Photo: Grant Berg · CC BY-SA 3.0Sexsmith sees more crime per resident than 72% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 94.5 for violence and 85.2 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Each year brought 14.0 violent incidents and 36.6 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). The grade is C, built on crime the police covering Sexsmith reported from 2023 to 2025: #206 of 474 in Alberta.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Clairmont detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Sexsmith
Mischief: high for a town its size
Sexsmith records 10.8 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 ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Sexsmith stands 34th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than in 2023
Sexsmith’s index went from 84.7 in 2023 to 99.8 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Under the Alberta norm
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 87.3 in Sexsmith. 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.
The C for Sexsmith, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure, as Sexsmith has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 9 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: #206 of 474 in Alberta and #1,785 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 Sexsmith: up 18%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 99.8 in 2025, having been lowest in 2024 at 77.5. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sexsmith | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 77.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 84.7 | 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 Sexsmith, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
What police record in Sexsmith, by type
Against the typical town its size, Sexsmith runs highest on mischief (10.8 per 1,000 against 4.9), motor vehicle theft (5 per 1,000 against 2.6) and break and enter (3.5 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 | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6.7 | 0.3 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 9.7 | 0.4 | 79% |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.7 | 0.3 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 76.7 | 3.5 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 57.3 | 2.5 | 27% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 113.3 | 5 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 30 | 1.3 | 1% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 171.3 | 7.7 | 4% |
| Mischief | 248 | 10.8 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 14 | 0.6 | 64% |
| Administration of justice violations | 86.3 | 3.8 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20.3 | 0.9 | 44% |
| Drug violations | 16.3 | 0.7 | 45% |
| Impaired driving | 51.7 | 2.4 | 79% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Sexsmith places 34th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Magrath Alberta | 2,566 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Nanton Alberta | 2,522 | 63.7 | 46 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Chase British Columbia | 2,591 | 80 | 77.4 | C |
| 32 | Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,601 | 81 | 104.2 | C |
| 33 | Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley British Columbia | 2,597 | 87 | 109.6 | C |
| 34 | Sexsmith Alberta | 2,561 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| 35 | Gracefield Quebec | 2,544 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| 36 | Unity Saskatchewan | 2,543 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
| 37 | Rimbey Alberta | 2,502 | 110.1 | 69.4 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Prairie Alberta | 2,607 | 334.5 | 521.9 | 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 Sexsmith in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment closest to Sexsmith, 19,200 residents, recorded about 320 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 830 property crimes, plus 330 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 Sexsmith
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexsmith | 2,561 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 (16 km) | 25,883 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| Grande Prairie (21 km) | 71,160 | 149.3 | 157.2 | D |
| Wembley (32 km) | 1,516 | 97.7 | 96.5 | C− |
| Beaverlodge (44 km) | 2,454 | 97.7 | 96.5 | C− |
The places around Sexsmith all score higher on the index. The table leaves out one neighbour whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 16–44 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sexsmith.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- 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. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Sexsmith
Is Sexsmith safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 87.3 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Sexsmith stands, with 14 violent and 36.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Sexsmith?
Police record mischief most, 10.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (9) and theft under $5,000 (7.7).
Is crime going up in Sexsmith?
It has: 84.7 in 2023 became 99.8 by 2025, a rise of 18%.
How much of Sexsmith’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 34%: 64% for violent crime and 20% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Sexsmith and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).