More crimes per resident are recorded in Smoky River No. 130 than in 75% of Canadian towns
Annual rates stand at 13.5 violent incidents and 41.5 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Graded on crime the police covering Smoky River No. 130 reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C for safety. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 91.3 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its Crime Severity Index climbed from 81.8 in 2023 to 92 by 2025.
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 McLennan detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Smoky River No. 130
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Smoky River No. 130 records 7.2 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 ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Smoky River No. 130 scores 73 for violence and 99.4 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Close to Alberta’s typical town
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 91.3 in Smoky River No. 130. 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 Smoky River No. 130’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Smoky River No. 130 itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 18 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Crime in Smoky River No. 130, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Smoky River No. 130 runs highest on break and enter (7.2 per 1,000 against 2.5), mischief (10.8 per 1,000 against 4.2) and motor vehicle theft (3.8 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 | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 36 | 7.2 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10.3 | 2.1 | 46% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 18.7 | 3.8 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15 | 3 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 43 | 8.7 | 10% |
| Mischief | 53.7 | 10.8 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 18.3 | 3.7 | 80% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.7 | 1.3 | 19% |
| Drug violations | 3.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Impaired driving | 5 | 1 | 60% |
| 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 people or more.
Smoky River No. 130, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 100.2, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 81.8. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Smoky River No. 130 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 100.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 81.8 | 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 Smoky River No. 130, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment nearest Smoky River No. 130, 5,030 residents: around 67 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.
Property crime adds about 210 a year and other violations 53 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Smoky River No. 130
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoky River No. 130 | 1,941 | 91.3 | 73 | C |
| Falher (8 km) | 1,084 | 91.3 | 73 | C |
| Birch Hills County (47 km) | 1,522 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| Northern Sunrise County (54 km) | 1,848 | 91.3 | 73 | C |
| Peace No. 135 (58 km) | 1,581 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| High Prairie (58 km) | 2,607 | 334.5 | 521.9 | D− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Smoky River No. 130. 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. The nearest places to Smoky River No. 130 with figures are 8–58 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Smoky River No. 130
Is Smoky River No. 130 safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Smoky River No. 130 comes to 91.3. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 13.5 violent incidents and 41.5 property crimes. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Smoky River No. 130?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 10.8, theft under $5,000 at 8.7 and assault at 7.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Smoky River No. 130?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 13%, to 92 from 81.8.
How much of Smoky River No. 130’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 28%: 65% for violent crime and 17% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Smoky River No. 130 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).