Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, McKenzie Lake records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 67.2 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 60.3 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Across all the graded crimes, McKenzie Lake lands on B− (#33 of 474 in Alberta): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent incidents ran at 10.6 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 31.9, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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. Crime severity and crime rate for the Calgary service area.
What stands out about safety in McKenzie Lake
Down since 2023
McKenzie Lake’s index went from 74.3 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved 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.
McKenzie Lake: B− for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so McKenzie Lake’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.
Crime across Calgary, 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 and sexual assault sit 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.
Year by year in McKenzie Lake: down 15%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 74.3, and its lowest 2025, 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 | McKenzie Lake | 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 McKenzie Lake, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around McKenzie Lake
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKenzie Lake | 11,966 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| McKenzie Towne | 17,757 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Deer Run | 3,652 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Deer Ridge | 4,454 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| New Brighton | 13,048 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Parkland | 3,652 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Douglasdale/Glen | 13,333 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
6 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. Calgary publishes its community crime counts only to signed-in users, not as open data; McKenzie Lake carries the city-wide figures.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- 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.
Questions about safety in McKenzie Lake
Is McKenzie Lake safe?
Police-reported crime in McKenzie Lake scores 67.2 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 10.6 violent incidents and 31.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the typical index is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in McKenzie Lake?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 15.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 9.2 and assault at 6.7.
Is crime going up in McKenzie Lake?
The reverse: 74.3 in 2023 came down to 62.9 by 2025, 15% lower.
How much of McKenzie Lake’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 49% of violent crime and 28% of everything else, 35% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for 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).