Photo: Amqui · CC BY-SA 4.0Provost No. 52 sees more crime per resident than 83% of Canadian towns
Measured on crime the police covering Provost No. 52 reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−. Of the two halves, violence comes to 90.4 and other offences to 120.7, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Police counts work out at 18.6 violent incidents and 46.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ they are 12.0 and 31.2.
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 for the Provost detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Provost No. 52
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Provost No. 52 records 7.7 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 ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 90.4 on Provost No. 52’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 120.7 against 62.8. By type ↓
Near the Alberta middle
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 111.4 in Provost No. 52. 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 Provost No. 52’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 21 km from Provost No. 52, not to the town.
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 Provost No. 52’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Provost No. 52 runs highest on break and enter (7.7 per 1,000 against 2.5), motor vehicle theft (5.9 per 1,000 against 2.4) and mischief (10 per 1,000 against 4.2). 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 | 3.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3 | 0.7 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 32.3 | 7.7 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 15 | 3.6 | 25% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 24.7 | 5.9 | 24% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18 | 4.3 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 36.3 | 8.7 | 8% |
| Mischief | 41.7 | 10 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 28 | 6.7 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.7 | 1.6 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 2.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 14 | 3.4 | 71% |
| 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.
Around 78 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Provost No. 52 (4,150 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.
Property crime adds about 190 a year and other violations 72 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Three years of Provost No. 52’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
At 136.3, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 97. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Provost No. 52 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 136.3 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 100.8 | 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 Provost No. 52, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Provost No. 52
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provost No. 52 | 2,092 | 111.4 | 90.4 | C− |
| Provost (17 km) | 1,875 | 111.4 | 90.4 | C− |
| Macklin (39 km) | 1,185 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
| Special Area No. 4 (53 km) | 1,171 | 69.8 | 55.2 | C+ |
| Wainwright No. 61 (56 km) | 4,576 | 63.5 | 42.7 | B− |
| Wainwright (60 km) | 6,996 | 113 | 121.8 | C− |
Provost No. 52 sits above 3 of the 4 neighbours with figures of their own. Macklin, 38.6 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 98.7 to 111.4. Where a neighbour shares its police, it shares the figure too, and isn’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 17–60 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Provost No. 52.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. 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. The police behind these figures serve about 4,148 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Provost No. 52
Is Provost No. 52 safe?
The short answer is an index of 111.4 for Provost No. 52 (2023–2025), built from 18.6 violent incidents and 46.3 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Provost No. 52?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 11.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (10) and theft under $5,000 (8.7).
Is crime going up in Provost No. 52?
The index stayed close to where it was, 100.8 in 2023 and 97 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Provost No. 52’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 31% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 61% of violent and 21% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Provost No. 52 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).