Photo: Hero122 · CC BY 3.0Flagstaff County records more crime per resident than 80% of Canadian towns
About 23% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size. On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 104.5, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5. Its letter for safety is C−, worked out from crime the police covering Flagstaff County reported over 2023 to 2025: #225 of 474 in Alberta. Year on year, 12.3 violent incidents and 48.0 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Killam detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Flagstaff County
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Flagstaff County records 10.4 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 ↓
Down since 2023
Flagstaff County’s index went from 112.2 in 2023 to 75 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Flagstaff County scores 69.4 for violence and 119.5 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Flagstaff County stands 34th, the lowest first. 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’s behind Flagstaff County’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 9 km from Flagstaff County, not to the town.
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: #225 of 474 in Alberta and #1,949 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.
Year by year in Flagstaff County: down 33%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 126.4, with 2025 the lightest at 75. 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 | Flagstaff County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 126.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 112.2 | 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 Flagstaff County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in Flagstaff County, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Flagstaff County runs highest on break and enter (10.4 per 1,000 against 2.8), mischief (11.6 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (4.4 per 1,000 against 2.6). Theft under $5,000 and assault sit 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 | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 91.3 | 10.4 | 7% |
| Possession of stolen property | 31.3 | 3.6 | 18% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 38.7 | 4.4 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17.3 | 2 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 87.3 | 9.9 | 6% |
| Mischief | 101.7 | 11.6 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 33.3 | 3.8 | 66% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7.3 | 0.8 | 37% |
| Drug violations | 6 | 0.7 | 17% |
| Impaired driving | 12 | 1.4 | 78% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
By its index, Flagstaff County stands 34th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Penhold Alberta | 3,812 | 73.6 | 64.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Maniwaki Quebec | 3,803 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| 32 | Lake Cowichan British Columbia | 3,757 | 94.9 | 158.7 | C− |
| 33 | Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part Ontario | 3,606 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| 34 | Flagstaff County Alberta | 3,724 | 104.5 | 69.4 | C− |
| 35 | Saint-Michel Quebec | 3,672 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| 36 | Two Hills County No. 21 Alberta | 3,626 | 119.1 | 74.4 | C− |
| 37 | Alnwick New Brunswick | 3,767 | 124.8 | 183 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 Flagstaff County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Flagstaff County, 8,790 residents: around 110 violent incidents a year, 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 420 property crimes and 90 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 Flagstaff County
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagstaff County | 3,724 | 104.5 | 69.4 | C− |
| Camrose County (57 km) | 8,951 | 70.5 | 76.9 | C+ |
| Paintearth County No. 18 (64 km) | 2,014 | 98.2 | 77.1 | C− |
| Wainwright No. 61 (68 km) | 4,576 | 63.5 | 42.7 | B− |
| Wainwright (68 km) | 6,996 | 113 | 121.8 | C− |
| Camrose (68 km) | 20,800 | 96.3 | 96.4 | C− |
4 of the 5 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Flagstaff County. Closest is Camrose County, 57.5 km away, at 70.5 to 104.5 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 57–68 km from Flagstaff County.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 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.
Questions about safety in Flagstaff County
Is Flagstaff County safe?
Police-reported crime in Flagstaff County scores 104.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 12.3 violent incidents and 48 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 Flagstaff County?
Mischief is the most common, at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then break and enter (10.4) and theft under $5,000 (9.9).
Is crime going up in Flagstaff County?
Down 33%: 112.2 in 2023, 75 in 2025.
How much of Flagstaff County’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 65% of violent crime and 12% of everything else, 23% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Flagstaff County together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).