Photo: Ribbet32 · CC BY-SA 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Red Deer County than in 62% of Canadian towns
Police clear 25% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Scored on crime the police covering Red Deer County reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C+ for safety: #189 of 474 in Alberta. What’s more, on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 73.6, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 66.
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 published for the Innisfail detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Red Deer County
Easing since 2023
Red Deer County’s index went from 86.9 in 2023 to 61.2 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Red Deer County records 4.4 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Violent crime scores 64.8 on Red Deer County’s index against 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 77.8 against 56. By type ↓
Under the Alberta norm
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Red Deer County, 73.6. 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.
Red Deer County: C+ for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Red Deer County itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 15 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: #189 of 474 in Alberta and #1,555 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.
From 2023 to 2025, Red Deer County’s index dropped 30%
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (86.9); the low point came in 2025, at 61.2. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Red Deer County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 72.8 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 86.9 | 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 Red Deer County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up Red Deer County’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Red Deer County runs highest on break and enter (4.4 per 1,000 against 2.2), drug offences (1.6 per 1,000 against 0.8) and mischief (5.6 per 1,000 against 3.7). Assault 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 | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 50.7 | 4.4 | 10% |
| Possession of stolen property | 35 | 3 | 24% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 28.3 | 2.4 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 0.8 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 73 | 6.3 | 9% |
| Mischief | 65.3 | 5.6 | 10% |
| Weapons violations | 5 | 0.4 | 46% |
| Administration of justice violations | 13.3 | 1.1 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8 | 0.7 | 25% |
| Drug violations | 19 | 1.6 | 41% |
| Impaired driving | 21.7 | 1.9 | 88% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Red Deer County places 27th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Cobourg Ontario | 22,529 | 71 | 94.5 | C+ |
| 25 | New Hamburg Ontario | 22,890 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| 26 | Colchester County, Subdivision B Nova Scotia | 21,578 | 72.9 | 100.8 | C+ |
| 27 | Red Deer County Alberta | 22,076 | 73.6 | 64.8 | C+ |
| 28 | Windsor Nova Scotia | 20,318 | 78.5 | 98.5 | C+ |
| 29 | Mont-Royal Quebec | 22,821 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 30 | Dorval Quebec | 21,062 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Sturgeon County Alberta | 21,144 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Camrose Alberta | 20,800 | 96.3 | 96.4 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 39 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
| 40 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | 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 Red Deer County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Red Deer County, 11,800 residents: around 120 violent incidents a year, 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 330 a year and other violations 110 (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 Red Deer County
The places around Red Deer County all score higher on the index. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.
Questions about safety in Red Deer County
Is Red Deer County safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Red Deer County scores 73.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 10.3 violent and 28.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the typical index is 66.
What is the most common crime in Red Deer County?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 6.3, mischief at 5.6 and fraud at 5.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Red Deer County?
The reverse: 86.9 in 2023 came down to 61.2 by 2025, 30% lower.
How much of Red Deer County’s crime do police solve?
About 25% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 46% of violent and 19% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Red Deer County 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).