North Okanagan stands 13th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s index went from 68.6 in 2023 to 56.4 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Police clear less here
Police cleared 22% of Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s crime, weighted by seriousness (41% of violent crime, 12% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The B− for Electoral Area B, North Okanagan, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 5 km from Electoral Area B, North Okanagan, 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: #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.
Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s index fell 18% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 68.6, and 2025 the lightest at 56.4. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 58.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 68.6 | 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 Electoral Area B, North Okanagan, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area B, North Okanagan runs highest on mischief (5.6 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 | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 37.7 | 2.7 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 12 | 0.9 | 36% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 31 | 2.2 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.7 | 0.9 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 88.3 | 6.3 | 4% |
| Mischief | 79.3 | 5.6 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 28.3 | 2 | 61% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.3 | 1.3 | 22% |
| Drug violations | 8 | 0.6 | 29% |
| Impaired driving | 17.3 | 1.2 | 54% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 3 | 0.2 | — |
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 B, North Okanagan places 13th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Portneuf Quebec | 3,410 | 44.5 | 72 | A− |
| 11 | Richmond Quebec | 3,419 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Côme--Linière Quebec | 3,435 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 13 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan British Columbia | 3,415 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| 14 | Thurso Quebec | 3,439 | 61.7 | 107.3 | B− |
| 15 | Richmond County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 3,444 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| 16 | Lewisporte Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,405 | 66.2 | 61.2 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 3,475 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary British Columbia | 3,361 | 89.9 | 103.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Mackenzie British Columbia | 3,442 | 157.5 | 248.1 | 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 Electoral Area B, North Okanagan in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Electoral Area B, North Okanagan, 14,100 residents: around 190 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 340 a year and other violations 140 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | 3,415 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan | 5,029 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| Vernon | 49,527 | 145.1 | 141.2 | D |
| Coldstream | 11,380 | 45.1 | 61.9 | A− |
| Okanagan (Part) 1 | 3,482 | — | — | — |
| Spallumcheen | 5,843 | 51.3 | 59.9 | B+ |
| Armstrong | 5,643 | 73.6 | 83.6 | C+ |
Nearby, 2 of 4 places with their own figures have a lower index than Electoral Area B, North Okanagan. Closest is Coldstream, 8.7 km away, at 45.1 to 61.3 here. One neighbour is on the same police service or detachment, so it shares the figure and isn’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan
Is Electoral Area B, North Okanagan safe?
Its police recorded 13.7 violent incidents and 24.3 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Electoral Area B, North Okanagan a Crime Severity Index of 61.3. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (6.9 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 6.3, and assault, at 6.2, follow.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area B, North Okanagan?
It went down 18% between 2023 and 2025, from 68.6 to 56.4.
How much of Electoral Area B, North Okanagan’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 22% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 41% of violent and 12% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Electoral Area B, North Okanagan 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).