Photo: Hero122. Original uploader was Hero122 at en.wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Crime per resident in Warner County No. 5 runs lower than in 90% of Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 38.7 to 34.6. Year on year, 8.5 violent incidents and 15.3 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. A Safety Grade of A follows from crime the police covering Warner County No. 5 reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #4 of 474 in Alberta. Split in two, the index gives 46.2 for violence and 33.1 for everything else (normally 85.7 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 for the Raymond detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Warner County No. 5
Lighter than Alberta’s middle
Set among Alberta’s towns, whose median is 110, Warner County No. 5 scores 36.6. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Warner County No. 5 is 7th 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.
What’s behind Warner County No. 5’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Warner County No. 5 itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 27 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: #4 of 474 in Alberta and #213 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.
Which crimes make up Warner County No. 5’s figures
Motor vehicle theft 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 | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 24 | 1.9 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.3 | 0.7 | 25% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.3 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 41 | 3.3 | 15% |
| Mischief | 52.3 | 4.2 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 21 | 1.7 | 62% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 0.4 | 38% |
| Drug violations | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 10 | 0.8 | 27% |
| 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Warner County No. 5 comes 7th 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+ |
| … | |||||
| 4 | Dutton Ontario | 4,686 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 5 | Howick Ontario | 4,517 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 6 | Raymond Alberta | 4,594 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 7 | Warner County No. 5 Alberta | 4,533 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 8 | Deep River Ontario | 4,353 | 39.3 | 56 | A |
| 9 | Saint-Anselme Quebec | 4,534 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 10 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès Quebec | 4,675 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Wainwright No. 61 Alberta | 4,576 | 63.5 | 42.7 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Vulcan County Alberta | 4,465 | 64.3 | 54 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Jasper Alberta | 4,627 | 67.7 | 60.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 39 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | D− |
| 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 Warner County No. 5 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 110 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Warner County No. 5 (12,800 residents), 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 190 property crimes and 53 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Warner County No. 5, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 38.7; the lightest was 2025, at 34.6. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Warner County No. 5 | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 36.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 38.7 | 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 Warner County No. 5, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Warner County No. 5
Its police also cover 2 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- 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. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Warner County No. 5
Is Warner County No. 5 safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Warner County No. 5’s Crime Severity Index stands at 36.6 for 2023–2025. Its police record 8.5 violent incidents and 15.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Warner County No. 5?
Top of the list is mischief (4.2 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 3.5, and fraud, at 3.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Warner County No. 5?
It went down 10% between 2023 and 2025, from 38.7 to 34.6.
How much of Warner County No. 5’s crime do police solve?
32%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 48% and non-violent crime at 22%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Warner County No. 5 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).