Photo: Bythelake10 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Chestermere records less crime than four in five Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 43.5 and other offences to 43.4, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. On the record of crime the police covering Chestermere reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes A− for safety: #14 of 474 in Alberta. Behind the grade sit 9.0 violent incidents and 25.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. None of the 6 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Chestermere
Lower than most of Alberta
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 43.2 in Chestermere. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Chestermere stands 11th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Chestermere scores 43.5 for violence and 43.4 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 89.4 and 56. By type ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Chestermere records 9.5 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.
Chestermere: A− for safety, and why
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: #14 of 474 in Alberta and #349 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.
Crime in Chestermere, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Chestermere runs highest on mischief (9.5 per 1,000 against 3.7). 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 | 2 | 0.07 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 7.3 | 0.3 | 51% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 53.7 | 1.9 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 20 | 0.7 | 20% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 64 | 2.2 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 31.3 | 1.1 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 179.7 | 6.2 | 7% |
| Mischief | 276.7 | 9.5 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 35 | 1.2 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 0.5 | 31% |
| Drug violations | 15 | 0.5 | 42% |
| Impaired driving | 34.7 | 1.2 | 61% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Chestermere places 11th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | La Prairie Quebec | 27,159 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 9 | Magog Quebec | 30,764 | 42 | 55.3 | A− |
| 10 | Okotoks Alberta | 33,482 | 42.5 | 48.7 | A− |
| 11 | Chestermere Alberta | 31,671 | 43.2 | 43.5 | A− |
| 12 | Orangeville Ontario | 33,070 | 43.5 | 50.6 | A− |
| 13 | Saint-Georges Quebec | 33,881 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 14 | Sainte-Thérèse Quebec | 27,253 | 47.9 | 61 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Fort Saskatchewan Alberta | 30,575 | 78.4 | 82.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Parkland County Alberta | 34,286 | 121 | 115 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 171.7 | 196.7 | 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 Chestermere in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Chestermere recorded about 260 violent incidents a year, 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.
Property crime adds about 730 a year and other violations 190 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Chestermere’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 45.3, with 2025 the lightest at 41.1. The typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Chestermere | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 45.3 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 43.1 | 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 Chestermere, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Chestermere
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestermere | 31,671 | 43.2 | 43.5 | A− |
| Abbeydale | 6,561 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Applewood Park | 6,835 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Penbrooke Meadows | 10,001 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Monterey Park | 10,363 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Marlborough Park | 8,378 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Pineridge | 10,062 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
Chestermere has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Chestermere
Is Chestermere safe?
Chestermere’s Crime Severity Index is 43.2 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 9 violent incidents and 25 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in Chestermere?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 9.5, theft under $5,000 at 6.2 and other Criminal Code offences at 4.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Chestermere?
Barely: 43.1 in 2023, 41.1 in 2025.
How much of Chestermere’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 27% of crime (55% of violent crime, 17% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Chestermere’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).