Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5More crimes per resident are recorded in Drayton Valley than in 91% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 156.3 for violence and 152.2 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). A Safety Grade of D follows from crime the police covering Drayton Valley reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #449 of 474 in Alberta. The local count comes to 31.2 violent incidents and 74.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 41% (the typical Canadian town its size: 34%).
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 Drayton Valley
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Drayton Valley records 4.2 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Drayton Valley places 37th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Over the Alberta norm
Drayton Valley’s index of 152.4 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Drayton Valley’s two halves part ways: 156.3 for violence (typical 85.7) and 152.2 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
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 Drayton Valley’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: #449 of 474 in Alberta and #2,472 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.
Drayton Valley’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Drayton Valley runs highest on drug offences (4.2 per 1,000 against 0.7), mischief (27.1 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (6.5 per 1,000 against 2.6).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.3 | 0.9 | 73% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 11.7 | 1.5 | 71% |
| Breaking and entering | 50.3 | 6.4 | 26% |
| Possession of stolen property | 24 | 3.1 | 40% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 51.7 | 6.5 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 166 | 21.1 | 22% |
| Mischief | 214.7 | 27.1 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 9.3 | 1.2 | 75% |
| Administration of justice violations | 84 | 10.6 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 1.8 | 49% |
| Drug violations | 33 | 4.2 | 49% |
| Impaired driving | 49.7 | 6.3 | 66% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
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.
Drayton Valley is 37th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alnwick/Haldimand Ontario | 8,197 | 21.6 | 26.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Taber Alberta | 8,009 | 29.4 | 30.1 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Newell County Alberta | 7,846 | 40.4 | 25.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Cypress County Alberta | 7,855 | 66.6 | 46.6 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Vermilion River County Alberta | 8,282 | 96.6 | 62.7 | C− |
| 35 | Dryden Ontario | 7,808 | 137.6 | 238.3 | D |
| 36 | Rocky Mountain House Alberta | 8,144 | 140.9 | 159.2 | D |
| 37 | Drayton Valley Alberta | 8,047 | 152.4 | 156.3 | D |
| 38 | Kirkland Lake Ontario | 8,158 | 170.1 | 271.7 | D |
| 39 | Ponoka Alberta | 8,212 | 170.5 | 210.6 | D |
| 40 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,197 | 360 | 345 | 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 Drayton Valley in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 250 violent incidents a year on Drayton Valley’s police records (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 590 property crimes, plus 310 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
In Drayton Valley, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (157.8); the lightest was 2024 (144.4). 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 | Drayton Valley | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 157.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 144.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 155.1 | 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 Drayton Valley, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Drayton Valley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton Valley | 8,047 | 152.4 | 156.3 | D |
| Brazeau County (2 km) | 7,685 | 130 | 92.3 | D |
| Parkland County (68 km) | 34,286 | 121 | 115 | D |
| Stony Plain (73 km) | 19,662 | 88.4 | 74.6 | C |
| Lac Ste. Anne County (74 km) | 12,639 | 120 | 99.2 | D |
| Wetaskiwin County No. 10 (77 km) | 12,117 | 88.9 | 60 | C |
The places around Drayton Valley all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Brazeau County (2 km away), scores 130 against 152.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Drayton Valley has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 2–77 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Drayton Valley
Is Drayton Valley safe?
Statistics Canada puts Drayton Valley at 152.4 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 31.2 and property crimes at 74.9 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Drayton Valley?
Police record mischief most, 27.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (26.5) and theft under $5,000 (21.1).
Is crime going up in Drayton Valley?
Hardly at all, from 155.1 in 2023 to 157.8 in 2025.
How much of Drayton Valley’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 41% of crime (64% of violent crime, 32% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Drayton Valley’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).