Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.0Taber has less crime per resident than 96% of Canadian towns
Counting crime the police covering Taber reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #1 of 474 in Alberta. Of the two halves, violence comes to 30.1 and other offences to 29.4, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Typical years here bring 4.7 violent incidents plus 11.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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. Measured across the Taber detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Taber
Lighter than Alberta’s middle
Taber’s index of 29.4 compares with 110 for the typical town in Alberta. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Taber places 5th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Taber’s two halves part ways: 30.1 for violence (typical 85.7) and 29.4 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Up since 2023
Taber’s index went from 23.4 in 2023 to 33.1 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Taber: A+ for safety, and why
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: #1 of 474 in Alberta and #94 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.
Year by year in Taber: up 41%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 33.1 in 2025, having been lowest in 2023 at 23.4. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Taber | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 31.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 23.4 | 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 Taber, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Taber’s crime by kind
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 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 17 | 1.5 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.3 | 0.8 | 11% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.7 | 1.5 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6 | 0.5 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 21 | 1.9 | 11% |
| Mischief | 30.3 | 2.8 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 24.7 | 2.2 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 6.7 | 0.6 | 94% |
| 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.
By its index, Taber stands 5th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alnwick/Haldimand Ontario | 8,197 | 21.6 | 26.9 | A+ |
| 2 | Plattsville Ontario | 8,251 | 25.1 | 27.5 | A+ |
| 3 | Otonabee-South Monaghan Ontario | 8,084 | 26 | 27.2 | A+ |
| 4 | Whitewater Region Ontario | 7,899 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 5 | Taber Alberta | 8,009 | 29.4 | 30.1 | A+ |
| 6 | Labrador City Newfoundland and Labrador | 7,965 | 30.1 | 37.6 | A+ |
| 7 | Bayham Ontario | 7,935 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 8 | Chatsworth Ontario | 7,770 | 32 | 38.1 | A |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Newell County Alberta | 7,846 | 40.4 | 25.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Cypress County Alberta | 7,855 | 66.6 | 46.6 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Vermilion River County Alberta | 8,282 | 96.6 | 62.7 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Rocky Mountain House Alberta | 8,144 | 140.9 | 159.2 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador | 8,197 | 360 | 345 | 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 Taber in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
11,100 residents, about 52 violent incidents a year: the police area Taber 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.
And about 130 property crimes, plus 48 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 Taber
2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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.”
- Shared with the countryside. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Taber’s are shared with its surroundings.
Questions about safety in Taber
Is Taber safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Taber scores 29.4 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 4.7 violent and 11.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Taber?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (3.1 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 2.8, and assault, at 2.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Taber?
It has: 23.4 in 2023 became 33.1 by 2025, a rise of 41%.
How much of Taber’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 63% of violent crime and 23% of everything else, 36% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Taber 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).