Crime per resident in Bon Accord runs higher than in 71% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 79.9; it rose to 86.5 in 2025. Scored on crime the police covering Bon Accord reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C for safety. Still, its two neighbours with figures both record more crime per resident. Split in two, the index gives 81.5 for violence and 86.7 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8).
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Morinville detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Bon Accord
Mischief: high for a town its size
Bon Accord records 9.6 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 ↓
Under the Alberta norm
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Bon Accord, 84.7. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Bon Accord scores 81.5 for violence and 86.7 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. 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 sits behind Bon Accord’s C
How sure: Less sure, as Bon Accord has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 16 km away.
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.
Crime in Bon Accord, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Bon Accord runs highest on mischief (9.6 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (5 per 1,000 against 2.5) and motor vehicle theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.4). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.3 | 0.3 | 59% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8.3 | 0.3 | 57% |
| Breaking and entering | 129 | 5 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 86.7 | 3.4 | 25% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 110 | 4.3 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18.3 | 0.7 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 148.3 | 5.8 | 7% |
| Mischief | 246.3 | 9.6 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 13.3 | 0.5 | 88% |
| Administration of justice violations | 76.3 | 3 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 23.3 | 0.9 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 15 | 0.6 | 33% |
| Impaired driving | 37.3 | 1.5 | 81% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.07 | — |
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.
Bon Accord, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 87.7, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 79.9. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Bon Accord | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 87.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 79.9 | 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 Bon Accord, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 340 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Bon Accord (25,600 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 880 property crimes, plus 310 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 Bon Accord
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Accord | 1,457 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| Gibbons | 3,352 | 167.1 | 160 | D |
| Sturgeon County | 21,144 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| Morinville | 10,763 | 66.4 | 81.6 | B− |
| Legal | 1,253 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
1 of the 2 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Bon Accord. Morinville, 15.8 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 66.4 to 84.7. The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. 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 Bon Accord
Is Bon Accord safe?
Bon Accord scores 84.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 13.1 violent incidents and 34.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Bon Accord?
Most often it is mischief: 9.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 7.9 and assault at 6.3.
Is crime going up in Bon Accord?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 8%, to 86.5 from 79.9.
How much of Bon Accord’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 44% of violent crime and 22% of everything else, 28% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Bon Accord 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).