Photo: Darren Kirby · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Revelstoke than in 63% of Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 75.8, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Violence and property crime split as 13.1 violent incidents and 32.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. What’s more, a Safety Grade of C+ follows from crime the police covering Revelstoke reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #106 of 251 in British Columbia. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 28%, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%.
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 Revelstoke
Visitors count, residents divide
Revelstoke draws far more visitors than it has residents, and the crime they are part of is divided by residents alone, so its rates run high for the people who live there. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Revelstoke records 10.3 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Revelstoke comes 30th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Revelstoke’s index splits into violent crime, 69 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 79.1 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.
What’s behind Revelstoke’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: #106 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,575 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What police record in Revelstoke, by type
Against the typical town its size, Revelstoke runs highest on mischief (10.3 per 1,000 against 4.9) and fraud (5.7 per 1,000 against 4.9). Motor vehicle theft and break and enter sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.3 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 16.3 | 1.8 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8.7 | 0.9 | 54% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.7 | 1.8 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.3 | 0.9 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 104 | 11.2 | 25% |
| Mischief | 95 | 10.3 | 31% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 48.3 | 5.2 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.3 | 0.7 | 59% |
| Drug violations | 6.7 | 0.7 | 30% |
| Impaired driving | 57 | 6.2 | 71% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
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 to 10,000 people.
Revelstoke is 30th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanley Manitoba | 9,929 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Blind Bay British Columbia | 9,984 | 40.8 | 37.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Kimberley British Columbia | 9,037 | 45.9 | 44.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley British Columbia | 9,803 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Shawnigan British Columbia | 9,903 | 49.9 | 52.5 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Kings County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 8,994 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 28 | Shediac New Brunswick | 9,849 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 29 | Roberval Quebec | 9,828 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| 30 | Revelstoke British Columbia | 9,464 | 75.8 | 69 | C+ |
| 31 | Bridgewater Nova Scotia | 9,989 | 77.2 | 99.5 | C+ |
| 32 | Ladysmith British Columbia | 9,926 | 77.3 | 70.2 | C+ |
| 33 | Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Newfoundland and Labrador | 9,167 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Revelstoke in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Revelstoke recorded about 120 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 300 property crimes and 210 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Revelstoke’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 80.4 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 72.4 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Revelstoke | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 80.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 74.6 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Revelstoke, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Revelstoke
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revelstoke | 9,464 | 75.8 | 69 | C+ |
| Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap (50 km) | 1,518 | 145.9 | 184.8 | D |
| Sicamous (58 km) | 2,854 | 145.9 | 184.8 | D |
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan (75 km) | 4,969 | 62.6 | 70.8 | B− |
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap (80 km) | 3,475 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Revelstoke. Just 74.6 km away, Electoral Area F, North Okanagan comes to 62.6, against 75.8.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Revelstoke with figures are 50–80 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
Questions about safety in Revelstoke
Is Revelstoke safe?
Police-reported crime in Revelstoke scores 75.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 13.1 violent incidents and 32.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Revelstoke?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 15.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 11.2 and mischief at 10.3.
Is crime going up in Revelstoke?
Barely: 74.6 in 2023, 72.4 in 2025.
How much of Revelstoke’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 28% of crime (46% of violent crime, 22% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Revelstoke alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).