Photo: Mack Male from Edmonton, AB, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Edmonton records heavier crime than the typical Canadian town its size, by 82%
Of the two halves, violence comes to 128.3 and other offences to 103.6, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2. In 2023 the index stood at 114.9; it fell to 103.9 in 2025. Police counts work out at 14.2 violent incidents and 45.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 10.8 and 25.1. Its 6 neighbours with figures all record more crime per resident.
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.
What stands out about safety in Edmonton
Robbery: high for a town its size
Edmonton records 1.1 incidents of robbery per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.4 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
About the Alberta norm
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Edmonton, 110. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What Edmonton’s grade will weigh
Grades for Canadian towns aren’t out yet. Until they are, the numbers stand on their own.
Crime Severity Index
Violent crime index
Non-violent crime index
Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, 2023–2025 means. City neighbourhoods count, each with its city’s figure; city totals and reserves don’t.
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
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 its own. 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.
Edmonton, 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 its size moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Edmonton | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Edmonton, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 16,900 violent incidents a year on Edmonton’s police records (2023–2025)
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 53,400 property crimes and 24,900 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Edmonton
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton | 1,238,295 | 110 | 128.3 | — |
| Garneau | 8,492 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Queen Alexandra | 5,106 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Strathcona | 8,283 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| McKernan | 2,880 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Downtown | 12,880 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Allendale | 2,951 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Edmonton.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- What the index measures. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Edmonton
Is Edmonton 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 Edmonton stands, with 14.2 violent and 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Edmonton?
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 Edmonton?
It went down 10% between 2023 and 2025, from 114.9 to 103.9.
How much of Edmonton’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 34% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 48% of violent crime and 27% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Edmonton and nowhere else.
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). 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).