Photo: WinterE229 (WinterforceMedia) · CC0More crimes per resident are recorded in Bruderheim than in 93% of Canadian towns
Police clear 22% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%. Add to that, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Bruderheim reported put it at D for safety. The local count comes to 23.5 violent incidents and 67.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Of the two halves, violence comes to 126.8 and other offences to 185.3, beside norms of 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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Redwater detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Bruderheim
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Bruderheim records 17.3 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Down since 2023
From 199.1 in 2023 to 125.1 in 2025: that is Bruderheim’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Bruderheim’s index splits into violent crime, 126.8 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 185.3 against 62.8. By type ↓
Above Alberta’s typical town
Bruderheim’s index of 167.5 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.
What’s behind Bruderheim’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 21 km from Bruderheim, since none reports under the town’s name.
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Bruderheim’s index dropped 37%
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 199.1, against a low of 125.1 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Bruderheim | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 178.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 199.1 | 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 Bruderheim, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
What police record in Bruderheim, by type
Against the typical town its size, Bruderheim runs highest on break and enter (17.3 per 1,000 against 2.5), mischief (15.3 per 1,000 against 4.2) and motor vehicle theft (7.3 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 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.6 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 120 | 17.3 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 43.3 | 6.3 | 12% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 50.7 | 7.3 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13 | 1.9 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 72.7 | 10.5 | 10% |
| Mischief | 105.7 | 15.3 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 27 | 3.9 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15.7 | 2.3 | 24% |
| Drug violations | 5 | 0.7 | 54% |
| Impaired driving | 20.3 | 2.9 | 79% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
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.
Around 160 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Bruderheim (7,170 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 460 property crimes, plus 120 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 Bruderheim
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruderheim | 1,439 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Lamont (11 km) | 1,856 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Redwater (21 km) | 2,301 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Fort Saskatchewan (24 km) | 30,575 | 78.4 | 82.7 | C+ |
| Gibbons (26 km) | 3,352 | 167.1 | 160 | D |
| Lamont County (26 km) | 3,918 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Bruderheim. Fort Saskatchewan, 23.6 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 78.4 to 167.5. 2 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Bruderheim with figures are 11–26 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
Questions about safety in Bruderheim
Is Bruderheim safe?
Bruderheim’s Crime Severity Index is 167.5 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 23.5 violent incidents and 67 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Bruderheim?
Top of the list is break and enter (17.3 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 15.3, and assault, at 12, follow.
Is crime going up in Bruderheim?
No: the index fell 37%, from 199.1 in 2023 to 125.1 in 2025.
How much of Bruderheim’s crime do police solve?
About 22% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 60% of violent and 12% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Bruderheim together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).