Photo: Sandy Busche · CC BY 3.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Taylor than in 69% of Canadian towns
Measured on crime the police covering Taylor reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C. Add to that, the local count comes to 12.6 violent incidents and 25.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 81.8 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 67.2. Police clear 27% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Fort St John detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Taylor
Down since 2023
Taylor’s index went from 98.7 in 2023 to 76.1 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Taylor scores 82.5 for violence and 82.2 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
About the British Columbia norm
Within British Columbia, the median town comes to 83.2 on the index, against 81.8 in Taylor. 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.
What’s behind Taylor’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 14 km off, which covers its own area rather than Taylor.
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.
Crime in Taylor, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Taylor runs highest on motor vehicle theft (4.5 per 1,000 against 2.4), break and enter (4.6 per 1,000 against 2.5) and mischief (5.1 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 | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 63.7 | 4.6 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 19.7 | 1.4 | 39% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 62.3 | 4.5 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 23.7 | 1.7 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 65 | 4.7 | 8% |
| Mischief | 70.7 | 5.1 | 28% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.5 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.3 | 3 | 53% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12.7 | 0.9 | 26% |
| Drug violations | 10 | 0.7 | 40% |
| Impaired driving | 100.3 | 7.2 | 55% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
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.
Year by year in Taylor: down 23%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 98.7, against a low of 70.5 in 2024. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Taylor | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 70.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 98.7 | 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 Taylor, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Taylor, 13,900 residents, recorded about 180 violent incidents a year, 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 350 property crimes, plus 230 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 Taylor
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor | 1,415 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| Fort St. John | 24,383 | 200.6 | 214.9 | D |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River | 6,344 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
Questions about safety in Taylor
Is Taylor safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Taylor’s Crime Severity Index stands at 81.8 for 2023–2025. Its police record 12.6 violent incidents and 25.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Taylor?
The three biggest groups are Criminal Code traffic offences at 9.7, assault at 6.9 and other Criminal Code offences at 5.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Taylor?
It went down 23% between 2023 and 2025, from 98.7 to 76.1.
How much of Taylor’s crime do police solve?
About 27% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 49% of violent and 19% 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 Taylor 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).