Photo: Sir-Mister-Horse · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Sundre than in 84% of Canadian towns
Behind the grade sit 19.3 violent incidents and 42.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Scored on crime the police covering Sundre reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C− for safety: #425 of 474 in Alberta. Of the two halves, violence comes to 138.1 and other offences to 107.3, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Sundre detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Sundre
Mischief: high for a town its size
Sundre records 13.4 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 ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Sundre moved from 125.3 to 87.1, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Sundre is 33rd of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Near the Alberta middle
Set among Alberta’s towns, whose median is 110, Sundre scores 115.4. 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 Sundre, 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: #425 of 474 in Alberta and #2,217 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.
In Sundre, down 31% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 133.8, with 2025 the lightest at 87.1. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Sundre | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 133.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 125.3 | 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 Sundre, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Sundre’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Sundre runs highest on mischief (13.4 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (6.3 per 1,000 against 2.8) and fraud (9.3 per 1,000 against 4.9). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 44.3 | 6.3 | 11% |
| Possession of stolen property | 12.7 | 1.8 | 26% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 19.3 | 2.8 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 1.4 | 13% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 47 | 6.7 | 18% |
| Mischief | 94 | 13.4 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.9 | 68% |
| Administration of justice violations | 43.3 | 6.2 | 67% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17 | 2.4 | 19% |
| Drug violations | 10 | 1.4 | 23% |
| Impaired driving | 36.7 | 5.2 | 63% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
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.
Sundre comes 33rd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grey Manitoba | 2,655 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Hanna Alberta | 2,665 | 76.9 | 65.8 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Saint George New Brunswick | 2,675 | 88.2 | 105.8 | C |
| 31 | Bouctouche New Brunswick | 2,678 | 102 | 100.1 | C− |
| 32 | Waskaganish Quebec | 2,726 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
| 33 | Sundre Alberta | 2,683 | 115.4 | 138.1 | C− |
| 34 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 118.7 | 156 | C− |
| 35 | Saint-Chrysostome Quebec | 2,641 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| 36 | Electoral Area E, Peace River British Columbia | 2,737 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 Sundre in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
7,260 residents, about 140 violent incidents a year: the police area Sundre belongs to, 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 300 a year and other violations 160 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Sundre
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundre | 2,683 | 115.4 | 138.1 | C− |
| Mountain View County (22 km) | 14,802 | 54.8 | 78.3 | B |
| Olds (36 km) | 9,653 | 85.6 | 86.2 | C |
| Didsbury (39 km) | 5,185 | 59.9 | 69.6 | B− |
| Bowden (44 km) | 1,315 | 73.6 | 64.8 | C+ |
| Carstairs (46 km) | 5,248 | 54.8 | 78.3 | B |
Sundre has the highest index of the places around it. Just 21.7 km away, Mountain View County comes to 54.8, against 115.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Sundre with figures are 22–46 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- 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.”
- A wider policing area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Sundre together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Sundre
Is Sundre safe?
Sundre scores 115.4 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 19.3 violent incidents and 42.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Sundre?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 13.5 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (13.4) and fraud (9.3).
Is crime going up in Sundre?
It went down 31% between 2023 and 2025, from 125.3 to 87.1.
How much of Sundre’s crime do police solve?
35%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 65% and non-violent crime at 19%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Sundre 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).