Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Grande Cache records more crime per resident than 91% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 210.5 and its non-violent half to 142.1, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Graded on crime the police covering Grande Cache reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety: #449 of 474 in Alberta. For every 1,000 residents, 32.4 violent incidents and 72.5 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. About 29% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian 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 published for the Grande Cache detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Grande Cache
Mischief: high for a town its size
Grande Cache records 34 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Grande Cache comes 37th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Above Alberta’s typical town
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Grande Cache, 160.6. 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.
Inside Grande Cache’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.
Its place: #449 of 474 in Alberta and #2,472 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.
Which crimes make up Grande Cache’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Grande Cache runs highest on mischief (34 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (2.6 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (8.7 per 1,000 against 2.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.3 | 1.5 | 62% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 30.7 | 8.7 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 12.7 | 3.6 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.7 | 1.6 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 54.3 | 15.4 | 10% |
| Mischief | 120.3 | 34 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 29.3 | 8.3 | 77% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8 | 2.3 | 34% |
| Drug violations | 9.3 | 2.6 | 11% |
| Impaired driving | 16.3 | 4.6 | 14% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 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.
Grande Cache is 37th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Camrose County Alberta | 8,951 | 70.5 | 76.9 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Innisfail Alberta | 8,736 | 83.9 | 76 | C |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Trail British Columbia | 8,539 | 114.1 | 118.2 | C− |
| 35 | Edson Alberta | 8,692 | 122.3 | 93.1 | D |
| 36 | Oromocto New Brunswick | 9,451 | 138.7 | 183.5 | D |
| 37 | Grande Cache Alberta | 8,984 | 160.6 | 210.5 | D |
| 38 | Lac la Biche County Alberta | 8,580 | 296.3 | 359.4 | D− |
| 39 | Dauphin Manitoba | 8,587 | 305.3 | 402.1 | D− |
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | 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 Grande Cache in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 110 violent incidents a year in the 3,600-resident police area around Grande Cache, 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 260 property crimes and 110 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Grande Cache’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 194; the lightest was 2024, at 128.3. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Grande Cache | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 159.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 128.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 194 | 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 Grande Cache, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Grande Cache
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Cache | 8,984 | 160.6 | 210.5 | D |
| Wembley (40 km) | 1,516 | 97.7 | 96.5 | C− |
| Grande Prairie (44 km) | 71,160 | 149.3 | 157.2 | D |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 (49 km) | 25,883 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Grande Cache. Wembley, 40.1 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 97.7 to 160.6.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Grande Cache has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 40–49 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Solved cases. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. The police behind these figures serve about 3,596 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.”
- Town and surroundings together. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Grande Cache’s are shared with its surroundings.
Questions about safety in Grande Cache
Is Grande Cache safe?
Grande Cache’s Crime Severity Index is 160.6 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 32.4 violent incidents and 72.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Grande Cache?
Top of the list is mischief (34 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 21.9, and assault, at 18.1, follow.
Is crime going up in Grande Cache?
The reverse: 194 in 2023 came down to 159.5 by 2025, 18% lower. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Grande Cache’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 29% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 51% of violent and 18% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Grande Cache 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).