Photo: Qyd · CC BY 2.5Valleyview sees more crime per resident than 95% of Canadian towns
On the record of crime the police covering Valleyview reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety. What’s more, its police logs show 51.9 violent incidents and 109.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ the numbers are 12.0 and 31.2. Of the two halves, violence comes to 361.7 and other offences to 259.2, beside norms of 86.4 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Valleyview detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Valleyview
Mischief: high for a town its size
Valleyview records 46.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Over the Alberta norm
Set among Alberta’s towns, whose median is 110, Valleyview scores 286.7. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Valleyview moved from 327.1 to 267, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Valleyview’s police clear 44%, 67% of violent crime and 31% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Valleyview’s grade
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Valleyview, by type
Against the typical town its size, Valleyview runs highest on mischief (46.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (19.3 per 1,000 against 2.5) and assault (30.2 per 1,000 against 6.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4 | 0.7 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6.7 | 1.2 | 60% |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.7 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.7 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 106 | 19.3 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 25 | 4.6 | 41% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 49.3 | 9 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 14.3 | 2.6 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 102 | 18.6 | 23% |
| Mischief | 254.3 | 46.4 | 41% |
| Weapons violations | 14 | 2.6 | 76% |
| Administration of justice violations | 139.7 | 25.5 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22.3 | 4.1 | 42% |
| Drug violations | 9 | 1.6 | 89% |
| Impaired driving | 33 | 6 | 76% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
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 people or more.
In Valleyview, down 18% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (327.1); the low point came in 2024, at 266.1. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Valleyview | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 267 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 266.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 327.1 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Valleyview, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
5,440 residents, about 280 violent incidents a year: the police area Valleyview 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 600 a year and other violations 360 (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 Valleyview
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valleyview | 1,807 | 286.7 | 361.7 | D |
| High Prairie (65 km) | 2,607 | 334.5 | 521.9 | D− |
| Smoky River No. 130 (69 km) | 1,941 | 91.3 | 73 | C |
| Falher (74 km) | 1,084 | 91.3 | 73 | C |
| Fox Creek (80 km) | 2,013 | 153.5 | 79.7 | D |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 3 come in under Valleyview. Just 68.8 km away, Smoky River No. 130 comes to 91.3, against 286.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Valleyview with figures are 65–80 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- A wider policing area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Valleyview’s are shared with its surroundings.
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. 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 Valleyview
Is Valleyview safe?
Its police recorded 51.9 violent incidents and 109.9 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Valleyview a Crime Severity Index of 286.7. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Valleyview?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 51.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (46.4) and assault (30.2).
Is crime going up in Valleyview?
It went down 18% between 2023 and 2025, from 327.1 to 267.
How much of Valleyview’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 44% of crime (67% of violent crime, 31% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Valleyview 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).