Per resident, Minburn County No. 27 records more crime than 87% of Canadian towns
About 26% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size. Add to that, from 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Minburn County No. 27 reported put it at D for safety: #435 of 474 in Alberta. A Crime Severity Index of 126.5, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Recorded violent incidents ran at 12.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 52.3, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Vegreville detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Minburn County No. 27
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Minburn County No. 27 records 13.1 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 ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Minburn County No. 27’s two halves part ways: 60.8 for violence (typical 85.7) and 153.8 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Minburn County No. 27 stands 35th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Close to Alberta’s typical town
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 126.5 in Minburn County No. 27. 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.
What sits behind Minburn County No. 27’s D
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Minburn County No. 27 itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 28 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: #435 of 474 in Alberta and #2,296 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.
Minburn County No. 27’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Minburn County No. 27 runs highest on break and enter (13.1 per 1,000 against 2.8), drug offences (2.4 per 1,000 against 0.7) and motor vehicle theft (7.9 per 1,000 against 2.6). 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 | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 43.3 | 13.1 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16.3 | 4.9 | 29% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 26 | 7.9 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 1.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 35.7 | 10.8 | 4% |
| Mischief | 28 | 8.5 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 12.7 | 3.8 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.7 | 1.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 8 | 2.4 | 91% |
| Impaired driving | 8.3 | 2.5 | 81% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
By its index, Minburn County No. 27 stands 35th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Pincher Creek No. 9 Alberta | 3,176 | 84.5 | 85.4 | C |
| 33 | Bishop's Falls Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,162 | 92.1 | 84.1 | C |
| 34 | Clear Hills Alberta | 3,110 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| 35 | Minburn County No. 27 Alberta | 3,142 | 126.5 | 60.8 | D |
| 36 | Houston British Columbia | 3,114 | 162 | 219.6 | D |
| 37 | Thorhild County Alberta | 3,147 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| 38 | Roblin Manitoba | 3,184 | 252.3 | 341.3 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Minburn County No. 27 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 40 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Minburn County No. 27 (3,310 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.
And about 170 property crimes, plus 52 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Minburn County No. 27’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 143.4, and its lowest 2025, at 111.3. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Minburn County No. 27 | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 111.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 124.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 143.4 | 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 Minburn County No. 27, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Minburn County No. 27
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minburn County No. 27 | 3,142 | 126.5 | 60.8 | D |
| Vegreville (18 km) | 6,153 | 138.4 | 107.9 | D |
| Two Hills (25 km) | 1,698 | 119.1 | 74.4 | C− |
| Two Hills County No. 21 (35 km) | 3,626 | 119.1 | 74.4 | C− |
Nearby, 2 of 3 places with their own figures have a lower index than Minburn County No. 27. Just 25.2 km away, Two Hills comes to 119.1, against 126.5.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Minburn County No. 27 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–35 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- Small numbers. With roughly 3,314 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Minburn County No. 27
Is Minburn County No. 27 safe?
Minburn County No. 27 scores 126.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 12.2 violent incidents and 52.3 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Minburn County No. 27?
Top of the list is break and enter (13.1 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 10.8, and mischief, at 8.5, follow.
Is crime going up in Minburn County No. 27?
It went down 22% between 2023 and 2025, from 143.4 to 111.3. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Minburn County No. 27’s crime do police solve?
26%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 58% and non-violent crime at 21%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Minburn County No. 27 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).