Photo: Dennis Cambly · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Lamont County than in 76% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 81.2 and 102.3. Per 1,000 residents a year, 12.1 violent incidents and 41.3 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Still, on the record of crime the police covering Lamont County reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes C− for safety: #214 of 474 in Alberta. The typical town in Alberta scores 110 on the same index.
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 Tofield detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Lamont County
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Lamont County records 7 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Lamont County scores 81.2 for violence and 102.3 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Lamont County comes 29th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Less crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 21% for Lamont County (51% violent, 12% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
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 Lamont County’s grade
How sure: Less sure, as Lamont County has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 41 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in Lamont County, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Lamont County runs highest on break and enter (7 per 1,000 against 2.8), mischief (9.9 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (3.9 per 1,000 against 2.6). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 52.7 | 7 | 5% |
| Possession of stolen property | 34 | 4.5 | 23% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 29.7 | 3.9 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.3 | 1.1 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 62 | 8.2 | 6% |
| Mischief | 74.3 | 9.9 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 17.3 | 2.3 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9 | 1.2 | 19% |
| Drug violations | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 13 | 1.7 | 44% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
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.
Year by year in Lamont County: up 14%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 109.9, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2023, came in at 82.9. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lamont County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 109.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 82.9 | 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 Lamont County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Lamont County stands 29th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mulmur Ontario | 3,813 | 24 | 17.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Forty Mile County No. 8 Alberta | 3,927 | 34.4 | 26.6 | A |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Penhold Alberta | 3,812 | 73.6 | 64.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Pincher Creek Alberta | 3,890 | 84.5 | 85.4 | C |
| 27 | Salisbury New Brunswick | 3,806 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| 28 | Maniwaki Quebec | 3,803 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| 29 | Lamont County Alberta | 3,918 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| 30 | Pasadena Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,930 | 96.2 | 98.9 | C− |
| 31 | Fort Macleod Alberta | 3,945 | 96.7 | 83.9 | C− |
| 32 | Woodlands Manitoba | 4,057 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Cardston Alberta | 3,863 | 108 | 123.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Crossfield Alberta | 4,075 | 137 | 122.9 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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 Lamont County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 91 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Lamont County (7,610 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.
Property crime adds about 310 a year and other violations 77 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Lamont County
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamont County | 3,918 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| Lamont (15 km) | 1,856 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Bruderheim (26 km) | 1,439 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Smoky Lake (40 km) | 1,159 | 255 | 152.4 | D |
| Redwater (43 km) | 2,301 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Tofield (44 km) | 2,122 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Lamont County. Where a neighbour shares its police, it shares the figure too, and isn’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Lamont County with figures are 15–44 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
Questions about safety in Lamont County
Is Lamont County safe?
Lamont County measures 95.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 12.1 violent incidents and 41.3 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Lamont County?
Top of the list is mischief (9.9 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 8.2, and break and enter, at 7, follow.
Is crime going up in Lamont County?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 14%, to 94.3 from 82.9.
How much of Lamont County’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 21% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 51% of violent and 12% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Lamont 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).