Photo: Mengqiu Chen · CC BY 3.0Crime per resident in Electoral Area E, Peace River runs higher than in 89% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 162.7; it fell to 139.7 in 2025. Its Safety Grade is D, on crime the police covering Electoral Area E, Peace River reported from 2023 to 2025: #221 of 251 in British Columbia. For every 1,000 residents, 36.2 violent incidents and 54.1 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Of the two halves, violence comes to 210.6 and other offences to 112.3, beside norms of 85.7 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Chetwynd detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area E, Peace River
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area E, Peace River records 25.8 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Over the British Columbia norm
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 139.5 in Electoral Area E, Peace River. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Electoral Area E, Peace River stands 36th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Electoral Area E, Peace River’s two halves part ways: 210.6 for violence (typical 85.7) and 112.3 for the rest (typical 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 D for Electoral Area E, Peace River, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Electoral Area E, Peace River itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 14 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: #221 of 251 in British Columbia and #2,444 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 E, Peace River’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area E, Peace River runs highest on mischief (25.8 per 1,000 against 4.9), assault (19.2 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (2 per 1,000 against 0.9). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 19.3 | 3.9 | 4% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 21 | 4.2 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 1.7 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 54.3 | 10.9 | 12% |
| Mischief | 128 | 25.8 | 35% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 37.7 | 7.6 | 72% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.7 | 1.7 | 38% |
| Drug violations | 4 | 0.8 | — |
| Impaired driving | 32.7 | 6.6 | 53% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 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 E, Peace River is 36th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Bernard Quebec | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,758 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Cultus Lake British Columbia | 2,773 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 2,691 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley British Columbia | 2,761 | 87 | 109.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Wakefield New Brunswick | 2,749 | 109.1 | 122.4 | C− |
| 34 | Sundre Alberta | 2,683 | 115.4 | 138.1 | C− |
| 35 | Tofino British Columbia | 2,772 | 117.4 | 205.8 | C− |
| 36 | Electoral Area E, Peace River British Columbia | 2,737 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| 37 | Swan Valley West Manitoba | 2,702 | 169.9 | 227.9 | D |
| 38 | Russell Manitoba | 2,715 | 170 | 183.3 | D |
| 39 | Meadow Lake No. 588 Saskatchewan | 2,712 | 243 | 329.2 | D |
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 E, Peace River in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Electoral Area E, Peace River, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 162.7, and its lowest 2024, at 116.1. 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 E, Peace River | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 116.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 162.7 | 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 E, Peace River, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 180 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Electoral Area E, Peace River (5,020 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 270 a year and other violations 140 (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 E, Peace River
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Peace River | 2,737 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Chetwynd (9 km) | 2,484 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Hudson's Hope (55 km) | 1,019 | 70.9 | 63.5 | C+ |
| Tumbler Ridge (67 km) | 2,663 | 87.3 | 86.4 | C |
| Electoral Area D, Peace River (71 km) | 5,100 | 107.6 | 157.4 | C− |
| Taylor (74 km) | 1,415 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
The places around Electoral Area E, Peace River all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Hudson's Hope (54.6 km away), scores 70.9 against 139.5. Sharing its police with one neighbour, it shares that neighbour’s figure as well, so the neighbour isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Electoral Area E, Peace River has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–74 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area E, Peace River
Is Electoral Area E, Peace River safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Electoral Area E, Peace River’s Crime Severity Index stands at 139.5 for 2023–2025. Its police record 36.2 violent incidents and 54.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area E, Peace River?
Top of the list is mischief (25.8 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 19.2, and other Criminal Code offences, at 17.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area E, Peace River?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 14%, to 139.7 from 162.7.
How much of Electoral Area E, Peace River’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 69% of violent crime and 19% of everything else, 41% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Electoral Area E, 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).