Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen runs higher than in 84% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 144 and other offences to 102.1, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Violence and property crime split as 33.9 violent incidents and 39.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Measured on crime the police covering Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the South Okanagan/Oliver detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen
Assault: high for a town its size
Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen records 20.4 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Higher than most of British Columbia
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen scores 113.4. 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 G, Okanagan-Similkameen’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 26 km from Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen, not to the town.
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.
What police record in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen, by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen runs highest on assault (20.4 per 1,000 against 6.7), motor vehicle theft (7.1 per 1,000 against 2.4) and mischief (9.9 per 1,000 against 4.2). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 24 | 4.4 | 93% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 29 | 5.4 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 12.3 | 2.3 | 35% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 38.3 | 7.1 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.3 | 1.2 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 49.3 | 9.1 | 3% |
| Mischief | 53.3 | 9.9 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 12.3 | 2.3 | 59% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.3 | 1.9 | 39% |
| Drug violations | 9.7 | 1.8 | 41% |
| Impaired driving | 12.3 | 2.3 | 59% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
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 closest to Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen, 5,210 residents, recorded about 180 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 220 a year and other violations 99 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen’s index dropped 10%
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 120, and 2025 the lightest at 108. 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 G, Okanagan-Similkameen | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 112.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 120 | 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 G, Okanagan-Similkameen, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen | 2,402 | 113.4 | 144 | C− |
| Keremeos | 1,779 | 113.4 | 144 | C− |
| Electoral Area B, Okanagan-Similkameen | 1,190 | 113.4 | 144 | C− |
Same police, same number: 2 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen
Is Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen safe?
Statistics Canada puts Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen at 113.4 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 33.9 and property crimes at 39.9 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen?
The three biggest groups are assault at 20.4, other Criminal Code offences at 10.7 and mischief at 9.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen?
No: the index fell 10%, from 120 in 2023 to 108 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 36%: 70% for violent crime and 16% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area G, Okanagan-Similkameen 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).