Photo: Fil.Al · CC BY 2.0Jasper is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
Per 1,000 residents a year, 12.5 violent incidents and 32.2 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Police clear 41% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%. By contrast, the overall Safety Grade is B− (#185 of 474 in Alberta), which means close to the middle of Canadian towns, judged on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 67.7, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Jasper detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Jasper
A busy place, counted per resident
Rates in Jasper are per resident, while much of the crime involves the many visitors it draws; the figures overstate what residents themselves face. How to read it ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Jasper records 3 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Below Alberta’s typical town
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Jasper, 67.7. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Jasper scores 60.8 for violence and 71 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The B− for Jasper, and how it is built
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: #185 of 474 in Alberta and #1,304 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.
Crime in Jasper, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Jasper runs highest on drug offences (3 per 1,000 against 0.7), mischief (11 per 1,000 against 4.9) and fraud (6.3 per 1,000 against 4.9). Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 10.7 | 2.2 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4.7 | 1 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 51.3 | 10.6 | 8% |
| Mischief | 52.7 | 11 | 40% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 24.7 | 5.1 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Drug violations | 14.3 | 3 | 49% |
| Impaired driving | 26 | 5.4 | 63% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
By its index, Jasper stands 21st of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Raymond Alberta | 4,594 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 6 | Warner County No. 5 Alberta | 4,533 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 63.5 | 42.7 | B− |
| 19 | Vulcan County Alberta | 4,465 | 64.3 | 54 | B− |
| 20 | Caraquet New Brunswick | 4,572 | 67.1 | 81.5 | B− |
| 21 | Jasper Alberta | 4,627 | 67.7 | 60.8 | B− |
| 22 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare Quebec | 4,615 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 23 | Dundas New Brunswick | 4,733 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 24 | Sutton Quebec | 4,775 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Barrhead Alberta | 4,768 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Woodlands County Alberta | 4,778 | 120.9 | 106.4 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 Jasper in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 60 violent incidents a year in the 4,630-resident police area around Jasper, 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.
Property crime adds about 150 a year and other violations 97 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Jasper’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 74 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 60.7 in 2024. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Jasper | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 60.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 74 | 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 Jasper, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Jasper
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper | 4,627 | 67.7 | 60.8 | B− |
| Hinton (67 km) | 10,124 | 137.3 | 109.5 | D |
| Valemount (80 km) | 1,082 | 132.4 | 103.6 | D |
| Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George (132 km) | 1,604 | 92.5 | 70.1 | C |
| Edson (135 km) | 8,692 | 122.3 | 93.1 | D |
| Yellowhead County (160 km) | 10,966 | 120 | 99.2 | D |
Jasper has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Jasper with figures are 67–160 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Small numbers. About 4,627 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “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 Jasper’s are shared with its surroundings.
Questions about safety in Jasper
Is Jasper safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Jasper comes to 67.7. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 12.5 violent incidents and 32.2 property crimes. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Jasper?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 11, theft under $5,000 at 10.6 and other Criminal Code offences at 9.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Jasper?
No: the index fell 8%, from 74 in 2023 to 68.4 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Jasper’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 41% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 66% of violent and 33% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Jasper together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).