Photo: Amqui · CC BY-SA 4.0Wainwright No. 61 sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
The index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 63.5 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. About 23% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size. Still, the Safety Grade comes out at B−, drawn from crime the police covering Wainwright No. 61 reported through 2023 to 2025: #27 of 474 in Alberta. Per 1,000 residents a year, 5.7 violent incidents and 28.0 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Wainwright detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Wainwright No. 61
Property and other crime weigh more
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Wainwright No. 61’s two halves part ways: 42.7 for violence (typical 85.7) and 72.3 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Below Alberta’s typical town
Set among Alberta’s towns, whose median is 110, Wainwright No. 61 scores 63.5. Towns its size ↓
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Wainwright No. 61 records 5 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 ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Wainwright No. 61 is 20th 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.
Wainwright No. 61: B− for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 5 km off, which covers its own area rather than Wainwright No. 61.
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: #27 of 474 in Alberta and #1,000 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.
Wainwright No. 61’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Wainwright No. 61 runs highest on break and enter (5 per 1,000 against 2.8) and motor vehicle theft (3.5 per 1,000 against 2.6). Theft under $5,000 and assault 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 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 28.3 | 5 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 17.3 | 3 | 19% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 20 | 3.5 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9 | 1.6 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 36 | 6.3 | 4% |
| Mischief | 29.3 | 5.1 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 5.7 | 1 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Drug violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 10.3 | 1.8 | 65% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.2 | — |
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Wainwright No. 61’s index held steady
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 88.1; 2025 was lightest, at 50.4. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Wainwright No. 61 | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 88.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 51.9 | 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 Wainwright No. 61, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The detachment nearest Wainwright No. 61, 5,730 residents: around 32 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 160 property crimes and 37 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Wainwright No. 61 comes 20th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Raymond Alberta | 4,594 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 7 | Warner County No. 5 Alberta | 4,533 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Berthierville Quebec | 4,591 | 58 | 90.3 | B |
| 18 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo British Columbia | 4,702 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| 19 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 20 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 63.5 | 42.7 | B− |
| 21 | Vulcan County Alberta | 4,465 | 64.3 | 54 | B− |
| 22 | Golden British Columbia | 4,433 | 65.5 | 44.5 | B− |
| 23 | Caraquet New Brunswick | 4,572 | 67.1 | 81.5 | B− |
| 24 | Jasper Alberta | 4,627 | 67.7 | 60.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | 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 Wainwright No. 61 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Wainwright No. 61
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright No. 61 | 4,576 | 63.5 | 42.7 | B− |
| Wainwright (4 km) | 6,996 | 113 | 121.8 | C− |
| Provost No. 52 (56 km) | 2,092 | 111.4 | 90.4 | C− |
| Vermilion (62 km) | 4,192 | 142.6 | 129.6 | D |
| Provost (64 km) | 1,875 | 111.4 | 90.4 | C− |
| Flagstaff County (68 km) | 3,724 | 104.5 | 69.4 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Wainwright No. 61.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 4–68 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wainwright No. 61.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Wainwright No. 61
Is Wainwright No. 61 safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Wainwright No. 61 scores 63.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 5.7 violent and 28 property incidents 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 Wainwright No. 61?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 6.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (5.1) and break and enter (5).
Is crime going up in Wainwright No. 61?
Hardly at all, from 51.9 in 2023 to 50.4 in 2025.
How much of Wainwright No. 61’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 23% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 40% of violent crime and 18% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Wainwright No. 61 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).