Photo: SounderBruce · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Garneau runs higher than in 82% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 114.9; it fell to 103.9 in 2025. Still, its police logs show 14.2 violent incidents and 45.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ the numbers are 10.8 and 25.1. On the record of crime the police covering Garneau reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes C− for safety. 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.
What’s behind Garneau’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Garneau’s own streets could sit well above or below it.
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.
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.
Garneau, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (114.9); the low point came in 2025, at 103.9. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Garneau | 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 Garneau, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Garneau
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garneau | 8,492 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Queen Alexandra | 5,106 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| McKernan | 2,880 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Strathcona | 8,283 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Belgravia | 5,478 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Allendale | 2,951 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Downtown | 12,880 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
Its police also cover 6 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. Edmonton Police no longer publish neighbourhood occurrences as open data, so Garneau’s figures are the whole city’s.
Questions about safety in Garneau
Is Garneau safe?
Its police recorded 14.2 violent incidents and 45 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Garneau a Crime Severity Index of 110. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Garneau?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 21.4, other Criminal Code offences at 18.1 and assault at 8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Garneau?
It went down 10% between 2023 and 2025, from 114.9 to 103.9.
How much of Garneau’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 34% of crime (48% of violent crime, 27% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ clears 38%.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the 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).