Photo: tuchodi from Fort St. John, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Electoral Area B, Peace River than in 69% of Canadian towns
Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 27% (the typical Canadian town its size: 34%). Measured on crime the police covering Electoral Area B, Peace River reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C: #122 of 251 in British Columbia. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 81.8 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Police counts work out at 12.6 violent incidents and 25.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2.
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. Measured across the Fort St John detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area B, Peace River
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Electoral Area B, Peace River moved from 98.7 to 76.1, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Electoral Area B, Peace River places 28th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Electoral Area B, Peace River records 4.5 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Electoral Area B, Peace River scores 82.5 for violence and 82.2 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Electoral Area B, Peace River’s C
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Electoral Area B, Peace River itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 38 km away.
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: #122 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,745 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.
Crime in Electoral Area B, Peace River, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area B, Peace River runs highest on motor vehicle theft (4.5 per 1,000 against 2.6) and break and enter (4.6 per 1,000 against 2.8). 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 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 63.7 | 4.6 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 19.7 | 1.4 | 39% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 62.3 | 4.5 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 23.7 | 1.7 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 65 | 4.7 | 8% |
| Mischief | 70.7 | 5.1 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.5 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.3 | 3 | 53% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12.7 | 0.9 | 26% |
| Drug violations | 10 | 0.7 | 40% |
| Impaired driving | 100.3 | 7.2 | 55% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
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 B, Peace River’s index fell 23% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 98.7 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 70.5. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area B, Peace River | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 70.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 98.7 | 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, Peace River, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Electoral Area B, Peace River places 28th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Spallumcheen British Columbia | 5,843 | 51.3 | 59.9 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 5,829 | 65 | 107 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Armstrong British Columbia | 5,643 | 73.6 | 83.6 | C+ |
| 26 | Sainte-Martine Quebec | 5,884 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| 27 | Crowsnest Pass Alberta | 6,011 | 80.2 | 94.5 | C |
| 28 | Electoral Area B, Peace River British Columbia | 5,814 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| 29 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 6,040 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| 30 | Annapolis County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 5,694 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| 31 | Osoyoos British Columbia | 5,724 | 97.9 | 68.6 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Creston British Columbia | 5,976 | 111.2 | 103.1 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Smithers British Columbia | 5,627 | 202.3 | 180.8 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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, Peace River in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Electoral Area B, Peace River, 13,900 residents: around 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.
And about 350 property crimes, plus 230 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 B, Peace River
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Peace River | 5,814 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River (28 km) | 6,344 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| Fort St. John (29 km) | 24,383 | 200.6 | 214.9 | D |
| Taylor (41 km) | 1,415 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 28–41 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area B, Peace River.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area B, Peace River
Is Electoral Area B, Peace River safe?
Its police recorded 12.6 violent incidents and 25.4 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Electoral Area B, Peace River a Crime Severity Index of 81.8. 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 B, Peace River?
Criminal Code traffic offences is the most common, at 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (6.9) and other Criminal Code offences (5.8).
Is crime going up in Electoral Area B, Peace River?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 23%, to 76.1 from 98.7.
How much of Electoral Area B, Peace River’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 27% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 49% of violent and 19% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Electoral Area B, Peace River 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).