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Crime statistics and police areas for Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
Updated Data year 2025Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crimeFrançais
The rural area around it is policed separately: Wetaskiwin RCMP rural detachment
Police service reporting these figures: Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, municipal
Police-reported incidents
3,833
+7.3% vs previous year
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0183-01, 2025
How to read thisCrime Severity Index, Canada
75.0
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 35-10-0026-01, 2025
How to read thisAll violations: Criminal Code, traffic and other federal laws.
| Year | Incidents |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,130 |
| 2011 | 2,827 |
| 2012 | 2,831 |
| 2013 | 2,917 |
| 2014 | 3,268 |
| 2015 | 3,850 |
| 2016 | 3,794 |
| 2017 | 4,356 |
| 2018 | 4,188 |
| 2019 | 4,382 |
| 2020 | 4,330 |
| 2021 | 4,185 |
| 2022 | 4,235 |
| 2023 | 4,206 |
| 2024 | 3,573 |
| 2025 | 3,833 |
| Offence | Incidents |
|---|---|
| Disturb the peace | 1,294 |
| Mischief | 424 |
| Shoplifting $5,000 or under | 286 |
| Assault, level 1 | 273 |
| Theft $5,000 or under | 199 |
| Breaking and entering | 171 |
| Assault, level 2, weapon or bodily harm | 125 |
| Fraud | 113 |
| Fail to comply with order | 95 |
| Uttering threats | 91 |
Share of Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffic.
| Type | Incidents | % |
|---|---|---|
| Other Criminal Code | 1,573 | 43.6 |
| Property crime | 1,389 | 38.5 |
| Violent crime | 648 | 18 |
Police-reported incidents per year.
| Year | Disturb the peace | Mischief | Shoplifting $5,000 or under | Assault, level 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 887 | 450 | 138 | 223 |
| 2011 | 843 | 327 | 89 | 217 |
| 2012 | 824 | 294 | 162 | 196 |
| 2013 | 883 | 325 | 96 | 241 |
| 2014 | 1,008 | 396 | 100 | 210 |
| 2015 | 1,315 | 421 | 157 | 241 |
| 2016 | 1,341 | 409 | 101 | 235 |
| 2017 | 1,333 | 598 | 101 | 298 |
| 2018 | 1,220 | 676 | 135 | 221 |
| 2019 | 921 | 860 | 87 | 228 |
| 2020 | 986 | 1,013 | 41 | 245 |
| 2021 | 777 | 1,022 | 106 | 302 |
| 2022 | 578 | 1,285 | 156 | 323 |
| 2023 | 416 | 1,489 | 186 | 307 |
| 2024 | 1,124 | 365 | 224 | 253 |
| 2025 | 1,294 | 424 | 286 | 273 |
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Wetaskiwin is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. The city is 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of the provincial capital of Edmonton. The city name comes from the Cree word wītaskiwinihk, meaning "the hills where peace was made".
Annual historical averages
Crime data sourced from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey via Statistics Canada. Last updated for the most recent available reference year.
