Photo: Michael Rogers. Original uploader was Mjrogers50 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Rossland sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
About 25% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size. In sum, crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Rossland at B− (#64 of 251 in British Columbia): close to the middle of Canadian towns. Add to that, its police logs show 6.9 violent incidents and 16.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 63.8 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size.
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 Trail and Greater District detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Rossland
Less severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Rossland stood at 65.7, by 2025 at 54.3. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Lower than most of British Columbia
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Rossland scores 63.8. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Violent crime scores 58.3 on Rossland’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 66.6 against 62.8. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Rossland is 20th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. 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.
Rossland: B− for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure, as Rossland has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 8 km away.
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: #64 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,000 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.
Which crimes make up Rossland’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Rossland runs highest on mischief (5.8 per 1,000 against 4.9). Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 0.5 | 12% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15.3 | 1.3 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13.3 | 1.1 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 50 | 4.1 | 9% |
| Mischief | 71.7 | 5.8 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 117 | 9.6 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7 | 0.6 | 39% |
| Drug violations | 6.3 | 0.5 | 63% |
| Impaired driving | 35.7 | 2.9 | 62% |
| 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.
Year by year in Rossland: down 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 71.5; 2025 was the lightest, at 54.3. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Rossland | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 71.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 65.7 | 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 Rossland, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 85 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Rossland (12,300 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 200 property crimes, plus 240 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Rossland is 20th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,309 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| 5 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,209 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Electoral Area E, Cariboo British Columbia | 4,242 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| 17 | White City Saskatchewan | 4,379 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 18 | Lantzville British Columbia | 4,276 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| 19 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 20 | Rossland British Columbia | 4,355 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| 21 | Vulcan County Alberta | 4,465 | 64.3 | 54 | B− |
| 22 | Richmond County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 4,305 | 65.2 | 90.1 | B− |
| 23 | Golden British Columbia | 4,433 | 65.5 | 44.5 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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 Rossland in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Rossland
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossland | 4,355 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Warfield | 1,729 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Trail | 8,539 | 114.1 | 118.2 | C− |
| Montrose | 1,072 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Electoral Area B (Lower Columbia-Old-Glory), Kootenay Boundary | 1,432 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| Fruitvale | 2,068 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
Same police, same number: 4 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Rossland
Is Rossland safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 63.8 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Rossland stands, with 6.9 violent and 16.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Rossland?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (15.4 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 5.8, and theft under $5,000, at 4.1, follow.
Is crime going up in Rossland?
It went down 17% between 2023 and 2025, from 65.7 to 54.3.
How much of Rossland’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 25% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 51% of violent crime and 17% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Rossland 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).