Photo: Neil · CC BY 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Devon than in 64% of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 76.7 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 68.5. Scored on crime the police covering Devon reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C+ for safety: #191 of 474 in Alberta. Add to that, its police logs show 13.8 violent incidents and 47.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.9 and 31.2. Among its 6 neighbours with figures, only one 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 Devon
Mischief: high for a town its size
Devon records 21 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 ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Devon’s two halves part ways: 61.5 for violence (typical 85.7) and 83.4 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Below Alberta’s typical town
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 76.7 in Devon. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Devon’s index went from 79.4 in 2023 to 64 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
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 Devon’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: #191 of 474 in Alberta and #1,587 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.
Devon’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Devon runs highest on mischief (21 per 1,000 against 4.9), fraud (6.7 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (3.5 per 1,000 against 2.6). 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 | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 19.7 | 2.9 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 11.7 | 1.7 | 26% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 23.7 | 3.5 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 67.3 | 9.8 | 10% |
| Mischief | 144 | 21 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 0.8 | 30% |
| Administration of justice violations | 29.7 | 4.3 | 76% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9 | 1.3 | 56% |
| Drug violations | 6 | 0.9 | 45% |
| Impaired driving | 24.7 | 3.6 | 61% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
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.
Year by year in Devon: down 19%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (86.6) and 2025 the trough (64). For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Devon | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 86.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 79.4 | 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 Devon, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Devon is 27th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parkhill Ontario | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Perth Ontario | 6,972 | 72.7 | 120.3 | C+ |
| 25 | La Sarre Quebec | 7,199 | 75.8 | 140 | C+ |
| 26 | Barrington Nova Scotia | 6,720 | 76.1 | 96.9 | C+ |
| 27 | Devon Alberta | 6,965 | 76.7 | 61.5 | C+ |
| 28 | Rhineland Manitoba | 6,819 | 85.4 | 94.1 | C |
| 29 | Springhill Nova Scotia | 7,015 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| 30 | Annapolis County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 6,719 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| 31 | Wainwright Alberta | 6,996 | 113 | 121.8 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Athabasca County Alberta | 7,280 | 165 | 138.6 | D |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 254.7 | 229 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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 Devon in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 95 violent incidents a year reached Devon’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 320 property crimes and 110 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Devon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | 6,965 | 76.7 | 61.5 | C+ |
| Keswick | 3,957 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Calmar | 2,345 | 88.9 | 60 | C |
| Chappelle | 14,815 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Glenridding Heights | 4,388 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Windermere | 14,922 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Ambleside | 7,733 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
The places around Devon all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Devon
Is Devon safe?
Devon measures 76.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 13.8 violent incidents and 47.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Devon?
Mischief is the most common, at 21 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (10.6) and theft under $5,000 (9.8).
Is crime going up in Devon?
Down 19%: 79.4 in 2023, 64 in 2025.
How much of Devon’s crime do police solve?
About 32% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 65% of violent and 21% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Devon 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).