Photo: Eric Friedebach · CC BY 3.0Per resident, Cypress County records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Typical years here bring 9.7 violent incidents plus 27.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. What’s more, its two neighbours with figures both record more crime per resident. Across all the graded crimes, Cypress County lands on B− (#30 of 474 in Alberta): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 66.6 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 68.5.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Redcliff detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Cypress County
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in Cypress County stood at 82.6, by 2025 at 50.7. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Cypress County records 5.9 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Violent crime scores 46.6 on Cypress County’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 75.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
Lower than most of Alberta
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Cypress County, 66.6. 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.
Cypress County: B− for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 13 km from Cypress County, since none reports under the town’s name.
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: #30 of 474 in Alberta and #1,018 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.
Year by year in Cypress County: down 39%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (82.6); the low point came in 2025, at 50.7. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Cypress County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 66.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 82.6 | 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 Cypress County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up Cypress County’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Cypress County runs highest on break and enter (5.9 per 1,000 against 2.8) and drug offences (1 per 1,000 against 0.7). 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 | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 45.3 | 5.9 | 7% |
| Possession of stolen property | 18.3 | 2.4 | 18% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 18.3 | 2.4 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 10.7 | 1.4 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 50 | 6.5 | 5% |
| Mischief | 33 | 4.3 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 20.7 | 2.7 | 76% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6 | 0.8 | 17% |
| Drug violations | 7.3 | 1 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 12.7 | 1.7 | 71% |
| 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.
By its index, Cypress County stands 27th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Taber Alberta | 8,009 | 29.4 | 30.1 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Newell County Alberta | 7,846 | 40.4 | 25.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Acton Vale Quebec | 7,945 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| 25 | Saint-Félix-de-Valois Quebec | 7,670 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 26 | Lincoln New Brunswick | 8,093 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 27 | Cypress County Alberta | 7,855 | 66.6 | 46.6 | B− |
| 28 | Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est New Brunswick | 8,138 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 29 | Kenora, Unorganized Ontario | 7,877 | 73.9 | 96.2 | C+ |
| 30 | Clare Nova Scotia | 8,020 | 79.7 | 93.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Westlock County Alberta | 7,556 | 129.8 | 116.4 | D |
| 35 | Brazeau County Alberta | 7,685 | 130 | 92.3 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kirkland Lake Ontario | 8,158 | 170.1 | 271.7 | 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 Cypress County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Cypress County, 7,770 residents: around 74 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.
And about 210 property crimes, plus 72 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 Cypress County
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress County | 7,855 | 66.6 | 46.6 | B− |
| Medicine Hat | 68,714 | 87.3 | 82.6 | C |
| Redcliff | 5,916 | 66.7 | 63.8 | B− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Cypress County.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Cypress County
Is Cypress County safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Cypress County comes to 66.6. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 9.7 violent incidents and 27.7 property crimes. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Cypress County?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of break and enter (5.9) and other Criminal Code offences (5.4).
Is crime going up in Cypress County?
The reverse: 82.6 in 2023 came down to 50.7 by 2025, 39% lower.
How much of Cypress County’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 25% of crime (50% of violent crime, 19% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Cypress County and everywhere else it polices.
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).