Per resident, Fox Creek records more crime than nine in ten Canadian towns
The local count comes to 22.0 violent incidents and 87.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Violence accounts for an index of 79.7 and other offences for 184.4, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Scored on crime the police covering Fox Creek reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D for safety. What’s more, for comparison, the middle Alberta town comes to 110.
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: the Fox Creek detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Fox Creek
A busy place, counted per resident
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Fox Creek, yet 33% of its homes are seasonal or empty: the rates run higher than the place feels to the people who live there. How to read it ↓
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Fox Creek records 11.6 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Fox Creek’s two halves part ways: 79.7 for violence (typical 86.4) and 184.4 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Below-typical clearance
Police cleared 18% of Fox Creek’s crime, weighted by seriousness (45% of violent crime, 13% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Fox Creek’s D for safety
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Fox Creek’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Fox Creek runs highest on break and enter (11.6 per 1,000 against 2.5), motor vehicle theft (10 per 1,000 against 2.4) and mischief (12.3 per 1,000 against 4.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 24.3 | 11.6 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.7 | 2.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 21 | 10 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18 | 8.5 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 80 | 37.1 | 4% |
| Mischief | 26 | 12.3 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 8 | 3.9 | 71% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6 | 2.9 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 2 | 1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 25 | 12.1 | 91% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
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 people or more.
About 46 violent incidents a year across the police area of 2,290 residents that includes Fox Creek, 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 190 property crimes and 70 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Fox Creek’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 168.9; the lightest was 2023, at 133.8. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fox Creek | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 168.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 158 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 133.8 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Fox Creek, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Fox Creek
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Creek | 2,013 | 153.5 | 79.7 | D |
| Whitecourt (79 km) | 10,708 | 146.3 | 128.4 | D |
| Valleyview (80 km) | 1,807 | 286.7 | 361.7 | D |
| Woodlands County (89 km) | 4,778 | 120.9 | 106.4 | D |
| Edson (94 km) | 8,692 | 122.3 | 93.1 | D |
| Swan Hills (97 km) | 1,430 | 194.9 | 106.8 | D |
Nearby, 3 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Fox Creek. Closest is Whitecourt, 79.3 km away, at 146.3 to 153.5 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Fox Creek with figures are 79–97 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- 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.”
- Small numbers. The police behind these figures serve about 2,287 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Fox Creek is one part.
Questions about safety in Fox Creek
Is Fox Creek safe?
Fox Creek measures 153.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 22 violent incidents and 87.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Fox Creek?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 37.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (17.7) and Criminal Code traffic offences (14.2).
Is crime going up in Fox Creek?
It went up 26% between 2023 and 2025, from 133.8 to 168.9. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Fox Creek’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 18% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 45% of violent and 13% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Fox Creek 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).