The Most Dangerous Places in Alberta - September 2022

Here are the six most dangerous places in Alberta, according to the police reported crime rates.

St. Paul had the highest crime rate in the province according to the RCMP property crime data. There were over 18 crimes per 1,000 residents. This was the highest crime rate per resident I’d ever seen.

The O’Chiese First Nation community had the second highest crime rate in the province, rising to over 14 crimes per 1,000 residents.

Wait! The most current crime data is now from August 2023.

To see the latest you may want to visit - The Highest Crime Rates In Alberta – August 2023

Eastern Alberta

Eastern Alberta maintained the highest crime rate in the province as a region.

The six most dangerous places in Eastern Alberta St. Paul, Bonnyville, St. Paul County, Slave Lake, Athabasca, and Cold Lake all had over 6 crimes per 1,000 residents.

St Paul with 18.59 crimes per 1,000 residents had the highest crime rate. It was 1347% higher than Okotoks at spot 100 .

Ranking | Municipality| Crimes per 1,000 Residents| Region of Alberta

100 Okotoks 1.38 Calgary Region
101 Nanton 1.38 Southern Alberta
102 Vermilion River County 1.33 Eastern Alberta
103 Camrose County 1.29 Central Alberta
104 Westlock County 1.25 Central Alberta
105 Ponoka County 1.22 Central Alberta
106 Penhold 1.15 Central Alberta
107 Mountain View County 1.15 Calgary Region
108 Foothills County 1.10 Calgary Region
109 Delburne 1.09 Central Alberta
110 Mackenzie County 0.98 Peace River Valley
111 MD of Opportunity 0.94 Eastern Alberta
112 Beaumont 0.91 Central Alberta
113 Didsbury 0.77 Central Alberta
114 Wembley 0.66 Grande Prairie
115 County of Forty Mile 0.56 Alberta Badlands
116 Bow Island 0.50 Eastern Alberta
117 Taber 0.47 Alberta Badlands
118 Woodlands County 0.42 Central Alberta
119 High River 0.39 Calgary Region
120 Black Diamond 0.37 Calgary Region
121 MD of Greenview 0.33 Grande Prairie
122 County of Barrhead 0.32 Central Alberta
123 MD of Bonnyville 0.23 Eastern Alberta
124 Yellowhead County 0.18 Alberta Rockies
125 County of Westaskawin 0.18 Central Alberta

Crime Rates Across Alberta in September

Edmonton Region

Leduc County, Edmonton, Devon, Leduc, Calmar and Spruce Grove had the highest crimes rates in the Edmonton Region.

Calgary Region

Calgary*, Stoney Nakoda First Nation, Cochrane, Rocky View County, Crossfield, and Chestermere had the highest crime rates in the Calgary region.

Central Alberta

O-Chiese, Samson Cree Nation, Barrhead, Drayton Valley, Alberta Beach and Wetaskawin had the highest crime rates in Central Alberta.

Southern Alberta

Claresholm, Flagstaff County, Castor, Stettler County, Stettler, and Cardston had the highest crime rates in Southern Alberta. Generally this is the safest region of the province.

Grande Prairie and Peace River Region

High Prairie, Berwyn, Beaverlodge, Peace River, Northern Sunrise County and Valleyview had the highest crime in the Grande Prairie - Peace River Region.

Alberta Rockies

Ranking of Communities Across Alberta From 1 to 99

Ranking | Municipality| Crimes per 1,000 Residents| Region of Alberta

1 St Paul 18.59 Eastern Alberta
2 O'Chiese 15.21 Central Alberta
3 Bonnyville 13.27 Eastern Alberta
4 High Prairie 10.53 Peace River Valley
5 Berwyn 9.29 Peace River Valley
6 Samson Cree Nation 8.30 Central Alberta
7 St. Paul County 7.95 Eastern Alberta
8 Barrhead 7.87 Central Alberta
9 Slave Lake 7.67 Eastern Alberta
10 Beaverlodge 7.49 Grande Prairie
11 Claresholm 7.41 Southern Alberta
12 Leduc County 7.26 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
13 Athabasca 7.25 Eastern Alberta
14 Drayton Valley 7.05 Central Alberta
15 Cold Lake 6.70 Eastern Alberta
16 Flagstaff County 6.69 Alberta Badlands
17 Peace River 6.65 Peace River Valley
18 Edmonton 6.51 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
19 Northern Sunrise County 6.15 Peace River Valley
20 Alberta Beach 5.89 Central Alberta
21 Wetaskiwin 5.61 Central Alberta
22 Castor 5.38 Alberta Badlands
23 Stettler County 5.07 Alberta Badlands
24 Improvement District No. 9 4.98 Alberta Rockies
25 Stettler 4.86 Alberta Badlands
26 Valleyview 4.78 Grande Prairie
27 Bentley 4.64 Central Alberta
28 Vegreville 4.56 Eastern Alberta
29 Red Deer 4.52 Central Alberta
30 Ponoka 4.50 Central Alberta
31 Grande Prairie 4.43 Grande Prairie
32 Sundre 4.40 Central Alberta
33 Cardston 4.18 Southern Alberta
34 High Level 4.12 Peace River Valley
35 Devon 3.95 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
36 Eckville 3.94 Central Alberta
37 Lac La Biche County 3.91 Eastern Alberta
38 Leduc 3.75 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
39 Olds 3.70 Central Alberta
40 Bashaw 3.54 Central Alberta
41 Calgary* 3.50 Calgary Region
42 Edson 3.46 Alberta Rockies
43 Crowsnest Pass 3.40 Southern Alberta
44 Hinton 3.36 Alberta Rockies
45 Wainwright 3.35 Eastern Alberta
46 Lac Ste. Anne County 3.30 Central Alberta
47 Sexsmith 3.30 Grande Prairie
48 Calmar 3.21 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
49 Smoky Lake County 3.17 Eastern Alberta
50 Onoway 3.11 Central Alberta
51 Athabasca County 3.05 Eastern Alberta
52 Beaver County 3.05 Eastern Alberta
53 Wood Buffalo 3.05 Eastern Alberta
54 Bruderheim 3.01 Eastern Alberta
55 Whitecourt 2.98 Central Alberta
56 Spruce Grove 2.90 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
57 Rocky Mountain House 2.81 Central Alberta
58 Stoney Nakoda First Nation 2.78 Calgary Region
59 Thorhild County 2.77 Eastern Alberta
60 Alix 2.72 Central Alberta
61 Drumheller 2.63 Alberta Badlands
62 Bon Accord 2.62 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
63 Sylvan Lake 2.56 Central Alberta
64 Banff 2.55 Alberta Rockies
65 Brooks 2.55 Southern Alberta
66 Redcliff 2.51 Alberta Badlands
67 Westlock 2.50 Central Alberta
68 Innisfail 2.50 Central Alberta
69 Canmore 2.50 Alberta Rockies
70 Bassano 2.49 Central Alberta
71 Fox Creek 2.44 Grande Prairie
72 Fort Saskatchewan 2.44 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
73 Three Hills 2.30 Alberta Badlands
74 Sturgeon County 2.29 Central Alberta
75 County of Grande Prairie 2.29 Grande Prairie
76 Brazeau County 2.23 Central Alberta
77 Cochrane 2.14 Calgary Region
78 Lacombe County 2.02 Central Alberta
79 Stony Plain 2.00 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
80 Red Deer County 2.00 Central Alberta
81 St. Albert 1.98 Central Alberta
82 Lamont County 1.86 Eastern Alberta
83 Rocky View County 1.85 Calgary Region
84 Morinville 1.83 Central Alberta
85 Blackfalds 1.81 Central Alberta
86 Big Lakes County 1.76 Peace River Valley
87 Strathmore 1.74 Alberta Badlands
88 Jasper 1.74 Alberta Rockies
89 Lethbridge County 1.74 Southern Alberta
90 Clearwater County 1.69 Central Alberta
91 Crossfield 1.67 Calgary Region
92 Coaldale 1.60 Southern Alberta
93 Bowden 1.56 Central Alberta
94 Parkland County 1.55 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
95 Sherwood Park 1.49 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
96 Strathcona County 1.49 Edmonton Metropolitan Region
97 Wheatland County 1.48 Alberta Badlands
98 Chestermere 1.45 Calgary Region
99 Airdrie 1.43 Calgary Region

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Explanations About the Data

There are over 300 Municipalities in Alberta counting Villages and Reserves. We gather all the RCMP data, Calgary Police Service Data and Edmonton Police Service data that is publicly available. The goal is to report on the major areas and trends not every single village.

Of the 300 RCMP reported areas the top 100 locations with the highest number of crimes were included in this report. 38 other locations that are not in the top 100 count for total property crimes were also covered. The crimes are then compared to the population to get the crimes per 1,000 residents.

This method helps make the easiest comparison between locations. This method is also what the FBI uses to look at crime across America.

Calgary data is only available as recent as June. All other data is based on September 2022 information.

Independent police services like the Lethbridge Police Service, the Lacombe Police Service, The Medicine Hat Police service do not seem to report the property crime rates publicly.

If there is a way to access data for these and any other police services please let me know.

These locations below are some of the locations we try to measure but they did not seem to have publicly available data about the reported crime rate.

Camrose, Caroline, Clive, Elnora, Foremost, Lloydminster, Newell County No. 4, Onion Lake Cree Nation.

We made a judgement call and added these areas into their parent municipality as these municipalities are no longer independent. Wabamun, Hythe, Grande Cache