More crimes per resident are recorded in Lynnwood than in 82% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 128.3 and other offences for 103.6, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. Counting crime the police covering Lynnwood reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #229 of 474 in Alberta. The yearly rates were 14.2 violent incidents and 45.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. By 2025 the index had dropped to 103.9, down from 114.9 in 2023.
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 Lynnwood’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most, because no figure exists for Lynnwood 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.
Which crimes make up Edmonton’s figures
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.
Lynnwood, 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. 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 | Lynnwood | 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 Lynnwood, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Lynnwood
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynnwood | 3,452 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Meadowlark Park | 2,671 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Jasper Park | 3,219 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Elmwood | 2,522 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Patricia Heights | 4,355 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Laurier Heights | 3,048 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Parkview | 5,729 | 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
- City-wide figures. With no openly licensed neighbourhood data in Edmonton, the figures here are the city’s, not Lynnwood’s own.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Lynnwood
Is Lynnwood safe?
Statistics Canada puts Lynnwood at 110 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more sit at 60.3 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 14.2 and property crimes at 45 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Lynnwood?
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 Lynnwood?
The reverse: 114.9 in 2023 came down to 103.9 by 2025, 10% lower.
How much of Lynnwood’s crime do police solve?
34%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ manages 38%. Violent crime is cleared at 48% and non-violent crime at 27%.
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).