Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime in Electoral Area C, qathet is close to typical for 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. By contrast, the overall Safety Grade is B−, which means close to the middle of Canadian towns, judged on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 14.6 violent incidents and 24.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in 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: the Powell River detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area C, qathet
Mischief: high for a town its size
Electoral Area C, 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 ↓
Lighter than in 2023
From 71.1 in 2023 to 48.3 in 2025: that is Electoral Area C, qathet’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Under the British Columbia norm
Electoral Area C, qathet’s index of 65.3 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Electoral Area C, qathet scores 96.8 for violence and 53.2 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 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.
Electoral Area C, qathet: B− for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 14 km from Electoral Area C, 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.
From 2023 to 2025, Electoral Area C, qathet’s index dropped 32%
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (76.4) and 2025 the trough (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 C, 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 C, qathet, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in Electoral Area C, qathet, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area C, 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.
Around 92 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Electoral Area C, 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.
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 C, qathet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, qathet | 2,409 | 65.3 | 96.8 | B− |
| Electoral Area B, qathet | 1,714 | 65.3 | 96.8 | B− |
| Electoral Area D, qathet | 1,221 | 65.3 | 96.8 | B− |
| Powell River | 14,947 | 113.5 | 99.4 | C− |
Sharing its police with 2 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area C, qathet
Is Electoral Area C, qathet safe?
Electoral Area C, qathet’s Crime Severity Index is 65.3 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 14.6 violent incidents and 24.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area C, qathet?
Top of the list is mischief (10 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 8.8, and assault, at 5.5, follow.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area C, qathet?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 32%, to 48.3 from 71.1.
How much of Electoral Area C, qathet’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 34% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 57% of violent crime and 22% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area C, 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).