---
title: "Which neighbourhood should I live in? | Prince George"
description: "Compare the City’s neighbourhoods by property crime, bus routes and businesses. College Heights and the Hart are suburban; downtown is walkable."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/answers/which-neighbourhood/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/answers/which-neighbourhood.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:13:11.418Z
---

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# Which neighbourhood should I live in, and which areas are safe?

Compare the City’s 31 neighbourhoods on our neighbourhood pages: each shows its boundary, reported property crime for the last 12 months, bus routes and businesses. College Heights, the Hart and the plateau areas are suburban; downtown and the older central areas are walkable but report the most property crime.

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

Every neighbourhood page shows reported property crime (RCMP open data, last 12 full months), so you can compare areas with numbers instead of reputation. Reported property crime concentrates downtown and in the central neighbourhoods around it; most outlying residential areas report far less.

Other things to weigh: the bus routes near you, commute to work or campus, and which side of the city gets more mill smell on still days. Local subdivision names (Birchwood Heights, Southridge, Highland Park and so on) are matched to City neighbourhoods in our alias table.

## 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/)

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## On PG Pulse

- [Neighbourhoods](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/neighbourhoods/)
- [Subdivision and local area names](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/neighbourhoods/#also-known-as)
- [Crime map and safety dashboard](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/safety/)
- [Neighbourhood guide](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/neighbourhoods/)

## Official sources

- [City of Prince George open data: community boundaries](https://data-cityofpg.opendata.arcgis.com/) Link checked October 14, 2026
- [Statistics Canada: crime severity index](https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510006301) Link checked October 14, 2026

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- [Neighbourhoods 31 areas, mapped](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/neighbourhoods/)
- [Schools Every K-12 school, college and university](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/schools/)

## Data

Machine-readable data behind this page, from the free PG Pulse API (https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/).

### 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/which-neighbourhood

- **id**: which-neighbourhood
- **theme**: 3
- **topic**: moving
- **topicLabel**: Moving and settling in
- **question**: Which neighbourhood should I live in, and which areas are safe?
- **also**: Areas to avoid in Prince George, Is the Hart safe?, Safest areas to rent
- **short**: Compare the City’s 31 neighbourhoods on our neighbourhood pages: each shows its boundary, reported property crime for the last 12 months, bus routes and businesses. College Heights, the Hart and the plateau areas are suburban; downtown and the older central areas are walkable but report the most property crime.
- **answer**: Every neighbourhood page shows reported property crime (RCMP open data, last 12 full months), so you can compare areas with numbers instead of reputation. Reported property crime concentrates downtown and in the central neighbourhoods around it; most outlying residential areas report far less. Other things to weigh: the bus routes near you, commute to work or campus, and which side of the city gets more mill smell on still days. Local subdivision names (Birchwood Heights, Southridge, Highland Park and so on) are matched to City neighbourhoods in our alias table.
- **checked**: 2026-10-01
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/answers/which-neighbourhood/>

#### 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/ |


#### links

| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| Neighbourhoods | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/neighbourhoods/ |
| Subdivision and local area names | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/neighbourhoods/#also-known-as |
| Crime map and safety dashboard | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/safety/ |
| Neighbourhood guide | https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/neighbourhoods/ |


#### official

| label | url | linkOk | linkCheckedAt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| City of Prince George open data: community boundaries | https://data-cityofpg.opendata.arcgis.com/ | true | 2026-10-14T12:40:01.822Z |
| Statistics Canada: crime severity index | https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510006301 | true | 2026-10-14T12:40:01.822Z |

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