Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Electoral Area A, qathet records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, 14.6 violent incidents and 24.6 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. All told, Electoral Area A, qathet grades B− for safety: close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. A Crime Severity Index of 65.3, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Powell River detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area A, qathet
Visitors count, residents divide
With 55% of its homes not lived in all year, Electoral Area A, qathet counts its crime against a smaller year-round population than the one that is there in season. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area A, qathet records 10 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Electoral Area A, qathet moved from 71.1 to 48.3, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Lighter than British Columbia’s middle
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 65.3 in Electoral Area A, qathet. 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 sits behind Electoral Area A, qathet’s B−
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 21 km from Electoral Area A, qathet, since none reports under the town’s name.
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Electoral Area A, qathet’s index fell 32% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 76.4, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 48.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area A, qathet | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 76.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 71.1 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Electoral Area A, qathet, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in Electoral Area A, qathet, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area A, qathet runs highest on mischief (10 per 1,000 against 4.2). 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 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 18 | 2.9 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.7 | 1.1 | 25% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6.7 | 1.1 | 34% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 28 | 4.4 | 10% |
| Mischief | 63 | 10 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 19.7 | 3.1 | 59% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8 | 1.3 | 34% |
| Drug violations | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 17.3 | 2.7 | 83% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 people or more.
The detachment nearest Electoral Area A, qathet, 6,370 residents: around 92 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 160 property crimes and 90 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 Electoral Area A, qathet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, qathet | 1,330 | 65.3 | 96.8 | B− |
| Electoral Area B, Strathcona (23 km) | 1,074 | 166.3 | 162.8 | D |
| Powell River (23 km) | 14,947 | 113.5 | 99.4 | C− |
| Electoral Area B, qathet (28 km) | 1,714 | 65.3 | 96.8 | B− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Electoral Area A, qathet. One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Electoral Area A, qathet with figures are 23–28 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Electoral Area A, qathet
Is Electoral Area A, qathet safe?
Its police recorded 14.6 violent incidents and 24.6 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Electoral Area A, qathet a Crime Severity Index of 65.3. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area A, qathet?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 10, other Criminal Code offences at 8.8 and assault at 5.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area A, qathet?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 32%, to 48.3 from 71.1.
How much of Electoral Area A, qathet’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 34% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 57% of violent and 22% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Electoral Area A, qathet and everywhere else it polices.
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).