Fort St. John climbed two spots in Maclean's annual rankings of Canada's most dangerous cities, while Dawson Creek, Prince George and other northern B.C. cities made the magazine's Top 20 most dangerous list for 2020.

Fort St. John moved from 33rd to 31st spot for overall crime of the 237 cities included in the rankings, published Tuesday, November 19. The city sits in 18th place for violent crime.

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"Rates of crime continue to be higher in parts of western Canada," Maclean's writer Marie-Danielle Smith wrote about the 2020 rankings.

"Of the top 50 locations where overall crime was highest, 39 were in the Prairies or B.C. Of the top 50 locations for violent crime, 31 out of 50 were west of Ontario."

The rankings are compiled using Statistics Canada data and its crime severity index, which measures the volume and severity of crime against national averages over the last five years.

Fort St. John has seen a 12-point decline in overall crime severity, down from 133.5 in 2013 to 121 in 2018. The national average crime severity score is 75.

The city's score for violent crime severity was at 141, higher than the national average of 82.44.

While crime rates across most categories are seeing a downward trend, Fort St. John still has higher than national average rates of assaults and sexual assaults, as well as robbery, break and enter, fraud, and impaired driving.

The youth crime rate is down, at 4.62 incidents per 100,000 population, below above the Canadian average of 13.01.

Prince George was ranked Canada's 14th most dangerous place in Canada for overall crime, with Dawson Creek at 13th.

Grande Prairie was rated the ninth, while Prince Rupert, Terrace, Williams Lake, and Quesnel also finished in Maclean's Top 20 most dangerous list.

Fort St. John Statistics

Homicide, Assault & Bodily Harm

Homicide, actual incidents: 1

Homicide rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 4.62 (Canada avg.: 1.76)

Assault, actual incidents: 213

Assault rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 983.52 (Canada avg.: 457.01)

Sexual assault, actual incidents: 20

Sexual assault rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 92.35 (Canada avg.: 75.89)

Firearms offences, actual incidents: 1

Firearms offences rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 4.62 (Canada avg.: 7.58)

Theft & Property Crime

Robbery, actual incidents: 15

Robbery rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 69.26 (Canada avg.: 60.58)

Breaking & Entering, actual incidents: 111

Breaking & Entering rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 512.54 (Canada avg.: 431.24)

Fraud, actual incidents: 97

Fraud rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 447.89 (Canada avg.: 349.2)

Drug Offences

Impaired Driving, actual incidents: 154

Impaired Driving rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 711.09 (Canada avg.: 190.49)

Cannabis trafficking or production, actual incidents: 1

Cannabis trafficking or production rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 4.62 (Canada avg.: 22.5)

Cocaine trafficking or production, actual incidents: 11

Cocaine trafficking or production rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 50.79 (Canada avg.: 20.03)

Other controlled drugs, trafficking or production, actual incidents: 3

Other controlled drugs, trafficking or production rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 13.85 (Canada avg.: 31.58)

Youth Crime

Youth Criminal Justice Act offences, actual incidents: 1

Youth Criminal Justice Act offences rate (incidents per 100,000 population): 4.62 (Canada avg.: 13.01)

The rankings and datasets can be found by clicking here. To view the rankings of the most dangerous places, click "all crime."

Email Managing Editor Matt Preprost at editor@ahnfsj.ca.