Photo: Hero122 · CC BY-SA 3.0Raymond has less crime per resident than 90% of Canadian towns
Recorded violent incidents ran at 8.5 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 15.3, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. What’s more, on crime the police covering Raymond reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A for safety: #4 of 474 in Alberta. Of the two halves, violence comes to 46.2 and other offences to 33.1, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 38.7 in 2023 to 34.6 by 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Raymond detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Raymond
Below Alberta’s typical town
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 36.6 in Raymond. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Raymond stands 6th, the lowest first. 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 Raymond’s grade
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: #4 of 474 in Alberta and #213 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.
Raymond’s crime by kind
Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 24 | 1.9 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.3 | 0.7 | 25% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.3 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 41 | 3.3 | 15% |
| Mischief | 52.3 | 4.2 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 21 | 1.7 | 62% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 0.4 | 38% |
| Drug violations | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 10 | 0.8 | 27% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Raymond places 6th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Montague Ontario | 4,414 | 30.8 | 39.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Dutton Ontario | 4,686 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 5 | Howick Ontario | 4,517 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 6 | Raymond Alberta | 4,594 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 7 | Warner County No. 5 Alberta | 4,533 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 8 | Saint-Anselme Quebec | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 9 | Château-Richer Quebec | 4,732 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 63.5 | 42.7 | B− |
| 21 | Vulcan County Alberta | 4,465 | 64.3 | 54 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Jasper Alberta | 4,627 | 67.7 | 60.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Barrhead Alberta | 4,768 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 Raymond in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 110 violent incidents a year in the 12,800-resident police area around Raymond, 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 190 property crimes and 53 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Raymond, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 38.7 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 34.6 in 2025. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Raymond | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 36.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 38.7 | 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 Raymond, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Raymond
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond | 4,594 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| Stirling | 1,350 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| Magrath | 2,566 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| Warner County No. 5 | 4,533 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
3 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. 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 detachment’s area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Raymond together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
Questions about safety in Raymond
Is Raymond safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Raymond comes to 36.6. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 8.5 violent incidents and 15.3 property crimes. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Raymond?
Police record mischief most, 4.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (3.5) and fraud (3.4).
Is crime going up in Raymond?
No: the index fell 10%, from 38.7 in 2023 to 34.6 in 2025.
How much of Raymond’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 48% of violent crime and 22% of everything else, 32% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Raymond and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).