Photo: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia · CC0More crimes per resident are recorded in Sturgeon County than in 71% of Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 79.9 to 86.5. What’s more, the Safety Grade comes out at C, drawn from crime the police covering Sturgeon County reported through 2023 to 2025: #201 of 474 in Alberta. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 84.7 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. One of the 5 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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. Shared with the rest of the Morinville detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Sturgeon County
Mischief: high for a town its size
Sturgeon County records 9.6 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 ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Sturgeon County stands 32nd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Sturgeon County’s two halves part ways: 81.5 for violence (typical 89.4) and 86.7 for the rest (typical 56). By type ↓
Below Alberta’s typical town
Within Alberta, the median town comes to 110 on the index, against 84.7 in Sturgeon County. 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 Sturgeon County’s grade
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 Sturgeon County.
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: #201 of 474 in Alberta and #1,775 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.
Sturgeon County’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Sturgeon County runs highest on mischief (9.6 per 1,000 against 3.7), break and enter (5 per 1,000 against 2.2) and motor vehicle theft (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.4). Drug offences and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.3 | 0.3 | 59% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.3 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8.3 | 0.3 | 57% |
| Breaking and entering | 129 | 5 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 86.7 | 3.4 | 25% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 110 | 4.3 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18.3 | 0.7 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 148.3 | 5.8 | 7% |
| Mischief | 246.3 | 9.6 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 13.3 | 0.5 | 88% |
| Administration of justice violations | 76.3 | 3 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 23.3 | 0.9 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 15 | 0.6 | 33% |
| Impaired driving | 37.3 | 1.5 | 81% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.07 | — |
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.
By its index, Sturgeon County stands 32nd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Red Deer County Alberta | 22,076 | 73.6 | 64.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Dorval Quebec | 21,062 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 30 | Westmount Quebec | 20,377 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 31 | Kirkland Quebec | 19,696 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 32 | Sturgeon County Alberta | 21,144 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| 33 | Stony Plain Alberta | 19,662 | 88.4 | 74.6 | C |
| 34 | Salmon Arm British Columbia | 20,891 | 92.4 | 66.8 | C |
| 35 | Camrose Alberta | 20,800 | 96.3 | 96.4 | 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 Sturgeon County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Sturgeon County, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 87.7, with 2023 the lightest at 79.9. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Sturgeon County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86.5 | 60 |
| 2024 | 87.7 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 79.9 | 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 Sturgeon County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 340 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Sturgeon County (25,600 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.
And about 880 property crimes, plus 310 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 Sturgeon County
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgeon County | 21,144 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| Morinville | 10,763 | 66.4 | 81.6 | B− |
| Bon Accord | 1,457 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| Elsinore | 5,796 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| St. Albert | 74,621 | 58.8 | 51.1 | B |
| Canossa | 3,246 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
| Rapperswill | 3,639 | 110 | 128.3 | C− |
Nearby, 2 of 5 places with their own figures have a lower index than Sturgeon County. Just 7.5 km away, Morinville comes to 66.4, against 84.7. One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Sturgeon County
Is Sturgeon County safe?
Police-reported crime in Sturgeon County scores 84.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 13.1 violent incidents and 34.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in Sturgeon County?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 9.6, other Criminal Code offences at 7.9 and assault at 6.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Sturgeon County?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 8%, to 86.5 from 79.9.
How much of Sturgeon County’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 28% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 44% of violent and 22% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Sturgeon County together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).