Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Stettler than in 81% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 89.2 and other offences to 117.1, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. For every 1,000 residents, 20.9 violent incidents and 54.2 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crime the police covering Stettler reported through 2023 to 2025: #226 of 474 in Alberta. By 2025 the index had dropped to 109.5, down from 122.5 in 2023.
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.
What stands out about safety in Stettler
Mischief: high for a town its size
Stettler records 20 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 ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Stettler’s index splits into violent crime, 89.2 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 117.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Stettler comes 32nd, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
About the Alberta norm
The typical Alberta town scores 110; Stettler, 108.4. 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 Stettler’s grade
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: #226 of 474 in Alberta and #1,996 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.
What police record in Stettler, by type
Against the typical town its size, Stettler runs highest on mischief (20 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (2.2 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (6.4 per 1,000 against 2.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 37.7 | 6.4 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.3 | 1.6 | 35% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 21 | 3.6 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.7 | 1 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 76.7 | 12.9 | 14% |
| Mischief | 118.7 | 20 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 6 | 1 | 62% |
| Administration of justice violations | 40.7 | 6.9 | 79% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11.3 | 1.9 | 33% |
| Drug violations | 13 | 2.2 | 28% |
| Impaired driving | 16 | 2.7 | 63% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
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 is 32nd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Ferris Ontario | 5,835 | 17.7 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Stettler County No. 6 Alberta | 5,966 | 61.7 | 36.4 | 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 |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C Nova Scotia | 6,040 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| 30 | Beaver County Alberta | 6,245 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| 31 | Seguin Ontario | 5,761 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| 32 | Stettler Alberta | 6,035 | 108.4 | 89.2 | C− |
| 33 | Creston British Columbia | 5,976 | 111.2 | 103.1 | C− |
| 34 | Vegreville Alberta | 6,153 | 138.4 | 107.9 | D |
| 35 | Melfort Saskatchewan | 6,028 | 144.9 | 143.9 | D |
| … | |||||
| 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 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Stettler, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (122.5); 2024 was the lightest, at 93.3. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Stettler | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 93.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 122.5 | 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, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 120 violent incidents a year reached Stettler’s police, 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 320 property crimes, plus 170 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
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stettler | 6,035 | 108.4 | 89.2 | C− |
| Stettler County No. 6 (5 km) | 5,966 | 61.7 | 36.4 | B− |
| Starland County (63 km) | 1,820 | 57.6 | 48.1 | B |
| Trochu (65 km) | 1,191 | 110.8 | 105.9 | C− |
| Camrose County (69 km) | 8,951 | 70.5 | 76.9 | C+ |
| Ponoka (71 km) | 8,212 | 170.5 | 210.6 | D |
Of 5 places nearby with their own figures, 3 come in under Stettler. Stettler County No. 6, 4.5 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 61.7 to 108.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 5–71 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Stettler.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Stettler
Is Stettler safe?
With 20.9 violent incidents and 54.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Stettler comes to 108.4 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Stettler?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (21.1 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 20, and theft under $5,000, at 12.9, follow.
Is crime going up in Stettler?
The reverse: 122.5 in 2023 came down to 109.5 by 2025, 11% lower.
How much of Stettler’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 29% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 51% of violent and 22% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Stettler alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).