Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Lac Ste. Anne County records more crime per resident than 86% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 99.2 for violence and 129.3 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56). On the record of crime the police covering Lac Ste. Anne County reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety: #429 of 474 in Alberta. Per 1,000 residents a year, 13.1 violent incidents and 50.3 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 30.5 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. Measured across the Evansburg detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Lac Ste. Anne County
Mischief: high for a town its size
Lac Ste. Anne County records 16.6 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 ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Violent crime scores 99.2 on Lac Ste. Anne County’s index against 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 129.3 against 56. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Lac Ste. Anne County stands 37th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
About the Alberta norm
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 120 in Lac Ste. Anne County. 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 Lac Ste. Anne County
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 37 km from Lac Ste. Anne County, not to the town.
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: #429 of 474 in Alberta and #2,281 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.
Which crimes make up Lac Ste. Anne County’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Lac Ste. Anne County runs highest on mischief (16.6 per 1,000 against 3.7), break and enter (9.1 per 1,000 against 2.2) and motor vehicle theft (5.5 per 1,000 against 2.4). Sexual assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 63 | 9.1 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 24.7 | 3.6 | 24% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 38 | 5.5 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13 | 1.9 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 53.3 | 7.7 | 4% |
| Mischief | 115.3 | 16.6 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 41 | 5.9 | 78% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.3 | 1.3 | 43% |
| Drug violations | 12 | 1.7 | 81% |
| Impaired driving | 26.3 | 3.8 | 73% |
| 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
By its index, Lac Ste. Anne County stands 37th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Blackfalds Alberta | 12,258 | 50.8 | 49.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Wetaskiwin County No. 10 Alberta | 12,117 | 88.9 | 60 | C |
| 35 | Gander Newfoundland and Labrador | 12,707 | 97.2 | 80.6 | C− |
| 36 | Nelson British Columbia | 12,126 | 100.4 | 98.4 | C− |
| 37 | Lac Ste. Anne County Alberta | 12,639 | 120 | 99.2 | D |
| 38 | Prince Rupert British Columbia | 12,903 | 185.2 | 292.9 | D |
| 39 | Lloydminster (Part) Saskatchewan | 13,137 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
| 40 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 589.9 | 1,034.6 | 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 Lac Ste. Anne County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 91 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Lac Ste. Anne County (6,930 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 350 property crimes, plus 150 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
In Lac Ste. Anne County, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 124.9, and 2024 the lightest at 110.5. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lac Ste. Anne County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124.5 | 60 |
| 2024 | 110.5 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 124.9 | 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 Lac Ste. Anne County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Lac Ste. Anne County
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac Ste. Anne County | 12,639 | 120 | 99.2 | D |
| Barrhead (36 km) | 4,768 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| Parkland County (38 km) | 34,286 | 121 | 115 | D |
| Barrhead County No. 11 (40 km) | 6,186 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| Stony Plain (41 km) | 19,662 | 88.4 | 74.6 | C |
| Spruce Grove (43 km) | 44,575 | 81.6 | 76.3 | C |
Lac Ste. Anne County sits above 4 of the 5 neighbours with figures of their own. Just 36.4 km away, Barrhead comes to 81.9, against 120.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Lac Ste. Anne County with figures are 36–43 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “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.
- The clearance rate. 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 Lac Ste. Anne County
Is Lac Ste. Anne County safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Lac Ste. Anne County scores 120 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 13.1 violent and 50.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Lac Ste. Anne County?
Most often it is mischief: 16.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 11.1 and break and enter at 9.1.
Is crime going up in Lac Ste. Anne County?
Barely: 124.9 in 2023, 124.5 in 2025.
How much of Lac Ste. Anne County’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 32% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 68% of violent and 20% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Lac Ste. Anne County 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).