Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Morinville sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Split in two, the index gives 81.6 for violence and 60.9 for everything else (normally 89.4 and 56). All told, Morinville grades B− for safety (#30 of 474 in Alberta): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, in 2023 the index stood at 71.1; it fell to 65.7 in 2025. Its 4 neighbours with figures all record less crime per resident.
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.
What stands out about safety in Morinville
Mischief: high for a town its size
Morinville records 11 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 ↓
Below Alberta’s typical town
Morinville’s index of 66.4 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Morinville places 23rd from the lowest index. 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 Morinville’s B−
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: #30 of 474 in Alberta and #1,018 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.
Morinville’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Morinville runs highest on mischief (11 per 1,000 against 3.7) and sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.8). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.3 | 0.5 | 62% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23 | 2.1 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10.7 | 1 | 16% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 27.3 | 2.5 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 66.7 | 6.2 | 9% |
| Mischief | 118.7 | 11 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 143.3 | 13.3 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7 | 0.6 | 47% |
| Drug violations | 9.3 | 0.9 | 25% |
| Impaired driving | 6.7 | 0.6 | 90% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Morinville, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 71.1; the lightest was 2024, at 62.6. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Morinville | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.7 | 60 |
| 2024 | 62.6 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 71.1 | 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 Morinville, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Morinville is 23rd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury Quebec | 10,147 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 20 | East St. Paul Manitoba | 10,321 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| 21 | Banff Alberta | 11,402 | 63 | 74.8 | B− |
| 22 | West St. Paul Manitoba | 10,796 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| 23 | Morinville Alberta | 10,763 | 66.4 | 81.6 | B− |
| 24 | Ponoka County Alberta | 10,670 | 67.6 | 54.5 | B− |
| 25 | Farnham Quebec | 11,315 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 26 | Saint-Félicien Quebec | 10,143 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Taber Alberta | 10,175 | 84.8 | 74.7 | C |
| 30 | Lacombe County Alberta | 11,072 | 94.9 | 66.9 | C− |
| 31 | Lethbridge County Alberta | 10,988 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Yellowhead County Alberta | 10,966 | 120 | 99.2 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Wheatland County Alberta | 10,150 | 298.8 | 486.4 | 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 Morinville in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 130 violent incidents a year reached Morinville’s police, 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 230 (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 Morinville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morinville | 10,763 | 66.4 | 81.6 | B− |
| Sturgeon County | 21,144 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| Bon Accord | 1,457 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| Legal | 1,253 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| St. Albert | 74,621 | 58.8 | 51.1 | B |
Nearby, 1 of 4 places with their own figures have a lower index than Morinville. Just 17.6 km away, St. Albert comes to 58.8, against 66.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 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 Morinville
Is Morinville safe?
Police-reported crime in Morinville scores 66.4 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 12.3 violent incidents and 28.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in Morinville?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 18.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 11 and theft under $5,000 at 6.2.
Is crime going up in Morinville?
Down 8%: 71.1 in 2023, 65.7 in 2025.
How much of Morinville’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 28% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 41% of violent and 22% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Morinville alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).