Police-reported csi: duncan leads 102 cities at 336.06 in 2025

Statistics Canada publishes a Crime Severity Index (CSI) for each police service of jurisdiction, not for every census subdivision on its own. OpenStats maps each hometown slug to its own police-service row in Table 35-10-0063-01 and related table 35-10-0026-01 so a city never inherits a regional average. On the 2025 edition of the OpenStats crime-severity study, Duncan, BC ranks #1 of 102 covered cities at CSI 336.06, using the Duncan RCMP municipal detachment row.

2025 leaderboard context

The top of the table is concentrated in British Columbia. Twenty-two of the twenty-five highest CSI readings in the 2025 edition are BC cities, most served by RCMP municipal detachments. Merritt (CSI 291.65) and Quesnel (253.71) follow Duncan. Williams Lake (220.36) and Dawson Creek (215.18) round out the top five on severity among placed cities. At the low end of the placed set, Comox reads CSI 36.75, Port Moody 43.29, and Ottawa 50.61.

Duncan’s CSI moved between 2022 and 2023 on the same police-service mapping (from about 230.16 to 471.49), then eased to 345.94 in 2024 and 336.06 in 2025 while staying #1 each of those years. Year-to-year moves reflect police-reported incident mix and weighting changes in StatCan’s index, not a household risk score. Readers should open the Duncan hometown chart for the full safety pillar history and matched service name.

Vancouver and mid-table CSI

Large municipal police services appear mid-table on severity rather than at either tail. Vancouver ranks #36 of 102 placed cities at CSI 89.28 on the 2025 study row for Vancouver municipal police. That placement feeds Vancouver’s crime pillar inside City Score alongside six other observed pillars on the 2025 composite. Vancouver’s CSI sits far below Duncan’s 336.06 and above Comox’s 36.75, which frames how BC cities split across detachments and municipal services on the same index.

Red Deer at CSI 114.36 (rank 22) and Winnipeg at 113.42 (rank 25) show Alberta and Manitoba municipal services in a higher band than Vancouver on this edition. Compare those rows only when the police service type and geography match; PR 64 keeps each slug on its own service CSI.

Coverage: 102 placed, 241 median fill

Two hundred forty-one hometowns in the wider 343-city corpus lack a police-service CSI match and receive median standing on the safety pillar inside City Score. One hundred two cities carry an observed crime pillar from the study table. Unplaced cities still earn composite ranks from tax, construction, connectivity, radon, water, seismic hazard, and growth when those pillars place them. Median fill keeps absent crime data neutral at 50% standing rather than copying a neighbour.

How OpenStats uses CSI in City Score

Crime severity is one of eight equal-weight pillars. Higher CSI maps to worse standing (lower rank is worse on the pillar scoreboard). Cities without a police-service match keep median standing until mapping adds a row. The study page lists coverage and source tables; city pages show the matched service name beside CSI history.

Duncan’s extreme CSI weighs equally with every other pillar on the hometown chart. A city can lead the crime study while sitting low on the composite if other pillars run weak, because eight weights still average. Conversely, Ottawa pairs CSI 50.61 with strong growth and construction pillars to reach rank #5 on the composite.

RCMP detachments and municipal services

Duncan, Merritt, and Quesnel share RCMP municipal detachment rows in the BC interior. Vancouver uses a municipal police service row at CSI 89.28. The service type column on the study table helps readers understand why BC dominates the high-CSI list while Vancouver remains mid-table on the same province’s map.

Reading CSI responsibly

CSI aggregates volume and seriousness of police-reported crime relative to a base year. It responds to reporting practices, detachments boundaries, and rare violent incidents. OpenStats publishes the StatCan index for geographic comparison under PR 64, then separates editorial standards on editorial standards. For policy audiences, compare editions under crime severity studies before treating a single year as a trend line.

Year paths on one police service row

Duncan’s CSI moved between 2022 and 2023 on the same police-service mapping, then eased through 2024 and 2025 while staying rank 1 among placed cities each year. Year-to-year moves reflect police-reported incident mix and weighting changes in StatCan’s index rather than a household risk score for an individual address. Readers should open the Duncan hometown chart for the full safety pillar history and matched service name before they quote a single panel in isolation. Compare study editions when you write trend copy rather than treating one year as a complete story.

BC concentration at the top of the table

Twenty-two of the twenty-five highest CSI readings in the 2025 edition are BC cities, most served by RCMP municipal detachments. Merritt and Quesnel follow Duncan on severity among placed cities. Williams Lake and Dawson Creek round out the top five on the same mapping rules. Vancouver uses a municipal police service row at CSI 89.28 and sits mid-table among placed cities, which shows how service type and geography split BC across the distribution.

Composite interaction with extreme CSI

Duncan’s extreme CSI weighs equally with every other pillar on the hometown chart. A city can lead the crime study while sitting low on the composite if other pillars run weak, because eight weights still average. Ottawa pairs CSI 50.61 with strong growth and construction pillars to reach rank 5 on the composite. Median fill keeps absent crime data neutral at 50% standing for unplaced slugs until mapping adds a row. PR 64 keeps each slug on its own service CSI without regional borrowing, which preserves integrity when readers compare Duncan to Comox at the low tail.

Editorial standards on the hub separate responsible CSI reporting from sensational framing. CSI aggregates volume and seriousness of police-reported crime relative to a base year and responds to reporting practices and rare violent incidents. Policy audiences should compare editions under crime severity studies before they generalize about detachments or municipal services using one table alone.