Photo: Jarcardo · CC BY-SA 3.0For recorded crime, Pitt Meadows sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Out of every 1,000 residents, 9.1 violent incidents and 30.1 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Taking everything together, Pitt Meadows scores B− (#54 of 251 in British Columbia): close to the middle of Canadian towns, measured on crime its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Add to that, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 66.1 in 2023 to 61 by 2025. One of the 6 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Pitt Meadows
Less crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 17% of crime in Pitt Meadows ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 25% of violent crime and 14% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 33%. Questions ↓
Lighter than British Columbia’s middle
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Pitt Meadows, 60.8. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Violent crime scores 59.8 on Pitt Meadows’s index against 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 61.6 against 56. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Pitt Meadows comes 21st, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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 Pitt Meadows’s grade
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: #54 of 251 in British Columbia and #902 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Which crimes make up Pitt Meadows’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Pitt Meadows runs highest on mischief (5.3 per 1,000 against 3.7) and theft under $5,000 (16.7 per 1,000 against 11.8). Motor vehicle theft and assault 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 | 9 | 0.4 | 19% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 36.7 | 1.7 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 31.7 | 1.5 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13 | 0.6 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 355.7 | 16.7 | 30% |
| Mischief | 112.3 | 5.3 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 6 | 0.3 | 22% |
| Administration of justice violations | 37.3 | 1.8 | 68% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14 | 0.7 | 24% |
| Drug violations | 7.7 | 0.4 | 43% |
| Impaired driving | 48.3 | 2.3 | 83% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 9.7 | 0.5 | 34% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Pitt Meadows, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 66.1; the lightest was 2024, at 55.2. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Pitt Meadows | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | 60 |
| 2024 | 55.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 66.1 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Pitt Meadows, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Pitt Meadows is 21st of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver British Columbia | 22,031 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Esquimalt British Columbia | 19,512 | 43 | 65.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario | 20,080 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 19 | Pelham Ontario | 19,980 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 20 | Corner Brook Newfoundland and Labrador | 20,549 | 58.8 | 70.5 | B |
| 21 | Pitt Meadows British Columbia | 20,892 | 60.8 | 59.8 | B− |
| 22 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Quebec | 20,864 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| 23 | Joliette Quebec | 22,408 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 24 | Baie-Comeau Quebec | 20,660 | 70 | 134 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Salmon Arm British Columbia | 20,891 | 92.4 | 66.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 39 | Port Alberni British Columbia | 19,671 | 200.1 | 248.2 | D |
| 40 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | 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 Pitt Meadows in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Pitt Meadows recorded about 190 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.
Add about 640 property crimes and 350 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Pitt Meadows
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitt Meadows | 20,892 | 60.8 | 59.8 | B− |
| Anniedale | 6,715 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Fraser Heights | 17,688 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Port Coquitlam | 67,724 | 58.2 | 52 | B |
| Maple Ridge | 105,925 | 87 | 97.6 | C |
| Guildford | 14,663 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Birdland | 10,745 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
Pitt Meadows sits above 1 of the 6 neighbours with figures of their own. The nearest of them, Port Coquitlam (7.1 km away), scores 58.2 against 60.8.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Pitt Meadows
Is Pitt Meadows safe?
Pitt Meadows’s Crime Severity Index is 60.8 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 9.1 violent incidents and 30.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in Pitt Meadows?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 16.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (12.7) and mischief (5.3).
Is crime going up in Pitt Meadows?
The reverse: 66.1 in 2023 came down to 61 by 2025, 8% lower.
How much of Pitt Meadows’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 17%: 25% for violent crime and 14% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Pitt Meadows’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).