Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet sees less crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet reported put it at B+ for safety. What’s more, its police logs show 10.1 violent incidents and 15.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ the numbers are 12.0 and 31.2. Violence accounts for an index of 61.7 and other offences for 50, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Across 2023 to 2025 the index held steady, 52.1 to 50.8.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Pemberton detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
Under the British Columbia norm
Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s index of 53 compares with 83.2 for the typical town in British Columbia. Towns its size ↓
Below-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s police clear 25%, 41% of violent crime and 20% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The B+ for Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure, as Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 11 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet, by type
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet runs highest on mischief (5.4 per 1,000 against 4.2). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5 | 0.9 | 26% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5.3 | 0.9 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 23 | 3.9 | 10% |
| Mischief | 31.7 | 5.4 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 8 | 1.4 | 59% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8 | 1.4 | 59% |
| Drug violations | 6.7 | 1.1 | 40% |
| Impaired driving | 28.7 | 4.9 | 55% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
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 59 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet (5,650 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.
Property crime adds about 88 a year and other violations 130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 56.1, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 50.8. 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, Squamish-Lillooet | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 56.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 52.1 | 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, Squamish-Lillooet, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet | 2,027 | 53 | 61.7 | B+ |
| Pemberton (1 km) | 3,620 | 53 | 61.7 | B+ |
| Whistler (27 km) | 15,090 | 83.8 | 82.3 | C |
| Squamish (71 km) | 28,578 | 69.7 | 62.3 | C+ |
| Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet (72 km) | 1,055 | 56.2 | 48.4 | B |
| Lillooet (73 km) | 2,065 | 130 | 120.5 | D |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet. A neighbour policed by the same service carries the same figure, so it isn’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet with figures are 1–73 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
Is Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s Crime Severity Index stands at 53 for 2023–2025. Its police record 10.1 violent incidents and 15.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 14.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 5.4 and mischief at 5.4.
Is crime going up in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet?
Barely: 52.1 in 2023, 50.8 in 2025.
How much of Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s crime do police solve?
About 25% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 41% of violent and 20% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet 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).