Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Port Moody than in 80% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 43.4 and other offences to 43.9, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. From 2023 to 2025 its Crime Severity Index stayed steady, 41.6 then 43.3. Graded on crime the police covering Port Moody reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A− for safety: #21 of 251 in British Columbia. Add to that, typical years here bring 7.0 violent incidents plus 17.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 30.5 in the typical 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 Port Moody
Lighter than British Columbia’s middle
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 43.5 in Port Moody. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Port Moody stands 10th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Port Moody scores 43.4 for violence and 43.9 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 89.4 and 56. By type ↓
Below-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 22% for Port Moody (39% violent, 15% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: A− for Port Moody
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: #21 of 251 in British Columbia and #368 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.
Crime in Port Moody, type by type
Theft under $5,000 and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9.3 | 0.2 | 25% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Robbery | 6.7 | 0.2 | 30% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5 | 0.1 | 34% |
| Breaking and entering | 60 | 1.6 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.3 | 0.1 | 43% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17.7 | 0.5 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 19.7 | 0.5 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 273 | 7.1 | 14% |
| Mischief | 128 | 3.3 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 19 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Administration of justice violations | 39.7 | 1 | 61% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 27 | 0.7 | 34% |
| Drug violations | 10.7 | 0.3 | 35% |
| Impaired driving | 99.3 | 2.6 | 85% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 11 | 0.3 | 9% |
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.
Port Moody is 10th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Saint-Constant Quebec | 32,124 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 8 | Okotoks Alberta | 33,482 | 42.5 | 48.7 | A− |
| 9 | Chestermere Alberta | 31,671 | 43.2 | 43.5 | A− |
| 10 | Port Moody British Columbia | 38,285 | 43.5 | 43.4 | A− |
| 11 | Orangeville Ontario | 33,070 | 43.5 | 50.6 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Georges Quebec | 33,881 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 13 | East Gwillimbury Ontario | 42,989 | 52.8 | 67.4 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | West Kelowna British Columbia | 40,274 | 78.4 | 79.1 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | North Cowichan British Columbia | 34,525 | 99 | 124 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Langley British Columbia | 35,444 | 127.5 | 145 | D |
| 36 | Courtenay British Columbia | 32,869 | 131.2 | 129 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 Port Moody in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Port Moody’s police: about 270 violent incidents a year over 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 650 property crimes, plus 340 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Port Moody, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 45.5; 2023 was lightest, at 41.6. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Port Moody | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 45.5 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 41.6 | 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 Port Moody, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Port Moody
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Moody | 38,285 | 43.5 | 43.4 | A− |
| Anmore | 2,508 | 38.4 | 34.2 | A |
| Coquitlam | 173,599 | 59.8 | 61.6 | B− |
| Burnaby Mountain | 9,248 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Lougheed | 15,442 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Port Coquitlam | 67,724 | 58.2 | 52 | B |
| Lake City | 3,240 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
1 of the 6 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Port Moody. Just 2.9 km away, Anmore comes to 38.4, against 43.5.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Port Moody
Is Port Moody safe?
Against a typical 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Port Moody’s Crime Severity Index stands at 43.5 for 2023–2025. Its police record 7 violent incidents and 17.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Port Moody?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 7.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (5.2) and fraud (3.8).
Is crime going up in Port Moody?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 41.6 to 43.3.
How much of Port Moody’s crime do police solve?
22%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 33%. Violent crime is cleared at 39% and non-violent crime at 15%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Port Moody’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).