Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Airdrie sees less crime per resident than 79% of Canadian towns
On the record of crime the police covering Airdrie reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A− for safety: #15 of 474 in Alberta. Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 48.7 and 43. None of the 6 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Airdrie’s police logs show 10.7 violent incidents and 22.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 10.8 and 25.1.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What stands out about safety in Airdrie
Below Alberta’s typical town
Airdrie’s index of 44.3 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Airdrie places 7th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Less crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 23% of crime in Airdrie ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 39% of violent crime and 15% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 38%. Questions ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Airdrie records 7.2 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The A− for Airdrie, and how it is built
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #15 of 474 in Alberta and #379 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Airdrie is 7th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | North Vancouver British Columbia | 97,845 | 36 | 33.7 | A |
| 5 | Bolton Ontario | 90,201 | 39.2 | 51 | A |
| 6 | Cape Breton Nova Scotia | 106,752 | 44 | 56.2 | A− |
| 7 | Airdrie Alberta | 92,544 | 44.3 | 48.7 | A− |
| 8 | Bowmanville Ontario | 114,180 | 45.8 | 61.4 | A− |
| 9 | Simcoe Ontario | 75,618 | 47 | 59.9 | B+ |
| 10 | Mirabel Quebec | 68,471 | 50.1 | 57.3 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 58.8 | 51.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Strathcona County Alberta | 107,345 | 68.4 | 61.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Medicine Hat Alberta | 68,714 | 87.3 | 82.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Fort McMurray Alberta | 81,611 | 124.5 | 117.5 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince George British Columbia | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | D |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Airdrie in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Which crimes make up Airdrie’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Airdrie runs highest on mischief (7.2 per 1,000 against 3.8). Drug offences and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 14.7 | 0.2 | 66% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8 | 0.09 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 14 | 0.2 | 38% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 16.3 | 0.2 | 43% |
| Breaking and entering | 149 | 1.7 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 29.7 | 0.3 | 36% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 118 | 1.3 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 28.3 | 0.3 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 568.3 | 6.4 | 10% |
| Mischief | 636.3 | 7.2 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 21.7 | 0.2 | 43% |
| Administration of justice violations | 176.3 | 2 | 67% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 55.3 | 0.6 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 50 | 0.6 | 31% |
| Impaired driving | 149.3 | 1.7 | 40% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.02 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Airdrie’s index fell 9% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (47.1); the low point came in 2025, at 42.7. The typical Canadian town its size went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Airdrie | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.7 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 43.3 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 47.1 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Airdrie, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Police in Airdrie recorded about 950 violent incidents a year, 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Property crime adds about 2,000 a year and other violations 810 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Airdrie
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie | 92,544 | 44.3 | 48.7 | A− |
| Livingston | 3,929 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Carrington | 2,920 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Coventry Hills | 17,391 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Redstone | 13,230 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Country Hills Village | 2,731 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Evanston | 21,483 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Airdrie.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Airdrie
Is Airdrie safe?
The short answer is an index of 44.3 for Airdrie (2023–2025), built from 10.7 violent incidents and 22.7 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Airdrie?
Top of the list is mischief (7.2 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 6.6, and theft under $5,000, at 6.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Airdrie?
It went down 9% between 2023 and 2025, from 47.1 to 42.7.
How much of Airdrie’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 39% of violent crime and 15% of everything else, 23% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Airdrie and nowhere else.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).