Photo: Sam Beebe · CC BY 2.0Terrace records more crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
The local count comes to 29.8 violent incidents and 73.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Scored on crime the police covering Terrace reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D for safety: #238 of 251 in British Columbia. Violence accounts for an index of 155 and other offences for 184, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56.
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 Terrace
Mischief: high for a town its size
Terrace records 43.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Terrace moved from 223.7 to 148.1, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Heavier than British Columbia’s middle
Set among British Columbia’s towns, whose median is 83.2, Terrace scores 174.6. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Terrace scores 155 for violence and 184 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 89.4 and 56. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D for Terrace
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: #238 of 251 in British Columbia and #2,490 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Year by year in Terrace: down 34%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 223.7, and 2025 the lightest at 148.1. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Terrace | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 148.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 152.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 223.7 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Terrace, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Terrace, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Terrace runs highest on mischief (43.4 per 1,000 against 3.7), drug offences (5.9 per 1,000 against 0.8) and assault (16.1 per 1,000 against 6.6). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 10.7 | 0.8 | 21% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.4 | 88% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 5 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 47.3 | 3.6 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.3 | 0.5 | 11% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13.3 | 1 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 245 | 18.3 | 10% |
| Mischief | 583 | 43.4 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 28.3 | 2.1 | 24% |
| Administration of justice violations | 255.3 | 19 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 27.7 | 2.1 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 80.7 | 5.9 | 17% |
| Impaired driving | 54.7 | 4.1 | 82% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
By its index, Terrace stands 34th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | North Saanich British Columbia | 12,986 | 37.5 | 32.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 21 | View Royal British Columbia | 12,795 | 54.5 | 53.9 | B |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Sidney British Columbia | 13,445 | 68.4 | 72.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Gander Newfoundland and Labrador | 12,707 | 97.2 | 80.6 | C− |
| 32 | Bathurst New Brunswick | 13,331 | 108.4 | 151.1 | C− |
| 33 | La Crète Alberta | 14,488 | 113.5 | 218.8 | C− |
| 34 | Terrace British Columbia | 13,648 | 174.6 | 155 | D |
| 35 | Prince Rupert British Columbia | 12,903 | 185.2 | 292.9 | D |
| 36 | Bonnyville No. 87 Alberta | 13,265 | 197.6 | 183.7 | D |
| 37 | Lloydminster (Part) Saskatchewan | 13,137 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
| 38 | Dawson Creek British Columbia | 13,635 | 213.1 | 300.4 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 589.9 | 1,034.6 | 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 Terrace in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Terrace recorded about 400 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.
Property crime adds about 990 a year and other violations 1,170 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Terrace
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace | 13,648 | 174.6 | 155 | D |
| Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine | 4,153 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
| Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine | 3,189 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
Terrace has the highest index of the places around it. Just 4.3 km away, Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine comes to 53.7, against 174.6.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Terrace
Is Terrace safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Terrace scores 174.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 29.8 violent and 73.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the typical index is 66.
What is the most common crime in Terrace?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 75.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (43.4) and theft under $5,000 (18.3).
Is crime going up in Terrace?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 34%, to 148.1 from 223.7.
How much of Terrace’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 25% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 35% of violent crime and 21% of the rest, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Terrace 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).