Per resident, Provinceton records more crime than 76% of Canadian towns
Typical years here bring 9.7 violent incidents plus 31.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 10.8 plus 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Still, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Provinceton reported put it at C− for safety: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. Split in two, the index gives 75.5 for violence and 101.5 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). In 2023 the index stood at 104.1; it fell to 89.1 in 2025.
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 and crime rate figures: the Surrey service area.
What stands out about safety in Provinceton
Police clear less here
For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the typical clearance rate is 38%; Provinceton’s police clear 15%, 36% of violent crime and 8% of the rest. Questions ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Provinceton’s index splits into violent crime, 75.5 here and 75.2 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, and everything else, 101.5 against 54.2. By type ↓
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 Provinceton’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Provinceton alone.
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: #136 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,836 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Surrey’s crime, type by type
These are Surrey’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Surrey runs highest on Cannabis Act offences (2.5 per 1,000 against 0.04), drug offences (4 per 1,000 against 0.9) and robbery (0.5 per 1,000 against 0.4). Sexual assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 8.7 | 0.02 | 61% |
| Sexual violations against children | 175.7 | 0.3 | 23% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 85.3 | 0.1 | 94% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 21 | 0.04 | 32% |
| Robbery | 304.7 | 0.5 | 29% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 23 | 0.04 | 75% |
| Other violent violations | 55.3 | 0.1 | 29% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,019.7 | 2 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 117 | 0.2 | 49% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 871.7 | 1.6 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 289 | 0.6 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 8,757 | 16.6 | 9% |
| Mischief | 2,447 | 4.5 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 275 | 0.5 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 888.7 | 1.6 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 306.7 | 0.6 | 30% |
| Drug violations | 1,855.7 | 4 | 11% |
| Impaired driving | 848.3 | 1.6 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 384.3 | 0.7 | 13% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Provinceton, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 104.1 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 87.5 in 2024. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Surrey Police Service took over from the RCMP on 29 November 2024. The figures here are the RCMP Surrey detachment’s for 2023–2025, the only full three years; the new service reports 2025 alone.
Every year as a table
| Year | Provinceton | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.1 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 87.5 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 104.1 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Provinceton, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Provinceton
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provinceton | 11,625 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Surrey Centre | 16,482 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Rosewood Park | 9,004 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Aloha Estates | 13,194 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 93.6 | 75.5 | C− |
6 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole city’s numbers. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Provinceton is the city police’s, for the whole city.
Questions about safety in Provinceton
Is Provinceton safe?
Police-reported crime in Provinceton scores 93.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 9.7 violent incidents and 31 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Provinceton?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 16.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 15.4 and fraud at 5.3.
Is crime going up in Provinceton?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 14%, to 89.1 from 104.1.
How much of Provinceton’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 36% of violent crime and 8% of everything else, 15% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the city.
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).