Photo: Wilson Hui from Calgary, Canada · CC BY 2.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Mayerthorpe than in 93% of Canadian towns
On the record of crime the police covering Mayerthorpe reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety. Violence accounts for an index of 232.8 and other offences for 157.6, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. For every 1,000 residents, 30.0 violent incidents and 58.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. What’s more, the index rose from 178.4 in 2023 to 199 in 2025.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Mayerthorpe detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Mayerthorpe
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Mayerthorpe records 11.2 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 ↓
Heavier than Alberta’s middle
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Mayerthorpe, 178. 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.
Mayerthorpe: D for safety, and why
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.
Which crimes make up Mayerthorpe’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Mayerthorpe runs highest on break and enter (11.2 per 1,000 against 2.5), mischief (15.3 per 1,000 against 4.2) and motor vehicle theft (7.8 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 | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.3 | 0.8 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 8.7 | 1.3 | 61% |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 77.3 | 11.2 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 46 | 6.6 | 22% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 54.3 | 7.8 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13 | 1.9 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 67.3 | 9.7 | 10% |
| Mischief | 105.7 | 15.3 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 12 | 1.7 | 64% |
| Administration of justice violations | 61 | 8.8 | 64% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16.3 | 2.4 | 60% |
| Drug violations | 7 | 1 | 47% |
| Impaired driving | 23.7 | 3.4 | 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 2,500 people or more.
7,040 residents, about 210 violent incidents a year: the police area Mayerthorpe belongs to, 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 410 property crimes and 180 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Mayerthorpe, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (199); the lightest was 2024 (156.7). Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mayerthorpe | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 199 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 156.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 178.4 | 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 Mayerthorpe, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Mayerthorpe
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayerthorpe | 1,419 | 178 | 232.8 | D |
| Woodlands County (32 km) | 4,778 | 120.9 | 106.4 | D |
| Whitecourt (41 km) | 10,708 | 146.3 | 128.4 | D |
| Barrhead County No. 11 (46 km) | 6,186 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
Mayerthorpe has the highest index of the places around it. Just 31.7 km away, Woodlands County comes to 120.9, against 178.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Mayerthorpe with figures are 32–46 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A wider policing area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Mayerthorpe’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 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.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Mayerthorpe
Is Mayerthorpe safe?
With 30 violent incidents and 58.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Mayerthorpe comes to 178 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Mayerthorpe?
Top of the list is assault (19 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 18.5, and mischief, at 15.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Mayerthorpe?
Yes: the index rose 12%, from 178.4 in 2023 to 199 in 2025.
How much of Mayerthorpe’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 39%: 64% for violent crime and 24% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Mayerthorpe 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).