Blue Quill has more crime per resident than four in five Canadian towns
The index fell from 114.9 in 2023 to 103.9 in 2025. Scored on crime the police covering Blue Quill reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C− for safety: #229 of 474 in Alberta. Violence accounts for an index of 128.3 and other offences for 103.6, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. Year on year, 14.2 violent incidents and 45.0 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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. Shared with the rest of the Edmonton service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What sits behind Blue Quill’s C−
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for Blue Quill on its own; the city’s, for its whole area, stands in.
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: #229 of 474 in Alberta and #2,009 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Edmonton’s crime, type by type
These are Edmonton’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Edmonton runs highest on robbery (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.4), motor vehicle theft (3.9 per 1,000 against 1.7) and break and enter (4.8 per 1,000 against 2.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 34.3 | 0.03 | 68% |
| Sexual violations against children | 426.7 | 0.4 | 56% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 622 | 0.5 | 86% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 170 | 0.1 | 48% |
| Robbery | 1,333.7 | 1.1 | 35% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 100.3 | 0.09 | 80% |
| Other violent violations | 452 | 0.4 | 44% |
| Breaking and entering | 5,679.3 | 4.8 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1,457 | 1.2 | 65% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4,638.7 | 3.9 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1,538.3 | 1.3 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25,561.3 | 21.4 | 16% |
| Mischief | 6,367.3 | 5.4 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 1,168.3 | 1 | 72% |
| Administration of justice violations | 17,903.7 | 15.1 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 772.7 | 0.7 | 74% |
| Drug violations | 889.3 | 0.7 | 79% |
| Impaired driving | 1,242 | 1 | 92% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 31 | 0.03 | 100% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Blue Quill, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 114.9 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 103.9 in 2025. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Blue Quill | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103.9 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 111.1 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 114.9 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Blue Quill, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Blue Quill
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Quill | 4,567 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Sweet Grass | 2,616 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Greenfield | 3,710 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Skyrattler | 2,956 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Ermineskin | 7,483 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Duggan | 6,247 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Royal Gardens | 3,392 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
6 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole city’s numbers. Edmonton Police no longer publish neighbourhood occurrences as open data, so Blue Quill’s figures are the whole city’s.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. 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.”
Questions about safety in Blue Quill
Is Blue Quill safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 110 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Blue Quill stands, with 14.2 violent and 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Blue Quill?
Top of the list is theft under $5,000 (21.4 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 18.1, and assault, at 8, follow.
Is crime going up in Blue Quill?
Down 10%: 114.9 in 2023, 103.9 in 2025.
How much of Blue Quill’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 34%: 48% for violent crime and 27% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers the whole city.
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).