Photo: Miguel Tremblay · Public domainLamont records more crime per resident than 93% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 126.8 for violence and 185.3 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). On crime the police covering Lamont reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D for safety. What’s more, in a usual year, 23.5 violent incidents and 67.0 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 12.0 and 31.2. About 22% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Redwater detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Lamont
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Lamont records 17.3 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Lamont’s index went from 199.1 in 2023 to 125.1 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Lamont’s two halves part ways: 126.8 for violence (typical 86.4) and 185.3 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Above Alberta’s typical town
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Lamont, 167.5. 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.
Lamont: D for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure, as Lamont has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 31 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Year by year in Lamont: down 37%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 199.1 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 125.1 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lamont | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 178.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 199.1 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Lamont, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Lamont’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Lamont runs highest on break and enter (17.3 per 1,000 against 2.5), mischief (15.3 per 1,000 against 4.2) and motor vehicle theft (7.3 per 1,000 against 2.4). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.6 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 120 | 17.3 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 43.3 | 6.3 | 12% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 50.7 | 7.3 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13 | 1.9 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 72.7 | 10.5 | 10% |
| Mischief | 105.7 | 15.3 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 27 | 3.9 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15.7 | 2.3 | 24% |
| Drug violations | 5 | 0.7 | 54% |
| Impaired driving | 20.3 | 2.9 | 79% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
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 people or more.
About 160 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Lamont (7,170 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.
Add about 460 property crimes and 120 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Lamont
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamont | 1,856 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Bruderheim | 1,439 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Lamont County | 3,918 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
Same police, same number: one neighbour drops out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Lamont
Is Lamont safe?
Lamont scores 167.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 23.5 violent incidents and 67 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Lamont?
Break and enter is the most common, at 17.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (15.3) and assault (12).
Is crime going up in Lamont?
It went down 37% between 2023 and 2025, from 199.1 to 125.1.
How much of Lamont’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 22% of crime (60% of violent crime, 12% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Lamont 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).