Photo: Gar Lunney · Public domainBlood 148 has more crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Blood 148’s violent half comes to 822.8 and its non-violent half to 465.7, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. The yearly rates were 167.7 violent incidents and 339.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 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.
What stands out about safety in Blood 148
Mischief: high for a town its size
Blood 148 records 275.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than most of Alberta
Set among Alberta’s towns, whose median is 110, Blood 148 scores 564.3. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 57% of Blood 148’s crime, weighted by seriousness (59% of violent crime, 55% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Blood 148’s D−
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 to 10,000 people.
Blood 148’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Blood 148 runs highest on mischief (275.4 per 1,000 against 4.9), assault (107.1 per 1,000 against 6.7) and drug offences (7.3 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9 | 2 | 86% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10.3 | 2.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 1 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.3 | 1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.3 | 2.3 | 46% |
| Breaking and entering | 48 | 10.7 | 36% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10.7 | 2.4 | 40% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 61.3 | 13.7 | 58% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.3 | 1.6 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 125 | 27.9 | 25% |
| Mischief | 1,231 | 275.4 | 71% |
| Weapons violations | 21.7 | 4.8 | 59% |
| Administration of justice violations | 124.3 | 27.9 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 28 | 6.2 | 54% |
| Drug violations | 32.7 | 7.3 | 20% |
| Impaired driving | 114.7 | 25.6 | 9% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
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.
Around 750 violent incidents a year on Blood 148’s police records (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 1,520 property crimes, plus 1,110 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Three years of Blood 148’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
From 641.1 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 489.6 in 2024. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Blood 148 | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 562.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 489.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 641.1 | 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 Blood 148, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Blood 148
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood 148 | 4,404 | 564.3 | 822.8 | D− |
| Cardston | 3,863 | 108 | 123.7 | C− |
| Cardston County | 4,938 | 108 | 123.7 | C− |
Blood 148 has the highest index of the places around it. Just 16.8 km away, Cardston comes to 108, against 564.3.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Small numbers. The police behind these figures serve about 4,404 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.”
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Blood 148
Is Blood 148 safe?
Blood 148 measures 564.3 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 167.7 violent incidents and 339.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Blood 148?
Top of the list is mischief (275.4 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 206.7, and assault, at 107.1, follow.
Is crime going up in Blood 148?
The reverse: 641.1 in 2023 came down to 562.1 by 2025, 12% lower. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Blood 148’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 57% of crime (59% of violent crime, 55% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Blood 148 alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).