Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Electoral Area F, North Okanagan records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
For every 1,000 residents, 15.3 violent incidents and 22.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Overall, Electoral Area F, North Okanagan grades B− for safety (#62 of 251 in British Columbia): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, a Crime Severity Index of 62.6, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian 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 Enderby detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area F, North Okanagan
Less severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Electoral Area F, North Okanagan stood at 82.9, by 2025 at 49.4. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Lower than most of British Columbia
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Electoral Area F, North Okanagan, 62.6. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Electoral Area F, North Okanagan comes 19th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 24% of crime in Electoral Area F, North Okanagan ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 46% of violent crime and 14% 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.
Inside Electoral Area F, North Okanagan’s B− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 9 km from Electoral Area F, 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: #62 of 251 in British Columbia and #942 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 F, North Okanagan’s index fell 40% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 82.9, and 2025 the lightest at 49.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area F, North Okanagan | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 55.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 82.9 | 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 F, North Okanagan, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up Electoral Area F, North Okanagan’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area F, North Okanagan runs highest on mischief (5.9 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 | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 18 | 2.1 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 24 | 2.8 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 51.7 | 6 | 6% |
| Mischief | 51 | 5.9 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 19.7 | 2.3 | 52% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Drug violations | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 13 | 1.5 | 77% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 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.
Electoral Area F, North Okanagan comes 19th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Bruce Peninsula Ontario | 5,018 | 29.3 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 4,829 | 45 | 53.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo British Columbia | 4,815 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| 7 | Cumberland British Columbia | 4,974 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| 8 | Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley British Columbia | 5,156 | 49.9 | 52.5 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Saint-Donat Quebec | 5,087 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 17 | Altona Manitoba | 4,989 | 59.1 | 44 | B− |
| 18 | Electoral Area C, North Okanagan British Columbia | 5,029 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| 19 | Electoral Area F, North Okanagan British Columbia | 4,969 | 62.6 | 70.8 | B− |
| 20 | Starlight Village New Brunswick | 5,108 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 21 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George British Columbia | 4,802 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
| 22 | Inverness Nova Scotia | 5,138 | 68.4 | 80 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | 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 F, North Okanagan in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 130 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Electoral Area F, North Okanagan (8,740 residents), 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 200 a year and other violations 95 (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 F, North Okanagan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan | 4,969 | 62.6 | 70.8 | B− |
| Enderby | 3,292 | 62.6 | 70.8 | B− |
| Salmon Arm | 20,891 | 92.4 | 66.8 | C |
A neighbour policed by the same service carries the same figure, so it isn’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 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.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area F, North Okanagan
Is Electoral Area F, North Okanagan safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Electoral Area F, North Okanagan comes to 62.6. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 15.3 violent incidents and 22.9 property crimes. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area F, North Okanagan?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (7) and theft under $5,000 (6).
Is crime going up in Electoral Area F, North Okanagan?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 40%, to 49.4 from 82.9.
How much of Electoral Area F, North Okanagan’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 24%: 46% for violent crime and 14% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area F, North Okanagan 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).