Photo: Masterhatch · CC BY-SA 4.0Rocky Mountain House sees more crime per resident than 89% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 159.2 and other offences for 134.8, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. Graded on crime the police covering Rocky Mountain House reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety: #441 of 474 in Alberta. Per 1,000 residents a year, 33.5 violent incidents and 73.2 incidents of property crime were recorded, 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 Rocky Mountain House
Mischief: high for a town its size
Rocky Mountain House records 31.1 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 ↓
Less severe than in 2023
From 168.8 in 2023 to 91.2 in 2025: that is Rocky Mountain House’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Rocky Mountain House places 36th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Higher than most of Alberta
Rocky Mountain House’s index of 140.9 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. 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.
Rocky Mountain House: D for safety, and why
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: #441 of 474 in Alberta and #2,444 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.
Year by year in Rocky Mountain House: down 46%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 168.8, and 2025 the lightest at 91.2. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Rocky Mountain House | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 162.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 168.8 | 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 Rocky Mountain House, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up Rocky Mountain House’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Rocky Mountain House runs highest on mischief (31.1 per 1,000 against 4.9), motor vehicle theft (7.8 per 1,000 against 2.6) and drug offences (2 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6.3 | 0.8 | 52% |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 37 | 4.7 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 21.7 | 2.8 | 35% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 61.3 | 7.8 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7 | 0.9 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 126 | 16.2 | 21% |
| Mischief | 240.7 | 31.1 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 9.7 | 1.3 | 86% |
| Administration of justice violations | 57.3 | 7.4 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 12.7 | 1.6 | 45% |
| Drug violations | 15 | 2 | 55% |
| Impaired driving | 34.3 | 4.4 | 32% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
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.
By its index, Rocky Mountain House stands 36th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Taber Alberta | 8,009 | 29.4 | 30.1 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Newell County Alberta | 7,846 | 40.4 | 25.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Cypress County Alberta | 7,855 | 66.6 | 46.6 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Torbay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,297 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 34 | Vermilion River County Alberta | 8,282 | 96.6 | 62.7 | C− |
| 35 | Drumheller Alberta | 8,439 | 101.2 | 101.9 | C− |
| 36 | Rocky Mountain House Alberta | 8,144 | 140.9 | 159.2 | D |
| 37 | Drayton Valley Alberta | 8,047 | 152.4 | 156.3 | D |
| 38 | Kirkland Lake Ontario | 8,158 | 170.1 | 271.7 | D |
| 39 | Ponoka Alberta | 8,212 | 170.5 | 210.6 | D |
| 40 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,197 | 360 | 345 | 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 Rocky Mountain House in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 260 violent incidents a year reached Rocky Mountain House’s police, 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 570 property crimes, plus 270 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 Rocky Mountain House
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain House | 8,144 | 140.9 | 159.2 | D |
| Clearwater County (14 km) | 11,856 | 188.3 | 342.3 | D |
| Eckville (38 km) | 1,088 | 67.3 | 43.3 | B− |
| Rimbey (55 km) | 2,502 | 110.1 | 69.4 | C− |
| Sylvan Lake (57 km) | 17,897 | 82.3 | 83.4 | C |
| Bentley (61 km) | 1,153 | 67.3 | 43.3 | B− |
Rocky Mountain House sits above 4 of the 5 neighbours with figures of their own. Eckville, 37.8 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 67.3 to 140.9.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Rocky Mountain House has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 14–61 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 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. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Rocky Mountain House
Is Rocky Mountain House safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 140.9 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Rocky Mountain House stands, with 33.5 violent and 73.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Rocky Mountain House?
Most often it is mischief: 31.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 25.7 and assault at 17.2.
Is crime going up in Rocky Mountain House?
The reverse: 168.8 in 2023 came down to 91.2 by 2025, 46% lower.
How much of Rocky Mountain House’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 33% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 52% of violent crime and 25% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Rocky Mountain House’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).