Photo: TwoWild · CC BY-SA 2.0Roberts Creek sees more crime per resident than 64% of Canadian towns
For every 1,000 residents, 16.0 violent incidents and 28.7 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. In 2023 the index stood at 78.5; it fell to 71.4 in 2025. Its Safety Grade is C+, on crime the police covering Roberts Creek reported from 2023 to 2025: #107 of 251 in British Columbia. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 94 and 70.2.
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 Sunshine Coast detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Roberts Creek
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Roberts Creek is 24th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Near the British Columbia middle
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Roberts Creek scores 76.6. 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.
Inside Roberts Creek’s C+ for safety
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: #107 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,587 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.
Roberts Creek, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 79.9, with 2025 the lightest at 71.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Roberts Creek | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 79.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 78.5 | 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 Roberts Creek, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
What police record in Roberts Creek, by type
Against the typical town its size, Roberts Creek runs highest on mischief (7.3 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (3.6 per 1,000 against 2.8). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8.7 | 0.4 | 31% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.7 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 82.7 | 3.6 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14.7 | 0.6 | 43% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 26 | 1.1 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 19.3 | 0.8 | 2% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 229 | 10 | 17% |
| Mischief | 166.7 | 7.3 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 10 | 0.4 | 67% |
| Administration of justice violations | 76.3 | 3.3 | 57% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 32.7 | 1.4 | 31% |
| Drug violations | 20.7 | 0.9 | 47% |
| Impaired driving | 77 | 3.4 | 66% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 5.3 | 0.2 | 51% |
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.
By its index, Roberts Creek stands 24th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 3,915 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo British Columbia | 3,733 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 3,672 | 65.5 | 44.5 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George British Columbia | 3,811 | 67.3 | 98.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Electoral Area F, East Kootenay British Columbia | 3,893 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| 22 | Colchester County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 3,891 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| 23 | Penhold Alberta | 3,812 | 73.6 | 64.8 | C+ |
| 24 | Roberts Creek British Columbia | 3,779 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| 25 | Blind River Ontario | 3,692 | 77.7 | 114 | C+ |
| 26 | Baie-D'Urfé Quebec | 3,706 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 27 | Killarney Manitoba | 3,708 | 81.4 | 71.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Cowichan Bay British Columbia | 3,713 | 131.7 | 149.7 | 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 Roberts Creek in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
23,000 residents, about 370 violent incidents a year: the police area Roberts Creek belongs to, 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 660 property crimes, plus 420 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 Roberts Creek
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Creek | 3,779 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast | 4,279 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| Gibsons | 5,090 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast | 2,691 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| Sechelt | 11,558 | 141.3 | 114.9 | D |
Its police also cover 3 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- An index, not a verdict. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared with the countryside. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Roberts Creek’s are shared with its surroundings.
Questions about safety in Roberts Creek
Is Roberts Creek safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Roberts Creek scores 76.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 16 violent and 28.7 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Roberts Creek?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 13.1, theft under $5,000 at 10 and mischief at 7.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Roberts Creek?
Down 9%: 78.5 in 2023, 71.4 in 2025.
How much of Roberts Creek’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 27%: 42% for violent crime and 18% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Roberts Creek 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).