Photo: Annette Teng · CC BY 3.0Bighorn No. 8 sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Typical years here bring 9.9 violent incidents plus 45.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Still, the index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 70.3 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Measured on crime the police covering Bighorn No. 8 reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C+.
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. Shared with the rest of the Canmore detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Bighorn No. 8
Mischief: high for a town its size
Bighorn No. 8 records 14.9 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Bighorn No. 8’s index splits into violent crime, 40.9 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 82.7 against 62.8. By type ↓
Lower than most of Alberta
Bighorn No. 8’s index of 70.3 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Bighorn No. 8: C+ for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 18 km from Bighorn No. 8, not to the town.
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Bighorn No. 8, by type
Against the typical town its size, Bighorn No. 8 runs highest on mischief (14.9 per 1,000 against 4.2), fraud (7.8 per 1,000 against 5.1) and motor vehicle theft (3.5 per 1,000 against 2.4).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 3.3 | 2.5 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 4 | 3.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4.7 | 3.5 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 16.3 | 12.4 | 4% |
| Mischief | 19.7 | 14.9 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 5.3 | 4 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.3 | 1 | — |
| Drug violations | 1.3 | 1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 9.7 | 7.3 | 48% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
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 people or more.
About 13 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Bighorn No. 8 (1,350 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.
Property crime adds about 60 a year and other violations 36 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
The index in Bighorn No. 8, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 80.2, and its lowest 2024, at 63.8. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Bighorn No. 8 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 63.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 80.2 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Bighorn No. 8, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Bighorn No. 8
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bighorn No. 8 | 1,857 | 70.3 | 40.9 | C+ |
| Canmore (12 km) | 17,341 | 50.1 | 41.1 | B+ |
| Banff (31 km) | 11,402 | 63 | 74.8 | B− |
| Cochrane (50 km) | 39,397 | 39.7 | 38.9 | A |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Bighorn No. 8. Closest is Canmore, 12.4 km away, at 50.1 to 70.3 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 12–50 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Bighorn No. 8.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. The police behind these figures serve about 1,349 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Bighorn No. 8
Is Bighorn No. 8 safe?
Bighorn No. 8 measures 70.3 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 9.9 violent incidents and 45.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Bighorn No. 8?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 15.1, mischief at 14.9 and theft under $5,000 at 12.4, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Bighorn No. 8?
No: the index fell 16%, from 80.2 in 2023 to 67 in 2025. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Bighorn No. 8’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 30%: 46% for violent crime and 25% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Bighorn No. 8 and everywhere else it polices.
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).