Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is higher in Stony Plain than in 73% of Canadian towns
The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 88.4 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. On top of that, it grades C for safety on crime the police covering Stony Plain reported from 2023 to 2025: #209 of 474 in Alberta. Each year brought 15.2 violent incidents and 48.5 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size). Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 93.8 to 80.8.
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 Stony Plain
Mischief: high for a town its size
Stony Plain records 19.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Violent crime scores 74.6 on Stony Plain’s index against 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 94.7 against 56. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Stony Plain is 34th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Close to Alberta’s typical town
Set among Alberta’s towns, whose median is 110, Stony Plain scores 88.4. 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.
The C for Stony Plain, and how it is built
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: #209 of 474 in Alberta and #1,803 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Which crimes make up Stony Plain’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Stony Plain runs highest on mischief (19.4 per 1,000 against 3.7), motor vehicle theft (4.4 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (3.9 per 1,000 against 2.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6.3 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 6 | 0.3 | 78% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.05 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 76 | 3.9 | 7% |
| Possession of stolen property | 31.7 | 1.6 | 22% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 84.7 | 4.4 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 15 | 0.8 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 222.3 | 11.5 | 7% |
| Mischief | 376 | 19.4 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 11.3 | 0.6 | 47% |
| Administration of justice violations | 311 | 16.1 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20.3 | 1 | 36% |
| Drug violations | 24.3 | 1.3 | 42% |
| Impaired driving | 18.7 | 1 | 76% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Stony Plain places 34th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Miramichi New Brunswick | 19,402 | 82.1 | 89.1 | C |
| 32 | Sturgeon County Alberta | 21,144 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| 33 | Edmundston New Brunswick | 18,174 | 85 | 102.4 | C |
| 34 | Stony Plain Alberta | 19,662 | 88.4 | 74.6 | C |
| 35 | Salmon Arm British Columbia | 20,891 | 92.4 | 66.8 | C |
| 36 | Camrose Alberta | 20,800 | 96.3 | 96.4 | C− |
| 37 | Swift Current Saskatchewan | 18,154 | 108.2 | 100.8 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | 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 Stony Plain in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Stony Plain, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 93.8 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 80.8 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Stony Plain | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 90.7 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 93.8 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Stony Plain, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 290 violent incidents a year reached Stony Plain’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.
Add about 940 property crimes and 550 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Stony Plain
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Plain | 19,662 | 88.4 | 74.6 | C |
| Parkland County | 34,286 | 121 | 115 | D |
| Spruce Grove | 44,575 | 81.6 | 76.3 | C |
| Enoch Cree Nation | 1,947 | — | — | — |
| Rosenthal | 4,873 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
Stony Plain sits above 1 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is Spruce Grove, 6.7 km away, at 81.6 to 88.4 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Stony Plain
Is Stony Plain safe?
Statistics Canada puts Stony Plain at 88.4 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people sit at 66 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 15.2 and property crimes at 48.5 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Stony Plain?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 25.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 19.4 and theft under $5,000 at 11.5.
Is crime going up in Stony Plain?
It went down 14% between 2023 and 2025, from 93.8 to 80.8.
How much of Stony Plain’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 27%: 50% for violent crime and 20% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Stony Plain 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).