Photo: Jason Woodhead · CC BY 2.0Paintearth County No. 18 has more crime per resident than 78% of Canadian towns
On the record of crime the police covering Paintearth County No. 18 reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes C− for safety. Police counts work out at 12.6 violent incidents and 41.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ they are 12.0 and 31.2. A Crime Severity Index of 98.2, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 67.2 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Coronation detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Paintearth County No. 18
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Paintearth County No. 18 records 7.6 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 on property and other crime
Paintearth County No. 18’s index splits into violent crime, 77.1 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 107.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
Close to Alberta’s typical town
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Paintearth County No. 18, 98.2. 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’s behind Paintearth County No. 18’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Paintearth County No. 18 itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 23 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.
What police record in Paintearth County No. 18, by type
Against the typical town its size, Paintearth County No. 18 runs highest on break and enter (7.6 per 1,000 against 2.5), mischief (12.4 per 1,000 against 4.2) and fraud (10.5 per 1,000 against 5.1). 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 | 3 | 0.8 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 29.7 | 7.6 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.7 | 2 | 17% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9 | 2.3 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 1.8 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 16.7 | 4.3 | 24% |
| Mischief | 48 | 12.4 | 41% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 14.7 | 3.8 | 80% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Drug violations | 4 | 1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 8.7 | 2.2 | 92% |
| 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 people or more.
About 49 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Paintearth County No. 18 (3,870 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 160 property crimes and 54 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Paintearth County No. 18’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (116.8); 2025 was the lightest, at 71.5. 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 | Paintearth County No. 18 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 106.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 116.8 | 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 Paintearth County No. 18, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Paintearth County No. 18
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintearth County No. 18 | 2,014 | 98.2 | 77.1 | C− |
| Flagstaff County (64 km) | 3,724 | 104.5 | 69.4 | C− |
| Special Area No. 4 (66 km) | 1,171 | 69.8 | 55.2 | C+ |
| Stettler County No. 6 (67 km) | 5,966 | 61.7 | 36.4 | B− |
| Stettler (71 km) | 6,035 | 108.4 | 89.2 | C− |
| Hanna (72 km) | 2,665 | 76.9 | 65.8 | C+ |
Of 5 places nearby with their own figures, 3 come in under Paintearth County No. 18. Just 66 km away, Special Area No. 4 comes to 69.8, against 98.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Paintearth County No. 18 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 64–72 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. About 3,868 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- What 100 means. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Paintearth County No. 18
Is Paintearth County No. 18 safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 98.2 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Paintearth County No. 18 stands, with 12.6 violent and 41.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Paintearth County No. 18?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 12.4, fraud at 10.5 and other Criminal Code offences at 8.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Paintearth County No. 18?
It went down 39% between 2023 and 2025, from 116.8 to 71.5. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Paintearth County No. 18’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 36%: 78% for violent crime and 27% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Paintearth County No. 18 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).