Photo: 1brettsnyder · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime in Stettler County No. 6 sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 61.7, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Scored on crime the police covering Stettler County No. 6 reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on B− for safety: #24 of 474 in Alberta. On top of that, typical years here bring 8.7 violent incidents plus 25.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 26% (the typical Canadian town its size: 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: one figure for all of the Stettler detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Stettler County No. 6
Non-violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 36.4 on Stettler County No. 6’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 72.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
Below Alberta’s typical town
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 61.7 in Stettler County No. 6. Towns its size ↓
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Stettler County No. 6 records 5 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Stettler County No. 6 stands 17th, the lowest first. 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 grade: B− for Stettler County No. 6
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 6 km off, which covers its own area rather than Stettler County No. 6.
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: #24 of 474 in Alberta and #924 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.
Which crimes make up Stettler County No. 6’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Stettler County No. 6 runs highest on break and enter (5 per 1,000 against 2.8) and mischief (6.1 per 1,000 against 4.9). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit 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 | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 29 | 5 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8.3 | 1.4 | 36% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10.3 | 1.8 | 3% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9 | 1.5 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 30 | 5.2 | 7% |
| Mischief | 35.3 | 6.1 | 11% |
| Weapons violations | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 16.7 | 2.9 | 38% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.3 | 1.1 | 37% |
| Drug violations | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Impaired driving | 11 | 1.9 | 73% |
| 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 to 10,000 people.
Stettler County No. 6’s index fell 6% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 69.3 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 56.1 in 2025. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Stettler County No. 6 | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 69.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 59.7 | 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 Stettler County No. 6, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Stettler County No. 6 stands 17th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Saint-Césaire Quebec | 6,150 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 15 | Richelieu Quebec | 6,048 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 16 | Brokenhead Manitoba | 5,931 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| 17 | Stettler County No. 6 Alberta | 5,966 | 61.7 | 36.4 | B− |
| 18 | Saint Marys New Brunswick | 5,701 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 19 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo British Columbia | 6,172 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| 20 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 5,829 | 65 | 107 | B− |
| 21 | Redcliff Alberta | 5,916 | 66.7 | 63.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Crowsnest Pass Alberta | 6,011 | 80.2 | 94.5 | C |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Barrhead County No. 11 Alberta | 6,186 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| 28 | Willow Creek No. 26 Alberta | 6,225 | 91.1 | 68.1 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Duncan British Columbia | 5,745 | 384.5 | 331.1 | 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 Stettler County No. 6 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Stettler County No. 6, 5,930 residents: around 50 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 150 property crimes, plus 72 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 Stettler County No. 6
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stettler County No. 6 | 5,966 | 61.7 | 36.4 | B− |
| Stettler (5 km) | 6,035 | 108.4 | 89.2 | C− |
| Starland County (64 km) | 1,820 | 57.6 | 48.1 | B |
| Paintearth County No. 18 (67 km) | 2,014 | 98.2 | 77.1 | C− |
| Trochu (68 km) | 1,191 | 110.8 | 105.9 | C− |
| Camrose County (68 km) | 8,951 | 70.5 | 76.9 | C+ |
Stettler County No. 6 sits above 1 of the 5 neighbours with figures of their own. Just 63.6 km away, Starland County comes to 57.6, against 61.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Stettler County No. 6 with figures are 5–68 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. 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 Stettler County No. 6
Is Stettler County No. 6 safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Stettler County No. 6 scores 61.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 8.7 violent and 25.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Stettler County No. 6?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 7.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (6.1) and theft under $5,000 (5.2).
Is crime going up in Stettler County No. 6?
No: the index fell 6%, from 59.7 in 2023 to 56.1 in 2025.
How much of Stettler County No. 6’s crime do police solve?
About 26% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 45% of violent and 22% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Stettler County No. 6 and everywhere else it polices.
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).