More crimes per resident are recorded in MacEwan than in 82% of Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering MacEwan 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). Per 1,000 residents a year, 14.2 violent incidents and 45.0 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. In 2023 the index stood at 114.9; it fell to 103.9 in 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. Shared with the rest of the Edmonton service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What’s behind MacEwan’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how MacEwan itself compares.
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.
Edmonton’s crime, type 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).
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.
MacEwan, 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. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | MacEwan | 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 MacEwan, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around MacEwan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacEwan | 6,102 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Twin Brooks | 5,102 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Cavanagh | 7,300 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Rutherford | 12,808 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Mactaggart | 3,603 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Skyrattler | 2,956 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Bearspaw | 5,192 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
6 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole city’s numbers. Edmonton Police no longer publish neighbourhood occurrences as open data, so MacEwan’s figures are the whole city’s.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
Questions about safety in MacEwan
Is MacEwan safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 110 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where MacEwan stands, with 14.2 violent and 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in MacEwan?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 21.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (18.1) and assault (8).
Is crime going up in MacEwan?
No: the index fell 10%, from 114.9 in 2023 to 103.9 in 2025.
How much of MacEwan’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).