Photo: Urban Walnut · Public domainMore crimes per resident are recorded in Tumbler Ridge than in 72% of Canadian towns
Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 29% (the typical Canadian town its size: 34%). Measured on crime the police covering Tumbler Ridge reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C: #127 of 251 in British Columbia. Split in two, the index gives 86.4 for violence and 88.5 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Typical years here bring 16.4 violent incidents plus 26.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Shared with the rest of the Tumbler Ridge detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Tumbler Ridge
Mischief: high for a town its size
Tumbler Ridge records 8.8 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Tumbler Ridge comes 29th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Violent crime scores 86.4 on Tumbler Ridge’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 88.5 against 62.8. By type ↓
Close to British Columbia’s typical town
The typical British Columbia town scores 83.2; Tumbler Ridge, 87.3. 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 sits behind Tumbler Ridge’s C
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: #127 of 251 in British Columbia and #1,785 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Which crimes make up Tumbler Ridge’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Tumbler Ridge runs highest on sexual assault (2 per 1,000 against 0.9), mischief (8.8 per 1,000 against 4.9) and assault (8.3 per 1,000 against 6.7). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 8 | 3 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5.7 | 2.1 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 1.4 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 16.7 | 6.2 | 32% |
| Mischief | 23.7 | 8.8 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 9.7 | 3.6 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.7 | 1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 7.3 | 2.7 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Tumbler Ridge is 29th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,668 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast British Columbia | 2,691 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| 27 | Hanna Alberta | 2,665 | 76.9 | 65.8 | C+ |
| 28 | Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,601 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 29 | Tumbler Ridge British Columbia | 2,663 | 87.3 | 86.4 | C |
| 30 | Saint George New Brunswick | 2,675 | 88.2 | 105.8 | C |
| 31 | Bouctouche New Brunswick | 2,678 | 102 | 100.1 | C− |
| 32 | Waskaganish Quebec | 2,726 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 Tumbler Ridge in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 44 violent incidents a year across the police area of 2,660 residents that includes Tumbler Ridge, 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 70 property crimes, plus 40 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Tumbler Ridge’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (122); 2025 was the lightest, at 61.1. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Tumbler Ridge | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 78.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 122 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Tumbler Ridge, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Tumbler Ridge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tumbler Ridge | 2,663 | 87.3 | 86.4 | C |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River (67 km) | 2,737 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Chetwynd (74 km) | 2,484 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Electoral Area D, Peace River (82 km) | 5,100 | 107.6 | 157.4 | C− |
| Dawson Creek (85 km) | 13,635 | 213.1 | 300.4 | D |
| Beaverlodge (101 km) | 2,454 | 97.7 | 96.5 | C− |
Tumbler Ridge has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 67–101 km from Tumbler Ridge.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Few people behind the figures. The police behind these figures serve about 2,663 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Town and surroundings together. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Tumbler Ridge is one part.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Tumbler Ridge
Is Tumbler Ridge safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Tumbler Ridge comes to 87.3. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 16.4 violent incidents and 26 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Tumbler Ridge?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 9.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 8.8 and assault at 8.3.
Is crime going up in Tumbler Ridge?
No: the index fell 50%, from 122 in 2023 to 61.1 in 2025. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Tumbler Ridge’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 29% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 50% of violent crime and 20% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Tumbler Ridge and everywhere else it polices.
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).