Photo: Kurayba · CC BY-SA 2.0Brookside has more crime per resident than 82% of Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had dropped to 103.9, down from 114.9 in 2023. Violence and property crime split as 14.2 violent incidents and 45.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. On top of that, its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering Brookside reported from 2023 to 2025: #229 of 474 in Alberta. Split in two, the index gives 128.3 for violence and 103.6 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2).
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. The crime severity and crime rate numbers here cover the Edmonton service area.
Inside Brookside’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Brookside can differ a long way from its city’s average.
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.
What Edmonton’s police record, 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 motor vehicle theft (3.9 per 1,000 against 1.7), break and enter (4.8 per 1,000 against 2.2) and theft under $5,000 (21.4 per 1,000 against 11.5).
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.
Brookside, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 114.9, against a low of 103.9 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Brookside | 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 Brookside, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Brookside
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookside | 3,173 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Ramsay Heights | 3,434 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Bulyea Heights | 3,264 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Westbrook Estates | 2,838 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Royal Gardens | 3,392 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Malmo Plains | 4,150 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Rhatigan Ridge | 7,066 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- One figure for the city. Edmonton’s neighbourhood crime data has left the city’s open-data site and carries no open licence; Brookside takes the city-wide figures.
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Brookside
Is Brookside safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Brookside comes to 110. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 14.2 violent incidents and 45 property crimes. For Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the typical index is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Brookside?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 21.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (18.1) and assault (8).
Is crime going up in Brookside?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 10%, to 103.9 from 114.9.
How much of Brookside’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 34% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+); split up, that is 48% of violent and 27% of non-violent crime.
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).