Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Forest Lawn is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
In sum, crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Forest Lawn at B− (#33 of 474 in Alberta): close to the middle of Canadian towns. Out of every 1,000 residents, 10.6 violent incidents and 31.9 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 67.2 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ scores 60.3.
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 Calgary service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What stands out about safety in Forest Lawn
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Forest Lawn moved from 74.3 to 62.9, while the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 to 59.2. Year by year ↓
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 Forest Lawn’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Forest Lawn’s own streets could sit well above or below it.
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: #33 of 474 in Alberta and #1,144 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What Calgary’s police record, by type
These are Calgary’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Calgary runs highest on robbery (0.8 per 1,000 against 0.4), motor vehicle theft (3 per 1,000 against 1.7) and break and enter (3.7 per 1,000 against 2.2). Fraud sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 20 | 0.01 | 70% |
| Sexual violations against children | 274.7 | 0.2 | 39% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 445.3 | 0.3 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 138.3 | 0.09 | 40% |
| Robbery | 1,191.7 | 0.8 | 36% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 128.3 | 0.08 | 75% |
| Other violent violations | 241.3 | 0.2 | 59% |
| Breaking and entering | 5,706.7 | 3.7 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 620 | 0.4 | 86% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4,568.7 | 3 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1,197.7 | 0.8 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 24,502.7 | 15.7 | 11% |
| Mischief | 5,863 | 3.8 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 862.7 | 0.6 | 93% |
| Administration of justice violations | 12,562 | 8.1 | 99% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 554 | 0.4 | 68% |
| Drug violations | 1,387 | 0.9 | 92% |
| Impaired driving | 106 | 0.07 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 124.3 | 0.08 | 41% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
In Forest Lawn, down 15% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (74.3); 2025 was the lightest, at 62.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Forest Lawn | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.9 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 64.3 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 74.3 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Forest Lawn, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Forest Lawn
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Lawn | 7,513 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Albert Park/Radisson Heights | 8,433 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Dover | 10,440 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Forest Heights | 6,120 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Erin Woods | 7,245 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Penbrooke Meadows | 10,001 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Marlborough | 8,932 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
Sharing its police with 6 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the city. Without open access to Calgary’s community statistics, the figures here are the city’s, not Forest Lawn’s own.
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in Forest Lawn
Is Forest Lawn safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Forest Lawn’s Crime Severity Index stands at 67.2 for 2023–2025. Its police record 10.6 violent incidents and 31.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Forest Lawn?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 15.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (9.2) and assault (6.7).
Is crime going up in Forest Lawn?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 15%, to 62.9 from 74.3.
How much of Forest Lawn’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 35%: 49% for violent crime and 28% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers the whole city.
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).