Photo: Darren Kirby from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime per resident in Beaver County runs higher than in 76% of Canadian towns
Graded on crime the police covering Beaver County reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C− for safety: #214 of 474 in Alberta. Its violent half comes to 81.2 and its non-violent half to 102.3, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. The index rose from 82.9 in 2023 to 94.3 in 2025. Behind the grade sit 12.1 violent incidents and 41.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Tofield detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Beaver County
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Beaver County records 7 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Beaver County stands 31st, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Beaver County’s index splits into violent crime, 81.2 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 102.3 against 62.8. By type ↓
Below-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Beaver County’s police clear 21%, 51% of violent crime and 12% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The C− for Beaver County, and how it is built
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 16 km off, which covers its own area rather than Beaver County.
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: #214 of 474 in Alberta and #1,836 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What police record in Beaver County, by type
Against the typical town its size, Beaver County runs highest on break and enter (7 per 1,000 against 2.8), mischief (9.9 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (3.9 per 1,000 against 2.6). Assault 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 | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 52.7 | 7 | 5% |
| Possession of stolen property | 34 | 4.5 | 23% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 29.7 | 3.9 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.3 | 1.1 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 62 | 8.2 | 6% |
| Mischief | 74.3 | 9.9 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 17.3 | 2.3 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9 | 1.2 | 19% |
| Drug violations | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 13 | 1.7 | 44% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Beaver County, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 109.9; 2023 was lightest, at 82.9. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Beaver County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 109.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 82.9 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Beaver County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Beaver County comes 31st of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glencoe Ontario | 6,468 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Crowsnest Pass Alberta | 6,011 | 80.2 | 94.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Barrhead County No. 11 Alberta | 6,186 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| 28 | Pictou County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 6,482 | 83.9 | 99.7 | C |
| 29 | Willow Creek No. 26 Alberta | 6,225 | 91.1 | 68.1 | C |
| 30 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 6,040 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| 31 | Beaver County Alberta | 6,245 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| 32 | Port-Cartier Quebec | 6,436 | 103.9 | 209.6 | C− |
| 33 | Stettler Alberta | 6,035 | 108.4 | 89.2 | C− |
| 34 | Vegreville Alberta | 6,153 | 138.4 | 107.9 | D |
| … | |||||
| 39 | St. Paul County No. 19 Alberta | 6,462 | 352.9 | 639.7 | D− |
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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 Beaver County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 91 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Beaver County (7,610 residents), 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.
And about 310 property crimes, plus 77 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Beaver County
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver County | 6,245 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| Tofield (11 km) | 2,122 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| Camrose (34 km) | 20,800 | 96.3 | 96.4 | C− |
| Camrose County (38 km) | 8,951 | 70.5 | 76.9 | C+ |
| Vegreville (44 km) | 6,153 | 138.4 | 107.9 | D |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Beaver County. The nearest of them, Camrose County (37.7 km away), scores 70.5 against 95.7. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Beaver County with figures are 11–44 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “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. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Beaver County
Is Beaver County safe?
Statistics Canada puts Beaver County at 95.7 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 12.1 and property crimes at 41.3 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Beaver County?
Most often it is mischief: 9.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 8.2 and break and enter at 7.
Is crime going up in Beaver County?
It went up 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 82.9 to 94.3.
How much of Beaver County’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 21% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 51% of violent and 12% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Beaver County and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).