Redwater has more crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Annual rates stand at 23.5 violent incidents and 67.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 22%, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Graded on crime the police covering Redwater reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety. Of the two halves, violence comes to 126.8 and other offences to 185.3, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Redwater detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Redwater
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Redwater records 17.3 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 ↓
Easing since 2023
From 199.1 in 2023 to 125.1 in 2025: that is Redwater’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Redwater scores 126.8 for violence and 185.3 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than Alberta’s middle
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 167.5 in Redwater. 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 Redwater’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
In Redwater, down 37% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (199.1); the low point came in 2025, at 125.1. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Redwater | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 178.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 199.1 | 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 Redwater, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in Redwater, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Redwater runs highest on break and enter (17.3 per 1,000 against 2.5), mischief (15.3 per 1,000 against 4.2) and motor vehicle theft (7.3 per 1,000 against 2.4). 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 | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.6 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 120 | 17.3 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 43.3 | 6.3 | 12% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 50.7 | 7.3 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13 | 1.9 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 72.7 | 10.5 | 10% |
| Mischief | 105.7 | 15.3 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 27 | 3.9 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15.7 | 2.3 | 24% |
| Drug violations | 5 | 0.7 | 54% |
| Impaired driving | 20.3 | 2.9 | 79% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
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.
7,170 residents, about 160 violent incidents a year: the police area Redwater belongs to, 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 460 property crimes, plus 120 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 Redwater
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redwater | 2,301 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Gibbons (20 km) | 3,352 | 167.1 | 160 | D |
| Bruderheim (21 km) | 1,439 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Thorhild County (23 km) | 3,147 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Bon Accord (23 km) | 1,457 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Redwater. Gibbons, 20.3 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 167.1 to 167.5. 2 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Redwater has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 20–23 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.
- Town and surroundings together. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Redwater’s are shared with its surroundings.
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Redwater
Is Redwater safe?
Redwater’s Crime Severity Index is 167.5 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 23.5 violent incidents and 67 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Redwater?
Police record break and enter most, 17.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (15.3) and assault (12).
Is crime going up in Redwater?
Down 37%: 199.1 in 2023, 125.1 in 2025.
How much of Redwater’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 22% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 60% of violent crime and 12% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Redwater 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).