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Area of Impact

Community Safety

Indicator

Real Crime

Integrated Policy & Action Areas

C3.1

Community Safety & Security

Reporting Period Data

Period Score
2018 47%
2019 51%
2020 60%
2021 60%
2022 54%
2023 60%

Sustainability End Goal

Ideally there are zero victims of non-domestic assault and property crime in the city.

Metric

Actual crime rate per 100,000 population represented by a percentage score
Zero crime rate per 100,000 population represented by a score of 100%

How The Score Is Calculated

This is an exception where the metric needs an adjustment (Refer to B4 Approach). The score is calculated as follows:

Score = 100% - (1/ ( 2 x average crime rate of comparable communities)) x actual Nanaimo crime rate, where a score of 100% means Nanaimo's crime rate is zero, and a score of 50% means Nanaimo's crime rate is the same as the average crime rate of comparable communities.

If the score is higher than 50%, Nanaimo's crime rate is better (i.e. lower) than the average crime rate of comparable communities. 

Note

Comparable communities include four municipalities with a similar population size: Victoria, Kamloops, Chilliwack, and Maple Ridge. 

Rationale and Analysis

Why We Measure This

Non-domestic assaults (i.e., violent crimes against a stranger) and residential and business break-ins are probably the most common and troubling types of crime that erode a community’s sense of public safety.  The murder rate is often used as a crime indicator. But murder could occur behind closed doors and may not be discovered for years or ever.  Emergency response and advanced life saving techniques are helping people survive serious injuries. Monitoring non-domestic violent crimes and property crimes could be more useful to better understand public safety issues over time.

How We Measure It

Nanaimo RCMP Detachment collects annual crime data within the City boundary, and selects comparable communities and collect their crime data. 
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