Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Behind the grade sit 12.2 violent incidents and 27.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Overall, Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet grades B for safety: close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Its violent half comes to 48.4 and its non-violent half to 59.8, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8.
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 Squamish detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet
Police clear less here
Police cleared 12% of Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet’s crime, weighted by seriousness (28% of violent crime, 8% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Lighter than British Columbia’s middle
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 56.2 in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet’s two halves part ways: 48.4 for violence (typical 86.4) and 59.8 for the rest (typical 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.
Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet: B for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 4 km off, which covers its own area rather than Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet.
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.
Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet runs highest on mischief (7.6 per 1,000 against 4.2). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 3.3 | 1.5 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6.7 | 3 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 1.8 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 19 | 8.5 | 0% |
| Mischief | 17 | 7.6 | 4% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 3 | 1.4 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.7 | 2.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 15.7 | 7 | 68% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 27 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet (2,150 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 62 property crimes, plus 41 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (62.5); the low point came in 2025, at 49.8. 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 D, Squamish-Lillooet | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 56.3 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 62.5 | 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 D, Squamish-Lillooet, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet | 1,055 | 56.2 | 48.4 | B |
| Squamish (4 km) | 28,578 | 69.7 | 62.3 | C+ |
| Lions Bay (30 km) | 1,375 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast (39 km) | 2,691 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| Bowen Island (42 km) | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| Gibsons (43 km) | 5,090 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
Nearby, 2 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet. Lions Bay, 30.2 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 24.4 to 56.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–43 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A small police area. With roughly 2,154 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet
Is Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet’s Crime Severity Index stands at 56.2 for 2023–2025. Its police record 12.2 violent incidents and 27.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (8.4) and Criminal Code traffic offences (8.2).
Is crime going up in Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet?
It went down 20% between 2023 and 2025, from 62.5 to 49.8. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 12% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 28% of violent and 8% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).