Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area E, North Okanagan sees less crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 51.1; it fell to 43.6 in 2025. Graded on crime the police covering Electoral Area E, North Okanagan reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B+ for safety. What’s more, for every 1,000 residents, 10.1 violent incidents and 16.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. Of the two halves, violence comes to 66.4 and other offences to 48.3, 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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Lumby detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area E, North Okanagan
Lower than most of British Columbia
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Electoral Area E, North Okanagan, 53.2. Towns its size ↓
Police clear less here
Police cleared 24% of Electoral Area E, North Okanagan’s crime, weighted by seriousness (47% of violent crime, 9% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
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 E, North Okanagan’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 26 km from Electoral Area E, 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Electoral Area E, North Okanagan, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 64.8; 2025 was lightest, at 43.6. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area E, North Okanagan | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 64.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 51.1 | 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 Electoral Area E, North Okanagan, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Electoral Area E, North Okanagan’s crime by kind
Fraud and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 14 | 1.9 | 2% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 15.3 | 2.1 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 26.3 | 3.6 | 5% |
| Mischief | 27.7 | 3.8 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 13.7 | 1.9 | 51% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8 | 1.1 | 29% |
| Drug violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 9.7 | 1.3 | 72% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 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 people or more.
The detachment nearest Electoral Area E, North Okanagan, 7,400 residents: around 74 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.
And about 120 property crimes, plus 64 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area E, North Okanagan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, North Okanagan | 1,248 | 53.2 | 66.4 | B+ |
| Electoral Area D, North Okanagan (19 km) | 3,184 | 53.2 | 66.4 | B+ |
| Lumby (24 km) | 2,257 | 53.2 | 66.4 | B+ |
| Coldstream (41 km) | 11,380 | 45.1 | 61.9 | A− |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan (42 km) | 5,029 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan (44 km) | 3,415 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
Nearby, 1 of 3 places with their own figures have a lower index than Electoral Area E, North Okanagan. The nearest of them, Coldstream (41.4 km away), scores 45.1 against 53.2. Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 2 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Electoral Area E, North Okanagan with figures are 19–44 km away.
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. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area E, North Okanagan
Is Electoral Area E, North Okanagan safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Electoral Area E, North Okanagan’s Crime Severity Index stands at 53.2 for 2023–2025. Its police record 10.1 violent incidents and 16.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area E, North Okanagan?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 6.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 4.4 and assault at 4.1.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area E, North Okanagan?
It went down 15% between 2023 and 2025, from 51.1 to 43.6.
How much of Electoral Area E, North Okanagan’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 24% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 47% of violent crime and 9% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Electoral Area E, 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).