Kelowna residents, business owners say Crime Severity Index not the full picture
Despite a decline in the severity of police-reported crime, many Kelowna, B.C., residents and business owners say they aren’t convinced the city is becoming safer. Kelowna is a wonderful place, so let’s just keep positive.”The Crime Severity Index measures both the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime.Even with the improvement in the rankings, concerns about public safety remain widespread. “There’s a lot of crime that goes on around here.” Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.
- ▪Despite a decline in the severity of police-reported crime, many Kelowna, B.C., residents and business owners say they aren’t convinced the city is becoming safer.
- ▪Kelowna is a wonderful place, so let’s just keep positive.”The Crime Severity Index measures both the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime.Even with the improvement in the rankings, concerns about public safety remain widespread.
- ▪“There’s a lot of crime that goes on around here.” Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.
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Despite a decline in the severity of police-reported crime, many Kelowna, B.C., residents and business owners say they aren’t convinced the city is becoming safer. Newly released data from Statistics Canada’s annual Crime Severity Index show the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime in the Kelowna census metropolitan area fell 4.5 per cent in 2025.The decline moved Kelowna to ninth among Canada’s 41 census metropolitan areas, down from fifth the previous year.“I think it is going down, hopefully,” said Kelowna resident Candy Van Hees. “We can only hope.
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