Photo: Thank you for visiting my page from Canada · CC BY 2.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Rocky View County than in 89% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 122.9 for violence and 143.9 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). Scored on crime the police covering Rocky View County reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D for safety: #441 of 474 in Alberta. Year on year, 15.9 violent incidents and 71.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical town its size. Each of the 6 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident.
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. Measured across the Airdrie detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Rocky View County
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Rocky View County records 8.7 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 1.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Rocky View County comes 37th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Rocky View County scores 122.9 for violence and 143.9 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 75.2 and 54.2. By type ↓
Police clear less here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 24% for Rocky View County (47% violent, 17% non-violent), beside 38% for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D for Rocky View County
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 19 km from Rocky View County, since none reports under the town’s name.
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 50,000 people or more.
Crime in Rocky View County, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Rocky View County runs highest on motor vehicle theft (8.7 per 1,000 against 1.7), mischief (11.4 per 1,000 against 3.8) and break and enter (5.8 per 1,000 against 2.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 62.3 | 5.8 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 23 | 2.2 | 43% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 94.3 | 8.7 | 4% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 39.3 | 3.6 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 321 | 29.6 | 11% |
| Mischief | 124 | 11.4 | 10% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.6 | 53% |
| Administration of justice violations | 44 | 4 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20 | 1.9 | 30% |
| Drug violations | 19.3 | 1.8 | 61% |
| Impaired driving | 83.3 | 7.7 | 56% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 6 | 0.6 | 5% |
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 50,000 people or more.
By its index, Rocky View County stands 37th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeshore Ontario | 45,954 | 26.8 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Cochrane Alberta | 39,397 | 39.7 | 38.9 | A |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Spruce Grove Alberta | 44,575 | 81.6 | 76.3 | C |
| 31 | Leduc Alberta | 39,966 | 82.8 | 70.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Brandon Manitoba | 59,444 | 107.2 | 121.5 | C− |
| 35 | Mission British Columbia | 47,280 | 114.1 | 134.5 | C− |
| 36 | Timmins Ontario | 45,569 | 124.5 | 170.4 | D |
| 37 | Rocky View County Alberta | 50,260 | 137 | 122.9 | D |
| 38 | Vernon British Columbia | 49,527 | 145.1 | 141.2 | D |
| 39 | Penticton British Columbia | 39,068 | 164 | 142.9 | D |
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 View County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
In Rocky View County, down 12% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (144.7) and 2025 the trough (124.4). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Rocky View County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124.4 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 144.7 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 142 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Rocky View County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The detachment closest to Rocky View County, 11,600 residents, recorded about 170 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.
And about 770 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 View County
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky View County | 50,260 | 137 | 122.9 | D |
| Rocky Ridge | 8,419 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Royal Oak | 12,343 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Tuscany | 19,986 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Arbour Lake | 10,454 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Scenic Acres | 8,026 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
| Citadel | 10,196 | 67.2 | 79.4 | B− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Rocky View County. Rocky Ridge, 2.2 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 67.2 to 137.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Rocky View County
Is Rocky View County safe?
Rocky View County measures 137 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 15.9 violent incidents and 71.1 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Rocky View County?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 29.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (11.4) and other Criminal Code offences (11.4).
Is crime going up in Rocky View County?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 12%, to 124.4 from 142.
How much of Rocky View County’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 47% of violent crime and 17% of everything else, 24% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Rocky View County together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).