Photo: Isabelle Hulet · CC BY-SA 2.0Crime per resident in Wembley runs higher than in 78% of Canadian towns
Out of every 1,000 residents, 17.2 violent incidents and 44.3 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Of the two halves, violence comes to 96.5 and other offences to 98.9, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crime the police covering Wembley reported through 2023 to 2025. Even so, by 2025 the index had dropped to 96.3, down from 110.6 in 2023.
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 Beaverlodge detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Wembley
Mischief: high for a town its size
Wembley records 11.6 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 ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Wembley’s index splits into violent crime, 96.5 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 98.9 against 62.8. By type ↓
Near the Alberta middle
Set among Alberta’s towns, whose median is 110, Wembley scores 97.7. 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 Wembley’s C− for safety
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 19 km from Wembley, not to the town.
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 Wembley, by type
Against the typical town its size, Wembley runs highest on mischief (11.6 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (5.8 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 55 | 4.7 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 37.3 | 3.2 | 29% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 68 | 5.8 | 8% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 25 | 2.1 | 1% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 130 | 11 | 6% |
| Mischief | 137 | 11.6 | 18% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Administration of justice violations | 38 | 3.2 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.3 | 1.6 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 8 | 0.7 | 50% |
| Impaired driving | 45.3 | 3.9 | 61% |
| 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 people or more.
Wembley, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 110.6 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 86.2. 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 | Wembley | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 86.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 110.6 | 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 Wembley, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 200 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Wembley (11,900 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.
And about 520 property crimes, plus 170 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 Wembley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wembley | 1,516 | 97.7 | 96.5 | C− |
| Beaverlodge (19 km) | 2,454 | 97.7 | 96.5 | C− |
| Grande Prairie County No. 1 (21 km) | 25,883 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| Grande Prairie (22 km) | 71,160 | 149.3 | 157.2 | D |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Wembley. The nearest of them, Grande Prairie County No. 1 (21 km away), scores 87.3 against 97.7. Sharing its police with one neighbour, it shares that neighbour’s figure as well, so the neighbour isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 19–22 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wembley.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Wembley
Is Wembley safe?
The short answer is an index of 97.7 for Wembley (2023–2025), built from 17.2 violent incidents and 44.3 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Wembley?
Mischief is the most common, at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (11) and assault (9).
Is crime going up in Wembley?
It went down 13% between 2023 and 2025, from 110.6 to 96.3.
How much of Wembley’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 30% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 60% of violent crime and 19% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Wembley 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).