Photo: Joseph Fred Spalding · Public domainCrowsnest Pass records more crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 94.5 and other offences to 75.1, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Counting crime the police covering Crowsnest Pass reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #194 of 474 in Alberta. Out of every 1,000 residents, 22.8 violent incidents and 36.5 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 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: one figure for all of the Crowsnest Pass detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Crowsnest Pass
Mischief: high for a town its size
Crowsnest Pass records 16.2 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Lower than most of Alberta
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 80.2 in Crowsnest Pass. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Crowsnest Pass stands 24th, the lowest first. 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.
What’s behind Crowsnest Pass’s grade
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: #194 of 474 in Alberta and #1,630 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 Crowsnest Pass, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Crowsnest Pass runs highest on mischief (16.2 per 1,000 against 4.9), assault (10.2 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (4.2 per 1,000 against 2.8). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 30 | 4.2 | 3% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5 | 0.7 | 54% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 18.7 | 2.6 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 47.3 | 6.5 | 18% |
| Mischief | 116.7 | 16.2 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 24 | 3.3 | 67% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 2 | 33% |
| Drug violations | 6.7 | 0.9 | 60% |
| Impaired driving | 22 | 3 | 62% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
About 170 violent incidents a year across the police area of 7,110 residents that includes Crowsnest Pass, 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 260 a year and other violations 130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Among 40 towns its size, Crowsnest Pass places 24th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Stettler County No. 6 Alberta | 5,966 | 61.7 | 36.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Redcliff Alberta | 5,916 | 66.7 | 63.8 | B− |
| 22 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Quebec | 6,099 | 70.1 | 128 | C+ |
| 23 | Sainte-Martine Quebec | 5,884 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| 24 | Crowsnest Pass Alberta | 6,011 | 80.2 | 94.5 | C |
| 25 | Electoral Area B, Peace River British Columbia | 5,814 | 81.8 | 82.5 | C |
| 26 | Barrhead County No. 11 Alberta | 6,186 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| 27 | Willow Creek No. 26 Alberta | 6,225 | 91.1 | 68.1 | C |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Beaver County Alberta | 6,245 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Stettler Alberta | 6,035 | 108.4 | 89.2 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Vegreville Alberta | 6,153 | 138.4 | 107.9 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Duncan British Columbia | 5,745 | 384.5 | 331.1 | 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 Crowsnest Pass in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Crowsnest Pass, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (82.9); the lightest was 2024 (74.9). The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Crowsnest Pass | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 74.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 82.7 | 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 Crowsnest Pass, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Crowsnest Pass
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crowsnest Pass | 6,011 | 80.2 | 94.5 | C |
| Pincher Creek No. 9 (31 km) | 3,176 | 84.5 | 85.4 | C |
| Sparwood (34 km) | 4,486 | 79.7 | 121.6 | C |
| Electoral Area A, East Kootenay (38 km) | 2,092 | 54.7 | 67.3 | B |
| Pincher Creek (39 km) | 3,890 | 84.5 | 85.4 | C |
| Fernie (46 km) | 7,086 | 69.5 | 65.2 | C+ |
3 of the 5 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Crowsnest Pass. Just 34.4 km away, Sparwood comes to 79.7, against 80.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 31–46 km from Crowsnest Pass.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.”
- A wider policing area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Crowsnest Pass is one part.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Crowsnest Pass
Is Crowsnest Pass safe?
Statistics Canada puts Crowsnest Pass at 80.2 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 22.8 and property crimes at 36.5 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Crowsnest Pass?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 16.2, other Criminal Code offences at 12.6 and assault at 10.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Crowsnest Pass?
Not much: the index went from 82.7 in 2023 to 82.9 in 2025.
How much of Crowsnest Pass’s crime do police solve?
About 35% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 61% of violent and 20% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Crowsnest Pass together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).