Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainMore crimes per resident are recorded in Camrose than in 77% of Canadian towns
It grades C− for safety on crime the police covering Camrose reported from 2023 to 2025: #217 of 474 in Alberta. Split in two, the index gives 96.4 for violence and 97 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56). Violence and property crime split as 14.0 violent incidents and 40.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. The index fell from 104.7 in 2023 to 91.2 in 2025.
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.
What stands out about safety in Camrose
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Camrose records 2.4 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Camrose stands 37th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Police cleared 47% of Camrose’s crime, weighted by seriousness (78% of violent crime, 35% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Camrose’s two halves part ways: 96.4 for violence (typical 89.4) and 97 for the rest (typical 56). By type ↓
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, 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: #217 of 474 in Alberta and #1,910 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Camrose’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Camrose runs highest on drug offences (2.4 per 1,000 against 0.8), break and enter (4.9 per 1,000 against 2.2) and mischief (7.5 per 1,000 against 3.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 11.7 | 0.6 | 77% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8.7 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 5.7 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 100.7 | 4.9 | 26% |
| Possession of stolen property | 25.3 | 1.2 | 54% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 72 | 3.5 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 10.3 | 0.5 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 322.7 | 15.7 | 27% |
| Mischief | 153 | 7.5 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 21 | 1 | 80% |
| Administration of justice violations | 171 | 8.3 | 88% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22.7 | 1.1 | 66% |
| Drug violations | 49.7 | 2.4 | 70% |
| Impaired driving | 69 | 3.4 | 84% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Camrose is 37th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Red Deer County Alberta | 22,076 | 73.6 | 64.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Sturgeon County Alberta | 21,144 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| 35 | Stony Plain Alberta | 19,662 | 88.4 | 74.6 | C |
| 36 | Salmon Arm British Columbia | 20,891 | 92.4 | 66.8 | C |
| 37 | Camrose Alberta | 20,800 | 96.3 | 96.4 | C− |
| 38 | Steinbach Manitoba | 21,671 | 96.5 | 99.5 | C− |
| 39 | Port Alberni British Columbia | 19,671 | 200.1 | 248.2 | D |
| 40 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | 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 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Camrose, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 104.7, and its lowest 2025, at 91.2. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Camrose | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 93 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 104.7 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Camrose, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 290 violent incidents a year reached Camrose’s police, 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 820 property crimes, plus 510 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 Camrose
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camrose | 20,800 | 96.3 | 96.4 | C− |
| Camrose County (12 km) | 8,951 | 70.5 | 76.9 | C+ |
| Beaver County (34 km) | 6,245 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| Wetaskiwin (36 km) | 13,703 | 279.7 | 291.8 | D |
| Tofield (42 km) | 2,122 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| Millet (44 km) | 1,967 | 96.7 | 70.6 | C− |
Nearby, 3 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Camrose. Camrose County, 11.7 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 70.5 to 96.3.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 12–44 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Camrose.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Camrose
Is Camrose safe?
Statistics Canada puts Camrose at 96.3 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people sit at 66 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 14 and property crimes at 40.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Camrose?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (17.6 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 15.7, and mischief, at 7.5, follow.
Is crime going up in Camrose?
No: the index fell 13%, from 104.7 in 2023 to 91.2 in 2025.
How much of Camrose’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 47%: 78% for violent crime and 35% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Camrose alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).