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title: "Is Prince George dangerous? Why is the crime rate high?"
description: "Prince George’s crime severity index is well above the BC average, mostly property crime. Our safety dashboard shows the trend by neighbourhood."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/answers/crime-and-safety/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/answers/crime-and-safety.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:13:10.296Z
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# Is Prince George dangerous? Why is the crime rate high?

Prince George’s crime severity index is well above the BC average, driven mostly by property crime and concentrated in a few areas. Our safety dashboard shows the trend since 2000 and reported property crime by neighbourhood.

Checked October 1, 2026. Numbers update on their own.

The crime severity index is 193.8, against 92.4 for BC (Statistics Canada, police-reported). The index weighs each offence by seriousness and is pushed up in regional hubs by property crime, addiction and the city serving a large area. Most incidents are theft, theft from vehicles and mischief, concentrated downtown and on commercial strips. Lock cars, do not leave valuables visible, and register cameras with the RCMP if you have them.

## By the numbers, live

- Crime severity index
  193.8
  2025. Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0063, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services in British Columbia. [More on crime severity index](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/safety/)
- Crime severity index, BC
  92.4
  2025. Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0063, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services in British Columbia. [More on crime severity index, bc](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/safety/)

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## Official sources

- [Statistics Canada: crime severity index](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510006301) Link checked October 14, 2026
- [Prince George RCMP](https://rcmp.ca/en/bc/prince-george) Link checked October 14, 2026

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### Answer

Source: [Answers compiled from our own pages and the official sources linked in each answer; live values from our public API](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/answers/). Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); each answer links its official sources. Updated 2026-10-14T12:40:01.822Z.
JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/answers/crime-and-safety

- **id**: crime-and-safety
- **theme**: 23
- **topic**: safety
- **topicLabel**: Safety and what is going on
- **question**: Is Prince George dangerous? Why is the crime rate high?
- **also**: High crime rate in PG, Crime rate dropping
- **short**: Prince George’s crime severity index is well above the BC average, driven mostly by property crime and concentrated in a few areas. Our safety dashboard shows the trend since 2000 and reported property crime by neighbourhood.
- **answer**: The crime severity index is 193.8, against 92.4 for BC (Statistics Canada, police-reported). The index weighs each offence by seriousness and is pushed up in regional hubs by property crime, addiction and the city serving a large area. Most incidents are theft, theft from vehicles and mischief, concentrated downtown and on commercial strips. Lock cars, do not leave valuables visible, and register cameras with the RCMP if you have them.
- **checked**: 2026-10-01
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/answers/crime-and-safety/>

#### facts

| key | label | api | value | asOf | source | sourceUrl | href |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| csi | Crime severity index | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/crime/severity | 193.8 | 2025 | Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0063, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services in British Columbia | https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510006301 | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/safety/ |
| csiBc | Crime severity index, BC | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/crime/severity | 92.4 | 2025 | Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0063, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services in British Columbia | https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510006301 | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/safety/ |


#### links

| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| Safety dashboard and crime map | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/safety/ |
| Neighbourhoods | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/neighbourhoods/ |
| Crime news | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/news/crime/ |


#### official

| label | url | linkOk | linkCheckedAt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Statistics Canada: crime severity index | https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510006301 | true | 2026-10-14T12:40:01.822Z |
| Prince George RCMP | https://rcmp.ca/en/bc/prince-george | true | 2026-10-14T12:40:01.822Z |

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