Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Special Area No. 4 records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Typical years here bring 7.7 violent incidents plus 30.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Counting crime the police covering Special Area No. 4 reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C+ for safety. Add to that, the index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 69.8 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 41%, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Consort detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Special Area No. 4
Lower than most of Alberta
Special Area No. 4’s index of 69.8 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Special Area No. 4’s two halves part ways: 55.2 for violence (typical 86.4) and 76.2 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Special Area No. 4’s C+
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 5 km from Special Area No. 4, not to the town.
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.
Special Area No. 4’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Special Area No. 4 runs highest on mischief (7.2 per 1,000 against 4.2). 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 8.7 | 4.1 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 1.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4.7 | 2.2 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.3 | 3.9 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 11.7 | 5.5 | 17% |
| Mischief | 15.3 | 7.2 | 39% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4.3 | 2 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.7 | 1.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 1.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Impaired driving | 2.3 | 1.1 | — |
| 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.
About 16 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Special Area No. 4 (2,110 residents), 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 64 a year and other violations 15 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Special Area No. 4’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 94.1; 2025 was lightest, at 33.4. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Special Area No. 4 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 94.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 81.7 | 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 Special Area No. 4, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Special Area No. 4
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Area No. 4 | 1,171 | 69.8 | 55.2 | C+ |
| Provost No. 52 (53 km) | 2,092 | 111.4 | 90.4 | C− |
| Special Area No. 3 (57 km) | 1,043 | 85.8 | 136 | C |
| Special Area No. 2 (63 km) | 1,837 | 76.9 | 65.8 | C+ |
| Provost (64 km) | 1,875 | 111.4 | 90.4 | C− |
| Paintearth County No. 18 (66 km) | 2,014 | 98.2 | 77.1 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Special Area No. 4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 53–66 km from Special Area No. 4.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Small numbers. About 2,108 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Special Area No. 4
Is Special Area No. 4 safe?
Special Area No. 4 scores 69.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 7.7 violent incidents and 30 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Special Area No. 4?
Top of the list is mischief (7.2 per 1,000 residents a year); fraud, at 5.8, and theft under $5,000, at 5.5, follow.
Is crime going up in Special Area No. 4?
Down 59%: 81.7 in 2023, 33.4 in 2025. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Special Area No. 4’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 41% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 69% of violent crime and 31% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Special Area No. 4 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).