Thorhild County has more crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
It grades D for safety on crime the police covering Thorhild County reported from 2023 to 2025: #456 of 474 in Alberta. Annual rates stand at 23.5 violent incidents and 67.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Violence accounts for an index of 126.8 and other offences for 185.3, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. For comparison, the middle Alberta town comes to 110.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Redwater detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Thorhild County
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Thorhild County records 17.3 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Less severe than in 2023
From 199.1 in 2023 to 125.1 in 2025: that is Thorhild County’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 126.8 on Thorhild County’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 185.3 against 62.8. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Thorhild County stands 37th, the lowest first. 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.
Inside Thorhild County’s D for safety
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Thorhild County itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 24 km away.
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: #456 of 474 in Alberta and #2,490 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.
Thorhild County’s index fell 37% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 199.1, and 2025 the lightest at 125.1. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Thorhild County | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 125.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 178.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 199.1 | 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 Thorhild County, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up Thorhild County’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Thorhild County runs highest on break and enter (17.3 per 1,000 against 2.8), mischief (15.3 per 1,000 against 4.9) and motor vehicle theft (7.3 per 1,000 against 2.6). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.6 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 120 | 17.3 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 43.3 | 6.3 | 12% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 50.7 | 7.3 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 13 | 1.9 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 72.7 | 10.5 | 10% |
| Mischief | 105.7 | 15.3 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 27 | 3.9 | 74% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15.7 | 2.3 | 24% |
| Drug violations | 5 | 0.7 | 54% |
| Impaired driving | 20.3 | 2.9 | 79% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.10 | — |
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, Thorhild County stands 37th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Pincher Creek No. 9 Alberta | 3,176 | 84.5 | 85.4 | C |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Clear Hills Alberta | 3,110 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| 35 | Minburn County No. 27 Alberta | 3,142 | 126.5 | 60.8 | D |
| 36 | Houston British Columbia | 3,114 | 162 | 219.6 | D |
| 37 | Thorhild County Alberta | 3,147 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| 38 | Roblin Manitoba | 3,184 | 252.3 | 341.3 | D |
| 39 | Enniskillen Ontario | 3,174 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Thorhild County in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment closest to Thorhild County, 7,170 residents, recorded about 160 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 460 property crimes and 120 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 Thorhild County
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorhild County | 3,147 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Redwater (23 km) | 2,301 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| Legal (38 km) | 1,253 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| Gibbons (40 km) | 3,352 | 167.1 | 160 | D |
| Bon Accord (40 km) | 1,457 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| Bruderheim (42 km) | 1,439 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Thorhild County. Legal, 38.1 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 84.7 to 167.5. Sharing its police with 2 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 23–42 km from Thorhild County.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Thorhild County
Is Thorhild County safe?
Thorhild County’s Crime Severity Index is 167.5 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 23.5 violent incidents and 67 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Thorhild County?
The three biggest groups are break and enter at 17.3, mischief at 15.3 and assault at 12, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Thorhild County?
Down 37%: 199.1 in 2023, 125.1 in 2025.
How much of Thorhild County’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 22% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 60% of violent crime and 12% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Thorhild County 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).