Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0Electoral Area C, Peace River sees more crime per resident than seven in ten Canadian towns
Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 81.8 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Still, its police logs show 12.6 violent incidents and 25.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. That puts it at C for safety, judged on crime the police covering Electoral Area C, Peace River reported from 2023 to 2025: #122 of 251 in British Columbia. About 27% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% 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. Shared with the rest of the Fort St John detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area C, Peace River
Down since 2023
In 2023 the index in Electoral Area C, Peace River stood at 98.7, by 2025 at 76.1. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Electoral Area C, Peace River comes 27th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Electoral Area C, 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 ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 82.5 on Electoral Area C, Peace River’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 82.2 against 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.
The grade: C for Electoral Area C, Peace River
How sure: Less sure, as Electoral Area C, Peace River has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 5 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.
Which crimes make up Electoral Area C, Peace River’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area C, 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.
From 2023 to 2025, Electoral Area C, Peace River’s index dropped 23%
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 98.7, and its lowest 2024, at 70.5. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area C, 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 C, Peace River, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Electoral Area C, Peace River stands 27th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Peachland British Columbia | 6,302 | 44.1 | 39.2 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo British Columbia | 6,172 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Kings County, Subdivision D Nova Scotia | 6,517 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 25 | Lac-Brome Quebec | 6,307 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 26 | Bay Roberts Newfoundland and Labrador | 6,407 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| 27 | Electoral Area C, Peace River British Columbia | 6,344 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| 28 | Barrhead County No. 11 Alberta | 6,186 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| 29 | Pictou County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 6,575 | 83.9 | 99.7 | C |
| 30 | Pictou County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 6,482 | 83.9 | 99.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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 C, Peace River in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 180 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Electoral Area C, Peace River (13,900 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.
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 C, Peace River
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Peace River | 6,344 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| Fort St. John | 24,383 | 200.6 | 214.9 | D |
| Taylor | 1,415 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
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
- 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.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area C, Peace River
Is Electoral Area C, Peace River safe?
Electoral Area C, Peace River measures 81.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 12.6 violent incidents and 25.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area C, 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 C, Peace River?
It went down 23% between 2023 and 2025, from 98.7 to 76.1.
How much of Electoral Area C, Peace River’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 27%: 49% for violent crime and 19% 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 C, Peace River 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).