Photo: Jason Woodhead · CC BY 4.0Crime per resident in Taber runs higher than in 71% of Canadian towns
Police counts work out at 14.2 violent incidents and 39.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.0 and 30.5. What’s more, a Crime Severity Index of 84.8, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. On crime the police covering Taber reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #201 of 474 in Alberta. Both towns next door with figures record 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.
What stands out about safety in Taber
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Taber records 3 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 53% of Taber’s crime, weighted by seriousness (81% of violent crime, 44% of the rest), against 33% across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Taber’s two halves part ways: 74.7 for violence (typical 89.4) and 89.6 for the rest (typical 56). By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Taber is 33rd of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. 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 grade: C for Taber
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.
Taber’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Taber runs highest on drug offences (3 per 1,000 against 0.8), mischief (9.1 per 1,000 against 3.7) and break and enter (3.4 per 1,000 against 2.2). Sexual assault and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6 | 0.6 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 33.3 | 3.4 | 27% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.3 | 0.7 | 51% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 15 | 1.5 | 31% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5 | 0.5 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 159.3 | 16.1 | 24% |
| Mischief | 89.7 | 9.1 | 25% |
| Weapons violations | 10 | 1 | 90% |
| Administration of justice violations | 124 | 12.5 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 1.3 | 68% |
| Drug violations | 30 | 3 | 69% |
| Impaired driving | 27.3 | 2.8 | 87% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
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.
Taber is 33rd of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beckwith Ontario | 10,073 | 20.5 | 25.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Coaldale Alberta | 9,644 | 57.1 | 45.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Ponoka County Alberta | 10,670 | 67.6 | 54.5 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Bridgewater Nova Scotia | 9,989 | 77.2 | 99.5 | C+ |
| 31 | Ladysmith British Columbia | 9,926 | 77.3 | 70.2 | C+ |
| 32 | Temiskaming Shores Ontario | 10,144 | 78.8 | 97.1 | C |
| 33 | Taber Alberta | 10,175 | 84.8 | 74.7 | C |
| 34 | Olds Alberta | 9,653 | 85.6 | 86.2 | C |
| 35 | Kitimat British Columbia | 10,019 | 100.8 | 107.1 | C− |
| 36 | New Glasgow Nova Scotia | 10,378 | 128.5 | 146.4 | D |
| 37 | Hinton Alberta | 10,124 | 137.3 | 109.5 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Wheatland County Alberta | 10,150 | 298.8 | 486.4 | 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).
From 2023 to 2025, Taber’s index dropped 10%
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 87.9; 2025 was lightest, at 78.9. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Taber | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 87.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 87.8 | 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 Taber, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Police in Taber recorded about 140 violent incidents a year, 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 390 property crimes and 270 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 Taber
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Taber. Closest is Barnwell, 9 km away, at 29.4 to 84.8 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Taber
Is Taber safe?
Taber scores 84.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66; per 1,000 residents a year that is 14.2 violent incidents and 39 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Taber?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 19, theft under $5,000 at 16.1 and mischief at 9.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Taber?
The reverse: 87.8 in 2023 came down to 78.9 by 2025, 10% lower.
How much of Taber’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 81% of violent crime and 44% of everything else, 53% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Taber’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).