Photo: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is lower in Beaumont than in 90% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 46.8 and other offences for 33.4, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. On the record of crime the police covering Beaumont reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A for safety: #4 of 474 in Alberta. Add to that, each year brought 7.6 violent incidents and 18.9 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size). Its 6 neighbours with figures all record more crime per resident.
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 Beaumont
Lighter than in 2023
Beaumont’s index went from 43 in 2023 to 26.5 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Lighter than Alberta’s middle
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 37 in Beaumont. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Beaumont stands 8th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Beaumont records 6.7 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Beaumont’s grade
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: #4 of 474 in Alberta and #213 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
In Beaumont, down 38% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 43 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 26.5. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Beaumont | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.5 | 60 |
| 2024 | 41.5 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 43 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Beaumont, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Beaumont, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Beaumont runs highest on mischief (6.7 per 1,000 against 3.7). Theft under $5,000 and break and enter sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6.7 | 0.3 | 55% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 22.3 | 0.9 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.3 | 0.3 | 37% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 36.3 | 1.5 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 139.7 | 5.7 | 8% |
| Mischief | 164.7 | 6.7 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 36.7 | 1.5 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.3 | 0.4 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 7 | 0.3 | 47% |
| Impaired driving | 21.7 | 0.9 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Beaumont places 8th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Springwater Ontario | 24,144 | 22.8 | 21.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Kingsville Ontario | 25,302 | 29.8 | 24.8 | A+ |
| 6 | Angus Ontario | 26,036 | 33.2 | 50.9 | A |
| 7 | Picton Ontario | 27,544 | 35.5 | 50.9 | A |
| 8 | Beaumont Alberta | 26,305 | 37 | 46.8 | A |
| 9 | Beloeil Quebec | 25,240 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| 10 | Essex Ontario | 23,872 | 37.3 | 63.2 | A |
| 11 | Strathroy Ontario | 26,497 | 38.8 | 47.8 | A |
| 12 | Foothills County Alberta | 25,789 | 39.1 | 30.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Grande Prairie County No. 1 Alberta | 25,883 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Fort St. John British Columbia | 24,383 | 200.6 | 214.9 | 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 Beaumont in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Beaumont’s police: about 190 violent incidents a year over 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.
Add about 470 property crimes and 140 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Beaumont
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 26,305 | 37 | 46.8 | A |
| The Orchards At Ellerslie | 6,267 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Summerside | 16,760 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Walker | 13,388 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Charlesworth | 8,135 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Ellerslie | 5,963 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Callaghan | 4,180 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
The places around Beaumont all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Beaumont
Is Beaumont safe?
Against a typical 66 for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, Beaumont’s Crime Severity Index stands at 37 for 2023–2025. Its police record 7.6 violent incidents and 18.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Beaumont?
Mischief is the most common, at 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (5.7) and other Criminal Code offences (4.2).
Is crime going up in Beaumont?
It went down 38% between 2023 and 2025, from 43 to 26.5.
How much of Beaumont’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 33% of crime (55% of violent crime, 20% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Beaumont 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).