More crimes per resident are recorded in Charlesworth than in 82% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Charlesworth reported put it at 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. Typical years here bring 14.2 violent incidents plus 45.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 10.8 plus 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 114.9 in 2023 to 103.9 by 2025.
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. Crime severity and crime rate for the Edmonton service area.
What’s behind Charlesworth’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Charlesworth alone.
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.
Crime across Edmonton, 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). Drug offences sits below it.
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.
Charlesworth, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (114.9); 2025 was the lightest, at 103.9. 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 | Charlesworth | 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 Charlesworth, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Charlesworth
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlesworth | 8,135 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Walker | 13,388 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Anthony Henday South East | 4,960 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Sakaw | 3,453 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Ellerslie | 5,963 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Crawford Plains | 3,075 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Summerside | 16,760 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 6 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. Edmonton’s neighbourhood crime data has left the city’s open-data site and carries no open licence; Charlesworth takes the city-wide figures.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Charlesworth
Is Charlesworth safe?
Charlesworth scores 110 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3; per 1,000 residents a year that is 14.2 violent incidents and 45 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Charlesworth?
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 Charlesworth?
The reverse: 114.9 in 2023 came down to 103.9 by 2025, 10% lower.
How much of Charlesworth’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?
The city police’s, as reported for 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).