Photo: Voldeg and Bolton · Public domainCrime in Redcliff sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
For solved cases, the weighted rate is 28%, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Taking everything together, Redcliff scores B− (#30 of 474 in Alberta): close to the middle of Canadian towns, measured on crime its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Still, its Crime Severity Index averaged 66.7 over 2023–2025, against 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Recorded violent incidents ran at 15.3 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 35.6, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 Redcliff
Mischief: high for a town its size
Redcliff records 12.5 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Under the Alberta norm
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 66.7 in Redcliff. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Redcliff stands 23rd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Violent crime scores 63.8 on Redcliff’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 68.5 against 62.8. By type ↓
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 Redcliff’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: #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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Which crimes make up Redcliff’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Redcliff runs highest on mischief (12.5 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.8). 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 | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 24 | 4.1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10.3 | 1.7 | 29% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13.7 | 2.3 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5 | 0.8 | 14% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 51 | 8.6 | 8% |
| Mischief | 74 | 12.5 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 26.7 | 4.5 | 69% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Drug violations | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Impaired driving | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| 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 to 10,000 people.
In Redcliff, down 14% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (73.6) and 2025 the trough (58.4). The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Redcliff | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 73.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 68.2 | 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 Redcliff, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Redcliff comes 23rd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Stettler County No. 6 Alberta | 5,966 | 61.7 | 36.4 | B− |
| 21 | Saint Marys New Brunswick | 5,701 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 22 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 5,829 | 65 | 107 | B− |
| 23 | Redcliff Alberta | 5,916 | 66.7 | 63.8 | B− |
| 24 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Quebec | 6,099 | 70.1 | 128 | C+ |
| 25 | Shediac New Brunswick | 5,699 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 26 | Sainte-Martine Quebec | 5,884 | 75.4 | 130.4 | C+ |
| 27 | Crowsnest Pass Alberta | 6,011 | 80.2 | 94.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Stettler Alberta | 6,035 | 108.4 | 89.2 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Vegreville Alberta | 6,153 | 138.4 | 107.9 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Duncan British Columbia | 5,745 | 384.5 | 331.1 | 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 Redcliff in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 91 violent incidents a year on Redcliff’s police records (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.
And about 210 property crimes, plus 63 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Redcliff
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcliff | 5,916 | 66.7 | 63.8 | B− |
| Medicine Hat | 68,714 | 87.3 | 82.6 | C |
| Cypress County | 7,855 | 66.6 | 46.6 | B− |
Redcliff sits above 1 of the 2 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is Cypress County, 12 km away, at 66.6 to 66.7 here.
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. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
Questions about safety in Redcliff
Is Redcliff safe?
Statistics Canada puts Redcliff at 66.7 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 15.3 and property crimes at 35.6 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Redcliff?
Most often it is mischief: 12.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 9.1 and theft under $5,000 at 8.6.
Is crime going up in Redcliff?
No: the index fell 14%, from 68.2 in 2023 to 58.4 in 2025.
How much of Redcliff’s crime do police solve?
About 28% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 50% of violent and 20% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Redcliff’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).