Photo: Umbra Lab, Inc. · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Lacombe County than in 76% of Canadian towns
Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 94.9 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. Police counts work out at 12.6 violent incidents and 47.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.0 and 30.5. On top of that, the Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crime the police covering Lacombe County reported through 2023 to 2025: #214 of 474 in Alberta. All 3 towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Blackfalds detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Lacombe County
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Lacombe County records 6.4 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Lacombe County’s two halves part ways: 66.9 for violence (typical 89.4) and 106.9 for the rest (typical 56). By type ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Lacombe County moved from 105.5 to 78.9, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Lacombe County comes 31st, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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 Lacombe County’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Lacombe County itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 7 km away.
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: #214 of 474 in Alberta and #1,836 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.
Lacombe County’s index fell 25% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 105.5, and 2025 the lightest at 78.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 69.5 (2023), then 60 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Lacombe County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 100.3 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 105.5 | 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 Lacombe County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Lacombe County’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Lacombe County runs highest on break and enter (6.4 per 1,000 against 2.2), mischief (10.1 per 1,000 against 3.7) and motor vehicle theft (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.4). Assault and sexual assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 4.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 97.7 | 6.4 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 63 | 4.1 | 17% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 72.3 | 4.7 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 29.7 | 1.9 | 2% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 188.3 | 12.3 | 8% |
| Mischief | 155.3 | 10.1 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 28 | 1.8 | 53% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17.3 | 1.1 | 33% |
| Drug violations | 12.3 | 0.8 | 46% |
| Impaired driving | 47.7 | 3.1 | 40% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 2.7 | 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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Lacombe County places 31st
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drayton Ontario | 11,518 | 29 | 28.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Banff Alberta | 11,402 | 63 | 74.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Morinville Alberta | 10,763 | 66.4 | 81.6 | B− |
| 27 | Ponoka County Alberta | 10,670 | 67.6 | 54.5 | B− |
| 28 | Farnham Quebec | 11,315 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 29 | Liverpool Nova Scotia | 10,997 | 78.4 | 112.5 | C+ |
| 30 | Hawkesbury Ontario | 11,451 | 92.7 | 131.7 | C |
| 31 | Lacombe County Alberta | 11,072 | 94.9 | 66.9 | C− |
| 32 | Lethbridge County Alberta | 10,988 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| 33 | Estevan Saskatchewan | 11,391 | 103.1 | 136.2 | C− |
| 34 | Smiths Falls Ontario | 11,093 | 105.1 | 147.6 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Yellowhead County Alberta | 10,966 | 120 | 99.2 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Lacombe County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Lacombe County, 15,700 residents: around 190 violent incidents a year, 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 730 property crimes, plus 200 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 Lacombe County
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacombe County | 11,072 | 94.9 | 66.9 | C− |
| Lacombe | 14,733 | 61.7 | 47.6 | B− |
| Blackfalds | 12,258 | 50.8 | 49.1 | B+ |
| Bentley | 1,153 | 67.3 | 43.3 | B− |
Lacombe County has the highest index of the places around it. Just 4.2 km away, Lacombe comes to 61.7, against 94.9.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
Questions about safety in Lacombe County
Is Lacombe County safe?
Police-reported crime in Lacombe County scores 94.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 12.6 violent incidents and 47.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in Lacombe County?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 12.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (10.1) and fraud (7.1).
Is crime going up in Lacombe County?
Down 25%: 105.5 in 2023, 78.9 in 2025.
How much of Lacombe County’s crime do police solve?
About 21% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 41% of violent and 15% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Lacombe County and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).