Photo: Extemporalist · CC0Peachland records less crime per resident than 79% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 39.2 and other offences for 46.4, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Its Safety Grade is A−, on crime the police covering Peachland reported from 2023 to 2025: #22 of 251 in British Columbia. On top of that, typical years here bring 9.2 violent incidents plus 20.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. About 23% 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.
What stands out about safety in Peachland
Lighter than British Columbia’s middle
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Peachland scores 44.1. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Peachland moved from 52.9 to 40.5, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Peachland is 12th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Peachland’s index splits into violent crime, 39.2 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 46.4 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.
What sits behind Peachland’s A−
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: #22 of 251 in British Columbia and #379 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.
Peachland’s index fell 23% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 52.9, and 2024 the lightest at 38.8. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Peachland | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 38.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 52.9 | 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 Peachland, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
What police record in Peachland, by type
Theft under $5,000 and break and enter sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 8.3 | 1.3 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10 | 1.6 | 0% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 43 | 6.9 | 9% |
| Mischief | 30.3 | 4.9 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 8.7 | 1.4 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5 | 0.8 | 34% |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 9.3 | 1.5 | 83% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
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.
Peachland is 12th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Les Coteaux Quebec | 6,294 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 10 | Saint-Henri Quebec | 6,048 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 11 | Beauceville Quebec | 6,228 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 12 | Peachland British Columbia | 6,302 | 44.1 | 39.2 | A− |
| 13 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 45.8 | 46.8 | A− |
| 14 | Tweed Ontario | 6,504 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| 15 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 6,387 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo British Columbia | 6,172 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Electoral Area C, Peace River British Columbia | 6,344 | 81.8 | 82.5 | 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 Peachland in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 57 violent incidents a year on Peachland’s police records (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 130 a year and other violations 56 (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 Peachland
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peachland | 6,302 | 44.1 | 39.2 | A− |
| West Kelowna (13 km) | 40,274 | 78.4 | 79.1 | C+ |
| Summerland (20 km) | 12,343 | 56.2 | 38.6 | B |
| Kelowna (24 km) | 167,654 | 125.5 | 119.7 | D |
| Naramata (24 km) | 2,077 | 71.9 | 63.7 | C+ |
| Electoral Area F, Okanagan-Similkameen (27 km) | 2,149 | 71.9 | 63.7 | C+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Peachland.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Peachland with figures are 13–27 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Peachland
Is Peachland safe?
Police-reported crime in Peachland scores 44.1 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 9.2 violent incidents and 20.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Peachland?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (6.2) and fraud (4.9).
Is crime going up in Peachland?
Down 23%: 52.9 in 2023, 40.5 in 2025.
How much of Peachland’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 23% of crime (41% of violent crime, 17% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Peachland’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).