Alberta
Overview
Alberta is represented by 19 cities on CrimeMaps.ca with a combined 23K+ crime incidents from official open-data portals spanning 2024–2026. Severity rankings below use the official Statistics Canada CSI.
Alberta crime statistics
- Total incidents: 23,805
- Cities covered: 19
- Year range: 2024–2026
- Largest city: Edmonton with 13,545 incidents
Crime data in Alberta comes from municipal police services and open-data portals. The province's 19 reporting cities vary in coverage period and category detail. Edmonton accounts for the largest share of reported incidents, followed by Medicine Hat.
Alberta cities by crime severity
Alberta cities ranked by the Statistics Canada Crime Severity Index (CSI). Per-category open-data rates are on the national and province ranking pages. See the methodology for sources and annualization rules.
Safest cities in Alberta
Safest cities in Alberta by official CSI (ascending)
| # | City | CSI 2024 | Violent CSI |
|---|
| 1 |
Calgary |
63.3 |
78.5 |
| 2 |
Lethbridge |
105.5 |
— |
| 3 |
Edmonton |
109.3 |
122.0 |
Highest-crime cities in Alberta
Highest-crime cities in Alberta by official CSI (descending)
| # | City | CSI 2024 | Violent CSI |
|---|
| 1 |
Edmonton |
109.3 |
122.0 |
| 2 |
Lethbridge |
105.5 |
— |
| 3 |
Calgary |
63.3 |
78.5 |
About this dataset
- Reporting basis: Counts reflect incidents reported to police only. Under-reporting — especially for sexual assault, fraud, and minor theft — means actual incidence is higher than these figures show.
- Not a per-capita rate: City-level counts here are absolute incident totals. Comparing one city's count to another without normalising for population can mislead — see the Crime Severity Index for severity-weighted, population-adjusted rankings.
- Different coverage windows: Cities in this province may have different start dates and data recency. Read counts as selected-window totals, not directly comparable annual figures unless the page says so.
- Different taxonomies: Police services classify offences slightly differently. Our pipeline normalises labels into 13 standard categories, but the source taxonomies are not identical.