Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFor recorded crime, Electoral Area B, qathet sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 65.3 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 67.2. Recorded violent incidents ran at 14.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 24.6, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. In sum, crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Electoral Area B, qathet at B−: close to the middle of Canadian towns.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Powell River detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area B, qathet
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area B, 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 ↓
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in Electoral Area B, qathet stood at 71.1, by 2025 at 48.3. Over the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Lighter than British Columbia’s middle
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Electoral Area B, qathet scores 65.3. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 96.8 on Electoral Area B, qathet’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 53.2 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.
The grade: B− for Electoral Area B, qathet
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 6 km off, which covers its own area rather than Electoral Area B, qathet.
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Electoral Area B, qathet’s index dropped 32%
Crime Severity Index
At 76.4, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 48.3. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Electoral Area B, 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 B, qathet, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Which crimes make up Electoral Area B, qathet’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area B, 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.
About 92 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Electoral Area B, qathet (6,370 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.
And about 160 property crimes, plus 90 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area B, qathet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, qathet | 1,714 | 65.3 | 96.8 | B− |
| Powell River | 14,947 | 113.5 | 99.4 | C− |
| Electoral Area C, qathet | 2,409 | 65.3 | 96.8 | B− |
| Electoral Area D, qathet | 1,221 | 65.3 | 96.8 | B− |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area B, qathet
Is Electoral Area B, qathet safe?
Electoral Area B, qathet measures 65.3 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 14.6 violent incidents and 24.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area B, qathet?
Most often it is mischief: 10 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 8.8 and assault at 5.5.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area B, qathet?
No: the index fell 32%, from 71.1 in 2023 to 48.3 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area B, qathet’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 34%: 57% for violent crime and 22% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area B, qathet and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).