Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSpallumcheen records less crime per resident than 67% of Canadian towns
None of the 6 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Spallumcheen grades B+ for safety on crime the police covering Spallumcheen reported from 2023 to 2025: #40 of 251 in British Columbia. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 59.9 and 48.3. Annual rates stand at 10.4 violent incidents and 20.7 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical 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.
What stands out about safety in Spallumcheen
Below British Columbia’s typical town
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Spallumcheen, 51.3. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Spallumcheen comes 10th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
A low clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Spallumcheen’s police clear 22%, 33% of violent crime and 16% of the rest. Questions ↓
Up since 2023
From 48.4 in 2023 to 58.5 in 2025: that is Spallumcheen’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
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 Spallumcheen’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: #40 of 251 in British Columbia and #547 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 Spallumcheen, by type
Against the typical town its size, Spallumcheen runs highest on motor vehicle theft (3.3 per 1,000 against 2.6). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 12 | 2.1 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 19 | 3.3 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 24 | 4.1 | 3% |
| Mischief | 29.7 | 5.1 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 12.3 | 2.1 | 43% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Drug violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 11 | 1.9 | 73% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 0.3 | — |
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.
In Spallumcheen, up 21% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 58.5; the lightest was 2024, at 47. 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 | Spallumcheen | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 47 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 48.4 | 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 Spallumcheen, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Spallumcheen stands 10th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Lac-Mégantic Quebec | 5,947 | 48.4 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 8 | Val-David Quebec | 5,920 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 9 | Saint-Pie Quebec | 6,085 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 10 | Spallumcheen British Columbia | 5,843 | 51.3 | 59.9 | B+ |
| 11 | Amqui Quebec | 6,059 | 53.7 | 103.9 | B |
| 12 | Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan Quebec | 5,675 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 13 | Richelieu Quebec | 6,048 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 5,829 | 65 | 107 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Armstrong British Columbia | 5,643 | 73.6 | 83.6 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Electoral Area B, Peace River British Columbia | 5,814 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Osoyoos British Columbia | 5,724 | 97.9 | 68.6 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | 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 Spallumcheen in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Spallumcheen’s police: about 61 violent incidents a year over 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 120 property crimes, plus 51 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 Spallumcheen
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spallumcheen | 5,843 | 51.3 | 59.9 | B+ |
| Armstrong | 5,643 | 73.6 | 83.6 | C+ |
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | 3,415 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan | 5,029 | 61.3 | 74.1 | B− |
| Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap | 4,829 | 45 | 53.2 | A− |
| Enderby | 3,292 | 62.6 | 70.8 | B− |
| Vernon | 49,527 | 145.1 | 141.2 | D |
Of 6 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Spallumcheen. Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap, 16 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 45 to 51.3.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Spallumcheen
Is Spallumcheen safe?
Statistics Canada puts Spallumcheen at 51.3 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 10.4 and property crimes at 20.7 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Spallumcheen?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (5.1) and theft under $5,000 (4.1).
Is crime going up in Spallumcheen?
It has: 48.4 in 2023 became 58.5 by 2025, a rise of 21%.
How much of Spallumcheen’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 22%: 33% for violent crime and 16% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Spallumcheen and nowhere else.
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).