Per resident, Glastonbury records more crime than 82% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 114.9 in 2023 to 103.9 in 2025. Counting crime the police covering Glastonbury reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #229 of 474 in Alberta. Behind the grade sit 14.2 violent incidents and 45.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Of the two halves, violence comes to 128.3 and other offences to 103.6, beside norms of 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. Crime severity and crime rate: one figure for all of the Edmonton service area.
Inside Glastonbury’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Glastonbury 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 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.
Glastonbury, 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. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Glastonbury | 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 Glastonbury, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Glastonbury
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glastonbury | 9,745 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Granville | 2,994 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Lymburn | 7,231 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Ormsby Place | 4,412 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Aldergrove | 5,311 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Suder Greens | 2,928 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Jamieson Place | 3,813 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
Same police, same number: 6 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- 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. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “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; Glastonbury takes the city-wide figures.
Questions about safety in Glastonbury
Is Glastonbury safe?
The short answer is an index of 110 for Glastonbury (2023–2025), built from 14.2 violent incidents and 45 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. In the middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more the figure is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Glastonbury?
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 Glastonbury?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 10%, to 103.9 from 114.9.
How much of Glastonbury’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?
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).