Photo: Odysseus1479 · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Virginia Park runs higher than in 82% of Canadian towns
It grades C− for safety on crime the police covering Virginia Park reported from 2023 to 2025: #229 of 474 in Alberta. 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+. Its violent half comes to 128.3 and its non-violent half to 103.6, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. 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. Data for crime severity and crime rate covers the Edmonton service area.
What’s behind Virginia Park’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Virginia Park’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.
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 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.
Virginia Park, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (114.9); 2025 was the lightest, 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 | Virginia Park | 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 Virginia Park, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Virginia Park
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Park | 3,431 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Parkdale | 4,029 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Boyle Street | 5,862 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Forest Heights | 4,118 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| McCauley | 4,060 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Highlands | 2,677 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Eastwood | 4,681 | 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
- 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.”
- One figure for the city. With no openly licensed neighbourhood data in Edmonton, the figures here are the city’s, not Virginia Park’s own.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Virginia Park
Is Virginia Park safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Virginia Park scores 110 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 14.2 violent and 45 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Virginia Park?
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 Virginia Park?
Down 10%: 114.9 in 2023, 103.9 in 2025.
How much of Virginia Park’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 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).