Photo: D. Mulligan · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Canmore runs lower than in 67% of Canadian towns
On crime the police covering Canmore reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #16 of 474 in Alberta. Out of every 1,000 residents, 8.8 violent incidents and 32.3 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 41.1 for violence and 54.2 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56). In 2023 the index stood at 59.8; it fell to 46.9 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 Canmore
A busy place, counted per resident
Rates in Canmore are per resident, while much of the crime involves the many visitors it draws; the figures overstate what residents themselves face. How to read it ↓
Below Alberta’s typical town
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 50.1 in Canmore. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Canmore’s two halves part ways: 41.1 for violence (typical 89.4) and 54.2 for the rest (typical 56). By type ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Canmore records 13 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. 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 B+ for Canmore, 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: #16 of 474 in Alberta and #547 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.
Canmore’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Canmore runs highest on mischief (13 per 1,000 against 3.7) and fraud (6.1 per 1,000 against 5.1). Assault and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 30.3 | 1.7 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11 | 0.6 | 27% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 17.7 | 1 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.3 | 0.7 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 155.3 | 9 | 20% |
| Mischief | 226 | 13 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 84.7 | 4.9 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15.3 | 0.9 | 26% |
| Drug violations | 6.7 | 0.4 | 45% |
| Impaired driving | 31 | 1.8 | 84% |
| 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Canmore, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 59.8, and 2024 the lightest at 43.7. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Canmore | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 43.7 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 59.8 | 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 Canmore, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 150 violent incidents a year reached Canmore’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.
Add about 560 property crimes and 350 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Canmore comes 18th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Bay British Columbia | 18,626 | 26.7 | 23.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Bracebridge Ontario | 18,676 | 46.7 | 69.2 | A− |
| 16 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Quebec | 15,904 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| 17 | Port Elgin Ontario | 18,167 | 50.1 | 68.5 | B+ |
| 18 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 50.1 | 41.1 | B+ |
| 19 | Listowel Ontario | 18,168 | 53 | 54 | B+ |
| 20 | Smithville Ontario | 16,586 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 21 | Lavaltrie Quebec | 15,996 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Strathmore Alberta | 16,416 | 66.8 | 78.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Sylvan Lake Alberta | 17,897 | 82.3 | 83.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Brooks Alberta | 17,537 | 91.9 | 120.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Leduc County Alberta | 16,400 | 162.1 | 88.2 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 204.1 | 204.7 | 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 Canmore in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Canmore
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canmore | 17,341 | 50.1 | 41.1 | B+ |
| Bighorn No. 8 (12 km) | 1,857 | 70.3 | 40.9 | C+ |
| Banff (19 km) | 11,402 | 63 | 74.8 | B− |
| Cochrane (61 km) | 39,397 | 39.7 | 38.9 | A |
| Tsuu T'ina Nation 145 (70 km) | 2,583 | 382.3 | 548.1 | D− |
| Electoral Area G, East Kootenay (70 km) | 1,952 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
Nearby, 1 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Canmore. Just 61 km away, Cochrane comes to 39.7, against 50.1.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 12–70 km from Canmore.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. 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 Canmore
Is Canmore safe?
Canmore scores 50.1 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66; per 1,000 residents a year that is 8.8 violent incidents and 32.3 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Canmore?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 17.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (13) and theft under $5,000 (9).
Is crime going up in Canmore?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 22%, to 46.9 from 59.8.
How much of Canmore’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 34%: 55% for violent crime and 29% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Canmore’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).