Photo: jayscratch from Victoria, B.C., Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0For recorded crime, Camrose County sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 76.9 and other offences to 68.6, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 29%, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Overall, Camrose County grades C+ for safety (#188 of 474 in Alberta): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Still, typical years here bring 10.6 violent incidents plus 26.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Camrose detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Camrose County
Below Alberta’s typical town
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Camrose County, 70.5. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Camrose County comes 24th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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.
The C+ for Camrose County, and how it is built
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: #188 of 474 in Alberta and #1,398 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Camrose County, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Camrose County runs highest on break and enter (4 per 1,000 against 2.8), motor vehicle theft (3.3 per 1,000 against 2.6) and fraud (5.8 per 1,000 against 4.9). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 32 | 4 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 19.3 | 2.4 | 21% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 26.3 | 3.3 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 33.7 | 4.2 | 5% |
| Mischief | 46.7 | 5.8 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 12.3 | 1.5 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 5.3 | 0.7 | 38% |
| Impaired driving | 16 | 2 | 77% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Camrose County places 24th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Nicolet Quebec | 8,737 | 56.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 22 | Three Rivers Prince Edward Island | 9,322 | 61.6 | 82.1 | B− |
| 23 | La Salle Manitoba | 9,215 | 67 | 72.1 | B− |
| 24 | Camrose County Alberta | 8,951 | 70.5 | 76.9 | C+ |
| 25 | Kings County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 8,994 | 72.3 | 91.5 | C+ |
| 26 | Brownsburg-Chatham Quebec | 8,466 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 27 | Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Newfoundland and Labrador | 9,167 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Innisfail Alberta | 8,736 | 83.9 | 76 | C |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Edson Alberta | 8,692 | 122.3 | 93.1 | D |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Grande Cache Alberta | 8,984 | 160.6 | 210.5 | D |
| 38 | Lac la Biche County Alberta | 8,580 | 296.3 | 359.4 | D− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Camrose County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Camrose County: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 78.6, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 65.7. 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 | Camrose County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 78.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 65.7 | 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 Camrose County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
7,980 residents, about 85 violent incidents a year: the police area Camrose County belongs to, 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.
Add about 210 property crimes and 65 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Camrose County
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camrose County | 8,951 | 70.5 | 76.9 | C+ |
| Camrose (12 km) | 20,800 | 96.3 | 96.4 | C− |
| Beaver County (38 km) | 6,245 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| Wetaskiwin (45 km) | 13,703 | 279.7 | 291.8 | D |
| Tofield (48 km) | 2,122 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Camrose County.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Camrose County has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–48 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider policing area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Camrose County together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
Questions about safety in Camrose County
Is Camrose County safe?
Police-reported crime in Camrose County scores 70.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 10.6 violent incidents and 26.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Camrose County?
Police record fraud most, 5.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (5.8) and assault (4.7).
Is crime going up in Camrose County?
The index stayed close to where it was, 65.7 in 2023 and 67.4 in 2025.
How much of Camrose County’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 29% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 56% of violent crime and 16% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Camrose County and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).