Photo: David Adamec · Public domainPer resident, Behchokò records more crime than almost every Canadian town
Violence accounts for an index of 1,187.7 and other offences for 1,174.9, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. The grade is D−, built on crime the police covering Behchokò reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, each year brought 235.1 violent incidents and 636.9 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+).
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 and crime rate (the Behchoko detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Behchokò
Mischief: high for a town its size
Behchokò records 558.8 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 1,187.7 on Behchokò’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 1,174.9 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Behchokò’s D− for safety
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.
Which crimes make up Behchokò’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Behchokò runs highest on mischief (558.8 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (79.8 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (159.1 per 1,000 against 6.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9.3 | 4.4 | 54% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11 | 5.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Robbery | 5.3 | 2.5 | 38% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 40.7 | 19 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.7 | 7.8 | 24% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 83 | 38.9 | 20% |
| Mischief | 1,190 | 558.8 | 31% |
| Weapons violations | 12 | 5.6 | 39% |
| Administration of justice violations | 138.7 | 65.1 | 55% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 45.3 | 21.3 | 29% |
| Drug violations | 170.3 | 79.8 | 12% |
| Impaired driving | 174.3 | 82 | 21% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 2,500 people or more.
Behchokò’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 1,368.7; 2023 was lightest, at 999.1. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Behchokò | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,146.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 1,368.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 999.1 | 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 Behchokò, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Behchokò
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behchokò | 2,017 | 1,171.5 | 1,187.7 | D− |
| Yellowknife (95 km) | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | D− |
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Behchokò has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 95 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Small numbers. The police behind these figures serve about 2,147 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.”
- A detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Behchokò is one part.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Behchokò
Is Behchokò safe?
Behchokò scores 1,171.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 235.1 violent incidents and 636.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Behchokò?
Mischief is the most common, at 558.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (236) and assault (159.1).
Is crime going up in Behchokò?
It has: 999.1 in 2023 became 1,146.7 by 2025, a rise of 15%. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Behchokò’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 32% of crime (52% of violent crime, 23% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Behchokò together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).