Photo: Enzenberger · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Wetaskiwin records more crime than 95% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 291.8 and other offences to 277.2, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Graded on crime the police covering Wetaskiwin reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety: #464 of 474 in Alberta. On top of that, for every 1,000 residents, 50.5 violent incidents and 129.3 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.0 and 30.5.
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.
What stands out about safety in Wetaskiwin
Mischief: high for a town its size
Wetaskiwin records 57 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Over the Alberta norm
Set among Alberta’s towns, whose median is 110, Wetaskiwin scores 279.7. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Wetaskiwin is 39th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Down since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Wetaskiwin moved from 323 to 256.9, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The D for Wetaskiwin, and how it is built
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: #464 of 474 in Alberta and #2,522 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Wetaskiwin, by type
Against the typical town its size, Wetaskiwin runs highest on mischief (57 per 1,000 against 3.7), drug offences (6.9 per 1,000 against 0.8) and break and enter (15.2 per 1,000 against 2.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6.7 | 0.5 | 55% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11.7 | 0.9 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 7 | 0.5 | 43% |
| Robbery | 19.3 | 1.4 | 59% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 204 | 15.2 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 46.7 | 3.5 | 42% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 78.3 | 5.8 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 10 | 0.7 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 485 | 36 | 25% |
| Mischief | 759.3 | 57 | 40% |
| Weapons violations | 65.7 | 4.9 | 47% |
| Administration of justice violations | 192.3 | 14.3 | 87% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 45 | 3.4 | 44% |
| Drug violations | 93.3 | 6.9 | 52% |
| Impaired driving | 78 | 5.8 | 92% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.05 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Wetaskiwin is 39th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 33 | La Crète Alberta | 14,488 | 113.5 | 218.8 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Bonnyville No. 87 Alberta | 13,265 | 197.6 | 183.7 | D |
| 37 | Lloydminster (Part) Saskatchewan | 13,137 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
| 38 | Dawson Creek British Columbia | 13,635 | 213.1 | 300.4 | D |
| 39 | Wetaskiwin Alberta | 13,703 | 279.7 | 291.8 | D |
| 40 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 589.9 | 1,034.6 | 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 Wetaskiwin in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
From 2023 to 2025, Wetaskiwin’s index dropped 20%
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 323, against a low of 256.9 in 2025. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Wetaskiwin | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 256.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 259.1 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 323 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Wetaskiwin, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 680 violent incidents a year reached Wetaskiwin’s police, 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 1,730 a year and other violations 1,460 (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 Wetaskiwin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetaskiwin | 13,703 | 279.7 | 291.8 | D |
| Millet (15 km) | 1,967 | 96.7 | 70.6 | C− |
| Leduc County (34 km) | 16,400 | 162.1 | 88.2 | D |
| Leduc (34 km) | 39,966 | 82.8 | 70.5 | C |
| Ponoka (35 km) | 8,212 | 170.5 | 210.6 | D |
| Camrose (36 km) | 20,800 | 96.3 | 96.4 | C− |
Wetaskiwin has the highest index of the places around it. Just 15.5 km away, Millet comes to 96.7, against 279.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Wetaskiwin with figures are 15–36 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. 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 Wetaskiwin
Is Wetaskiwin safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Wetaskiwin scores 279.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 50.5 violent and 129.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the typical index is 66.
What is the most common crime in Wetaskiwin?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 92.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (57) and theft under $5,000 (36).
Is crime going up in Wetaskiwin?
It went down 20% between 2023 and 2025, from 323 to 256.9.
How much of Wetaskiwin’s crime do police solve?
37%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 33%. Violent crime is cleared at 53% and non-violent crime at 31%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Wetaskiwin’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).