Photo: WinterE229 (WinterforceMedia) · CC0More crimes per resident are recorded in Leduc County than in 91% of Canadian towns
The Safety Grade comes out at D, drawn from crime the police covering Leduc County reported through 2023 to 2025: #449 of 474 in Alberta. Its violent half comes to 88.2 and its non-violent half to 193, where the norm is 89.4 and 56. Police counts work out at 14.3 violent incidents and 85.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.0 and 30.5. By contrast, by 2025 the index had dropped to 146.3, down from 180.8 in 2023.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Leduc detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Leduc County
Mischief: high for a town its size
Leduc County records 21.2 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 ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 88.2 on Leduc County’s index against 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 193 against 56. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Leduc County places 38th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Over the Alberta norm
Leduc County’s index of 162.1 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. 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 D for Leduc County, 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: #449 of 474 in Alberta and #2,472 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 Leduc County’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Leduc County runs highest on mischief (21.2 per 1,000 against 3.7), motor vehicle theft (12.5 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (9.9 per 1,000 against 2.2).
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 | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6.3 | 0.4 | 43% |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 144.7 | 9.9 | 10% |
| Possession of stolen property | 62.7 | 4.3 | 27% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 183.3 | 12.5 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 49.3 | 3.4 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 362.3 | 24.8 | 6% |
| Mischief | 310.7 | 21.2 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 83.7 | 5.8 | 71% |
| Administration of justice violations | 50.7 | 3.5 | 64% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 21 | 1.4 | 38% |
| Drug violations | 23.3 | 1.6 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 93 | 6.4 | 56% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4.3 | 0.3 | — |
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, Leduc County stands 38th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorchester Ontario | 15,475 | 28.2 | 19.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Canmore Alberta | 17,341 | 50.1 | 41.1 | B+ |
| 16 | High River Alberta | 15,508 | 50.5 | 56.6 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Strathmore Alberta | 16,416 | 66.8 | 78.9 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Brooks Alberta | 17,537 | 91.9 | 120.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Pembroke Ontario | 15,479 | 112.1 | 153.4 | C− |
| 36 | Powell River British Columbia | 14,947 | 113.5 | 99.4 | C− |
| 37 | Kenora Ontario | 15,892 | 127.1 | 186.8 | D |
| 38 | Leduc County Alberta | 16,400 | 162.1 | 88.2 | D |
| 39 | Yorkton Saskatchewan | 17,543 | 175.2 | 185.2 | D |
| 40 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 204.1 | 204.7 | 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 Leduc County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Leduc County, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 180.8; the lightest was 2025, at 146.3. 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 | Leduc County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 159.3 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 180.8 | 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 Leduc County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The police area Leduc County is part of, 15,000 residents, recorded about 210 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.
Add about 1,250 property crimes and 490 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 Leduc County
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Leduc County. Leduc, 7.5 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 82.8 to 162.1.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Leduc County together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Leduc County
Is Leduc County safe?
Leduc County scores 162.1 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66; per 1,000 residents a year that is 14.3 violent incidents and 85.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Leduc County?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 24.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (21.9) and mischief (21.2).
Is crime going up in Leduc County?
It went down 19% between 2023 and 2025, from 180.8 to 146.3.
How much of Leduc County’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 27% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 51% of violent and 22% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Leduc 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).