Photo: Markus Säynevirta · CC BY-SA 4.0Fairview records more crime per resident than 77% of Canadian towns
Violence and property crime split as 13.2 violent incidents and 44.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Police clear 26% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%. What’s more, its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering Fairview reported from 2023 to 2025: #217 of 474 in Alberta. On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 96, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Fairview detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Fairview
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Fairview records 8.2 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Fairview scores 62 for violence and 110.5 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Fairview places 31st from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
About the Alberta norm
Fairview’s index of 96 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. 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.
Fairview: C− for safety, and why
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: #217 of 474 in Alberta and #1,910 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Fairview, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Fairview runs highest on break and enter (8.2 per 1,000 against 2.8), mischief (14.2 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (3.8 per 1,000 against 2.6). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 65.7 | 8.2 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.7 | 2.1 | 20% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 30.7 | 3.8 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 1.2 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 68.7 | 8.6 | 11% |
| Mischief | 113.7 | 14.2 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 35 | 4.4 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 1.3 | 16% |
| Drug violations | 11 | 1.4 | 39% |
| Impaired driving | 20.7 | 2.6 | 66% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Fairview places 31st
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Garafraxa Ontario | 2,976 | 28.7 | 22 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Black Diamond Alberta | 2,910 | 40.9 | 34.4 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Bedford Quebec | 2,845 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 29 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,978 | 74.1 | 64.3 | C+ |
| 30 | Minnedosa Manitoba | 2,859 | 89.9 | 92.1 | C |
| 31 | Fairview Alberta | 2,918 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| 32 | Black River-Matheson Ontario | 2,899 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| 33 | Wawa Ontario | 2,943 | 97.9 | 182.2 | C− |
| 34 | Harbour Grace Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,872 | 108 | 83.3 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Athabasca Alberta | 2,887 | 165 | 138.6 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | D |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Fairview in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Fairview: down 11%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 101, and 2025 the lightest at 90.1. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fairview | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 97 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 101 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Fairview, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 110 violent incidents a year across the police area of 8,040 residents that includes Fairview, 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.
Property crime adds about 350 a year and other violations 130 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Fairview
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 2,918 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| Fairview No. 136 (4 km) | 1,647 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| Clear Hills (36 km) | 3,110 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| Birch Hills County (37 km) | 1,522 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| Grimshaw (49 km) | 2,799 | 96 | 62 | C− |
4 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. Fairview has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–49 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared with the countryside. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Fairview together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Fairview
Is Fairview safe?
Police-reported crime in Fairview scores 96 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 13.2 violent incidents and 44.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Fairview?
Police record mischief most, 14.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (10.1) and theft under $5,000 (8.6).
Is crime going up in Fairview?
The reverse: 101 in 2023 came down to 90.1 by 2025, 11% lower.
How much of Fairview’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 56% of violent crime and 19% of everything else, 26% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Fairview and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).