Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.0Killarney has more crime per resident than 76% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 99.3 for violence and 91.8 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). A Safety Grade of C− follows from crime the police covering Killarney reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #136 of 251 in British Columbia. On top of that, the local count comes to 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. By 2025 the index had dropped to 89.3, down from 96.9 in 2023.
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. Source area for crime severity and crime rate: the Vancouver service area.
What stands out about safety in Killarney
Less crime solved
For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the typical clearance rate is 38%; Killarney’s police clear 26%, 39% of violent crime and 20% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Killarney’s C− for safety
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Killarney 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.
What Vancouver’s police record, by type
These are Vancouver’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Vancouver runs highest on robbery (0.9 per 1,000 against 0.4), theft under $5,000 (24.9 per 1,000 against 11.5) and mischief (7.5 per 1,000 against 3.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 17.3 | 0.02 | 75% |
| Sexual violations against children | 237.7 | 0.3 | 14% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 163.7 | 0.2 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 0.04 | 63% |
| Robbery | 655 | 0.9 | 33% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 44.3 | 0.06 | 73% |
| Other violent violations | 99.7 | 0.1 | 42% |
| Breaking and entering | 2,481.7 | 3.3 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 457 | 0.6 | 50% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 673.3 | 0.9 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 849 | 1.1 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 18,459.3 | 24.9 | 13% |
| Mischief | 5,579.7 | 7.5 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 911 | 1.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,897 | 2.6 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 627 | 0.8 | 50% |
| Drug violations | 1,305.7 | 1.8 | 67% |
| Impaired driving | 573.7 | 0.8 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 12 | 0.02 | 48% |
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.
Killarney, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 96.9 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 89.3 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Killarney | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.3 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 93.9 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 96.9 | 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 Killarney, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Killarney
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney | 32,167 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Collingwood | 18,399 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Victoria-Fraserview | 31,095 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Norquay Village | 11,287 | 93.4 | 99.3 | C− |
| Metrotown | 36,594 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| South Slope | 8,989 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
| Garden Village | 6,492 | 70.5 | 64.6 | C+ |
Killarney has the highest index of the places around it. Just 2.7 km away, Metrotown comes to 70.5, against 93.4. 3 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One figure for the city. Neighbourhood crime in Vancouver is released only for non-commercial use, which this site can’t rely on; Killarney carries the city-wide figures.
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. 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 Killarney
Is Killarney safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Killarney’s Crime Severity Index stands at 93.4 for 2023–2025. Its police record 12.5 violent incidents and 43.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Killarney?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 24.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 7.5 and assault at 6.9.
Is crime going up in Killarney?
No: the index fell 8%, from 96.9 in 2023 to 89.3 in 2025.
How much of Killarney’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 39% of violent crime and 20% of everything else, 26% 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).