Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 3.0Hinton has more crime per resident than 89% of Canadian towns
On the record of crime the police covering Hinton reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety: #441 of 474 in Alberta. Out of every 1,000 residents, 27.9 violent incidents and 86.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Of the two halves, violence comes to 109.5 and other offences to 149.5, beside norms of 89.4 and 56.
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 Hinton
Mischief: high for a town its size
Hinton records 42.2 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 ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Hinton’s index splits into violent crime, 109.5 here and 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 149.5 against 56. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Hinton comes 37th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Hinton moved from 154.2 to 129.8, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Hinton’s D
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: #441 of 474 in Alberta and #2,444 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.
What police record in Hinton, by type
Against the typical town its size, Hinton runs highest on mischief (42.2 per 1,000 against 3.7), drug offences (2.6 per 1,000 against 0.8) and break and enter (6.7 per 1,000 against 2.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 0.6 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.3 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.10 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 67.7 | 6.7 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 43.3 | 4.3 | 28% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 48 | 4.8 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 196.7 | 19.6 | 16% |
| Mischief | 423.7 | 42.2 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 10.7 | 1.1 | 59% |
| Administration of justice violations | 96 | 9.6 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17 | 1.7 | 63% |
| Drug violations | 26.3 | 2.6 | 35% |
| Impaired driving | 36.3 | 3.6 | 74% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2 | 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Hinton comes 37th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Coaldale Alberta | 9,644 | 57.1 | 45.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Taber Alberta | 10,175 | 84.8 | 74.7 | C |
| 34 | Olds Alberta | 9,653 | 85.6 | 86.2 | C |
| 35 | Kitimat British Columbia | 10,019 | 100.8 | 107.1 | C− |
| 36 | New Glasgow Nova Scotia | 10,378 | 128.5 | 146.4 | D |
| 37 | Hinton Alberta | 10,124 | 137.3 | 109.5 | D |
| 38 | Amherst Nova Scotia | 10,072 | 149.6 | 131.2 | D |
| 39 | Quesnel British Columbia | 10,253 | 275.7 | 243.5 | D |
| 40 | Wheatland County Alberta | 10,150 | 298.8 | 486.4 | 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 Hinton in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Hinton, down 16% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (154.2); 2024 was the lightest, at 127.8. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Hinton | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 127.8 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 154.2 | 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 Hinton, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 280 violent incidents a year reached Hinton’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.
And about 870 property crimes, plus 360 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 Hinton
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinton | 10,124 | 137.3 | 109.5 | D |
| Jasper (67 km) | 4,627 | 67.7 | 60.8 | B− |
| Edson (78 km) | 8,692 | 122.3 | 93.1 | D |
| Yellowhead County (105 km) | 10,966 | 120 | 99.2 | D |
Hinton has the highest index of the places around it. Just 67.2 km away, Jasper comes to 67.7, against 137.3.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Hinton with figures are 67–105 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Hinton
Is Hinton safe?
Its police recorded 27.9 violent incidents and 86.4 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Hinton a Crime Severity Index of 137.3. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in Hinton?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 42.2, other Criminal Code offences at 27.2 and theft under $5,000 at 19.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Hinton?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 16%, to 129.8 from 154.2.
How much of Hinton’s crime do police solve?
About 29% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 51% of violent and 23% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Hinton alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).