Photo: Matthew Boonstra · CC BY-SA 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Fort Saskatchewan than in 65% of Canadian towns
Its 6 neighbours with figures all record more crime per resident. By contrast, a Crime Severity Index of 78.4, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. That puts it at C+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Fort Saskatchewan reported from 2023 to 2025: #193 of 474 in Alberta. The yearly rates were 17.6 violent incidents and 41.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 30.5 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.
What stands out about safety in Fort Saskatchewan
Mischief: high for a town its size
Fort Saskatchewan records 16.1 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Fort Saskatchewan comes 32nd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Under the Alberta norm
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Fort Saskatchewan, 78.4. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Violent crime scores 82.7 on Fort Saskatchewan’s index against 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 77.3 against 56. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The C+ for Fort Saskatchewan, and how it is built
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: #193 of 474 in Alberta and #1,604 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Which crimes make up Fort Saskatchewan’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Fort Saskatchewan runs highest on mischief (16.1 per 1,000 against 3.7), drug offences (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.8) and fraud (7.2 per 1,000 against 5.1).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 11 | 0.4 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 13.3 | 0.4 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 5 | 0.2 | 46% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.7 | 0.3 | 43% |
| Breaking and entering | 78.3 | 2.6 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 45 | 1.5 | 22% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 73 | 2.4 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13 | 0.4 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 333.3 | 11.2 | 14% |
| Mischief | 484.3 | 16.1 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 14 | 0.5 | 55% |
| Administration of justice violations | 189.7 | 6.4 | 86% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 35.7 | 1.2 | 51% |
| Drug violations | 36.3 | 1.2 | 39% |
| Impaired driving | 42 | 1.4 | 87% |
| 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Fort Saskatchewan places 32nd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fergus Ontario | 34,565 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Beaumont Alberta | 26,305 | 37 | 46.8 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Okotoks Alberta | 33,482 | 42.5 | 48.7 | A− |
| 13 | Chestermere Alberta | 31,671 | 43.2 | 43.5 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Lunenburg Nova Scotia | 26,862 | 63.1 | 76.8 | B− |
| 30 | Squamish British Columbia | 28,578 | 69.7 | 62.3 | C+ |
| 31 | Elmira Ontario | 31,382 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| 32 | Fort Saskatchewan Alberta | 30,575 | 78.4 | 82.7 | C+ |
| 33 | Amherstburg Ontario | 27,509 | 78.6 | 94.5 | C+ |
| 34 | Conception Bay South Newfoundland and Labrador | 29,725 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 35 | Paradise Newfoundland and Labrador | 26,155 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Parkland County Alberta | 34,286 | 121 | 115 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 171.7 | 196.7 | 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 Fort Saskatchewan in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Fort Saskatchewan: down 11%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 83; 2025 was lightest, at 71.5. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fort Saskatchewan | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.5 | 60 |
| 2024 | 83 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 80.6 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Fort Saskatchewan, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 530 violent incidents a year reached Fort Saskatchewan’s police, 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 1,250 property crimes and 540 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 Fort Saskatchewan
The places around Fort Saskatchewan all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Fort Saskatchewan
Is Fort Saskatchewan safe?
Statistics Canada puts Fort Saskatchewan at 78.4 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people sit at 66 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 17.6 and property crimes at 41.9 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Fort Saskatchewan?
Top of the list is mischief (16.1 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 14.7, and theft under $5,000, at 11.2, follow.
Is crime going up in Fort Saskatchewan?
The reverse: 80.6 in 2023 came down to 71.5 by 2025, 11% lower.
How much of Fort Saskatchewan’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 30%: 50% for violent crime and 22% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Fort Saskatchewan’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).