Gibbons has more crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 160 and other offences to 171.4, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. All 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident. Gibbons’s letter for safety is D, worked out from crime the police covering Gibbons reported over 2023 to 2025: #452 of 474 in Alberta. Year on year, 21.5 violent incidents and 65.0 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 Fort Saskatchewan detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Gibbons
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Gibbons records 13.2 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 ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Gibbons’s index went from 195.5 in 2023 to 135.9 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Heavier than Alberta’s middle
Gibbons’s index of 167.1 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Gibbons places 35th from the lowest index. 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.
The grade: D for Gibbons
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 16 km off, which covers its own area rather than Gibbons.
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: #452 of 474 in Alberta and #2,483 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 Gibbons: down 30%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 195.5 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 135.9 in 2025. 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 | Gibbons | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 170.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 195.5 | 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 Gibbons, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up Gibbons’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Gibbons runs highest on break and enter (13.2 per 1,000 against 2.8), mischief (15.8 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (8.4 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 | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 89.3 | 13.2 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 48 | 7.1 | 16% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 57 | 8.4 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 10 | 1.5 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 68.7 | 10.1 | 3% |
| Mischief | 107 | 15.8 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 8.3 | 1.2 | 57% |
| Administration of justice violations | 21.3 | 3.1 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11 | 1.6 | 36% |
| Drug violations | 11.7 | 1.7 | 57% |
| Impaired driving | 23 | 3.4 | 88% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
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, Gibbons places 35th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Havre-Saint-Pierre Quebec | 3,389 | 110.6 | 223.3 | C− |
| 33 | Sainte-Clotilde Quebec | 3,297 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| 34 | Pictou Nova Scotia | 3,307 | 126.6 | 152.7 | D |
| 35 | Gibbons Alberta | 3,352 | 167.1 | 160 | D |
| 36 | Arviat Nunavut | 3,330 | 200.8 | 319 | D |
| 37 | Division No. 19, Unorganized Manitoba | 3,324 | 419.5 | 614.9 | D− |
| 38 | Hay River Northwest Territories | 3,317 | 535.8 | 507.9 | D− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 Gibbons in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 150 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Gibbons (6,860 residents), 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.
And about 440 property crimes, plus 130 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Gibbons
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbons | 3,352 | 167.1 | 160 | D |
| Bon Accord | 1,457 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| Sturgeon County | 21,144 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| Fort Saskatchewan | 30,575 | 78.4 | 82.7 | C+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Gibbons. Closest is Bon Accord, 5.4 km away, at 84.7 to 167.1 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Gibbons
Is Gibbons safe?
Police-reported crime in Gibbons scores 167.1 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 21.5 violent incidents and 65 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 Gibbons?
Police record mischief most, 15.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of break and enter (13.2) and other Criminal Code offences (10.2).
Is crime going up in Gibbons?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 30%, to 135.9 from 195.5.
How much of Gibbons’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 49% of violent crime and 15% 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?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Gibbons and everywhere else it polices.
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).