Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Turner Valley than in 83% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 34.4 and 43.9. Violence and property crime split as 7.2 violent incidents and 19.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Measured on crime the police covering Turner Valley reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of A−: #11 of 474 in Alberta.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Diamond Valley detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Turner Valley
Lighter than Alberta’s middle
Turner Valley’s index of 40.9 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, Turner Valley places 4th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Turner Valley scores 34.4 for violence and 43.9 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Turner Valley: 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: #11 of 474 in Alberta and #319 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.
Crime in Turner Valley, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Turner Valley runs highest on mischief (6.1 per 1,000 against 4.9). 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 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 10 | 1.8 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10 | 1.8 | 20% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 28 | 4.9 | 14% |
| Mischief | 35 | 6.1 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 28 | 4.9 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6 | 1.1 | 67% |
| Drug violations | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 14 | 2.5 | 43% |
| 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Turner Valley places 4th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 2 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 3 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Quebec | 2,739 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 4 | Turner Valley Alberta | 2,784 | 40.9 | 34.4 | A− |
| 5 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,758 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| 6 | Laurier-Station Quebec | 2,838 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 7 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Grimshaw Alberta | 2,799 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Turner Valley in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 41 violent incidents a year across the police area of 5,690 residents that includes Turner Valley, 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 110 property crimes, plus 75 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 Turner Valley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Valley | 2,784 | 40.9 | 34.4 | A− |
| Black Diamond (4 km) | 2,910 | 40.9 | 34.4 | A− |
| Foothills County (23 km) | 25,789 | 39.1 | 30.5 | A |
| Okotoks (23 km) | 33,482 | 42.5 | 48.7 | A− |
1 of the 2 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Turner Valley. Foothills County, 22.6 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 39.1 to 40.9. One nearby place has no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 4–23 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Turner Valley.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Turner Valley together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Turner Valley
Is Turner Valley safe?
The short answer is an index of 40.9 for Turner Valley (2023–2025), built from 7.2 violent incidents and 19.9 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Turner Valley?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (9.8 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 6.1, and theft under $5,000, at 4.9, follow.
How much of Turner Valley’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 35% of crime (68% of violent crime, 24% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Turner Valley 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).