Photo: Grant Berg · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Grande Prairie than in 90% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 157.2 and other offences for 147.4, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. For every 1,000 residents, 30.3 violent incidents and 78.0 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 10.8 and 25.1. The grade is D, built on crime the police covering Grande Prairie reported from 2023 to 2025: #446 of 474 in Alberta. In 2023 the index stood at 160.7; it fell to 143.2 in 2025.
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 Grande Prairie
Mischief: high for a town its size
Grande Prairie records 32.2 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Grande Prairie places 39th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Over the Alberta norm
Grande Prairie’s index of 149.3 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. 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 Grande Prairie’s grade
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: #446 of 474 in Alberta and #2,458 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What police record in Grande Prairie, by type
Against the typical town its size, Grande Prairie runs highest on mischief (32.2 per 1,000 against 3.8), drug offences (3.2 per 1,000 against 0.9) and assault (15 per 1,000 against 4.9).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 31.3 | 0.5 | 46% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 38 | 0.5 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 14.7 | 0.2 | 41% |
| Robbery | 40.3 | 0.6 | 56% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 14 | 0.2 | 81% |
| Other violent violations | 29.3 | 0.4 | 37% |
| Breaking and entering | 290.7 | 4.2 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 182 | 2.6 | 39% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 353.7 | 5.1 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 62 | 0.9 | 9% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 1,617.3 | 23.3 | 14% |
| Mischief | 2,232 | 32.2 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 80 | 1.2 | 64% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,277.3 | 18.5 | 83% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 134.3 | 1.9 | 53% |
| Drug violations | 222.7 | 3.2 | 44% |
| Impaired driving | 228 | 3.3 | 64% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 26 | 0.4 | 9% |
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 50,000 people or more.
Grande Prairie comes 39th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Repentigny Quebec | 91,290 | 28.1 | 48.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | St. Albert Alberta | 74,621 | 58.8 | 51.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Medicine Hat Alberta | 68,714 | 87.3 | 82.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Brandon Manitoba | 59,444 | 107.2 | 121.5 | C− |
| 37 | Sault Ste. Marie Ontario | 81,182 | 109.6 | 137 | C− |
| 38 | Fort McMurray Alberta | 81,611 | 124.5 | 117.5 | D |
| 39 | Grande Prairie Alberta | 71,160 | 149.3 | 157.2 | D |
| 40 | Prince George British Columbia | 85,944 | 209.1 | 239.6 | 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 Prairie in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 2,100 violent incidents a year on Grande Prairie’s police records (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 5,400 property crimes, plus 3,310 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Grande Prairie, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 160.7, and 2025 the lightest at 143.2. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Grande Prairie | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 143.2 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 144 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 160.7 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Grande Prairie, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Grande Prairie
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande Prairie | 71,160 | 149.3 | 157.2 | D |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 (6 km) | 25,883 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| Sexsmith (21 km) | 2,561 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| Wembley (22 km) | 1,516 | 97.7 | 96.5 | C− |
The places around Grande Prairie all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Grande Prairie County No. 1 (6.4 km away), scores 87.3 against 149.3.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 6–22 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Grande Prairie.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
Questions about safety in Grande Prairie
Is Grande Prairie safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Grande Prairie’s Crime Severity Index stands at 149.3 for 2023–2025. Its police record 30.3 violent incidents and 78 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Grande Prairie?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 38.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (32.2) and theft under $5,000 (23.3).
Is crime going up in Grande Prairie?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 11%, to 143.2 from 160.7.
How much of Grande Prairie’s crime do police solve?
About 34% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 48% of violent and 28% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Grande Prairie and nowhere else.
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).