Crime in Calgary
Calgary crossed a threshold in 2025 that few residents wanted to see. The Calgary Police Service’s official Annual Statistical Crime Report, presented to the Calgary Police Commission in March 2026, confirmed that total calls for service hit 628,318 in 2025 — surpassing pre-pandemic levels for the first time — while violent crime rose 4% over 2024 and 16% above the five-year average. Property crime climbed 14% compared to 2024, driven by a surge in shoplifting and theft. Homicides, by contrast, dropped to 15 in 2025, their lowest count in six years. The picture is mixed: serious violence is up, but its most extreme form is down. Calgary is not the most dangerous city in Canada by any measure — its Crime Severity Index of 63.3 in 2024 sits well below the national average of 77.9 — but the upward trend in assaults and domestic violence tells a different story from the headline numbers.
Population context matters here. Calgary grew from roughly 1.3 million in 2020 to 1,562,600 in 2025 — a 20% increase in five years. Not all of the crime volume increase reflects a worsening safety picture; some of it reflects more people. The CPS tracks both raw counts and rates per 100,000 residents, and on a rate basis, violent crime held relatively stable at 1,086 per 100,000 in 2025 versus 1,082 in 2024. This article works through the full official 2025 data, released by CPS in March 2026, alongside Statistics Canada’s 2024 Crime Severity Index figures and neighbourhood-level breakdowns from Calgary Police Commission reports.
Interesting Facts About Crime in Calgary 2026
| # | Interesting Fact | Data / Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total calls for service in Calgary (2025) | 628,318 — surpassing pre-Covid levels |
| 2 | Increase in calls for service vs. 2024 | +5% (approximately 25,000 additional calls) |
| 3 | Average publicly generated calls for service per day | 1,021 |
| 4 | Total violent crime victims (2025) | 16,973 |
| 5 | Violent crime increase vs. 2024 | +4% (603 additional victims) |
| 6 | Violent crime increase vs. five-year average | +16% (2,356 additional victims) |
| 7 | Total assaults in Calgary (2025) | 11,605 — up from 11,126 in 2024 |
| 8 | Common assaults as share of all assaults | ~62% |
| 9 | Total homicides in Calgary (2025) | 15 — lowest in six years (down from 21 in 2024) |
| 10 | Homicide rate (2025) | 1.0 per 100,000 — lowest recorded in the dataset |
| 11 | Domestic violence victims (2025) | 6,415 — up 7% from 2024 |
| 12 | Domestic violence increase vs. five-year average | +22% |
| 13 | Total property crime incidents (2025) | 51,999 |
| 14 | Property crime increase vs. 2024 | +14% (6,562 additional incidents) |
| 15 | Shoplifting incidents in 2025 | 13,391 combined (over and under) — doubled vs. five-year average |
| 16 | Vehicle thefts in 2025 | 4,088 — down 8% from 2024 and 20% below five-year average |
| 17 | Calgary’s Crime Severity Index (CSI) 2024 | 63.3 — well below national average of 77.9 |
| 18 | Hate-motivated crimes in 2025 | 145 incidents — up 5% from 2024 and 25% above five-year average |
Sources: Calgary Police Service Annual Statistical Crime Report 2025, Calgary Police Commission (March 2026); Statistics Canada Crime Severity Index 2024 (July 2025); Calgary Police Commission 2025 Quarterly Reports
The 15 homicides in 2025 need unpacking, because they sit alongside an overall violent crime count that is rising. Calgary recorded 34 homicides in 2020 and gradually worked that number down across subsequent years. Reaching a rate of 1.0 per 100,000 in 2025 is a genuine public safety achievement, regardless of the trends in lesser violence. Conversely, the shoplifting data requires caution: the CPS itself notes that the surge from roughly 6,600 incidents in the five-year average to over 13,000 in 2025 is largely attributable to a streamlined online reporting process that made it easier for loss-prevention officers to log incidents, not necessarily a doubling of actual shoplifting events on the ground.
The 22% increase in domestic violence above the five-year average is the figure that carries the most policy weight in the report. CPS analysts flagged that 2025 broke an expected pattern: typically, criminal domestic violence and non-criminal domestic incidents move in opposite directions. In 2025, both went up simultaneously, which the report treats as an unusual and concerning sign.
Calgary Crime Statistics 2026: Violent Crime Breakdown
| Crime Category | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Rate per 100K (2025) | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Violent Crime | 12,699 | 13,822 | 16,343 | 16,973 | 1,086 | Up |
| Total Assaults | 8,477 | 9,313 | 11,126 | 11,605 | 743 | Up |
| Common Assault (Level 1) | 5,280 | 5,628 | 6,850 | 7,175 | — | Up |
| Assault with Weapon (Level 2) | 2,590 | 2,950 | 3,497 | 3,690 | — | Up |
| Aggravated Assault (Level 3) | 113 | 93 | 103 | 108 | — | Up slightly |
| Assault on Police Officer | 315 | 399 | 453 | 437 | — | Down slightly |
| Homicide | 34 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 1.0 | Down |
| Attempted Homicide | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sexual Offences (Total) | 1,205 | 1,327 | 1,364 | 1,318 | 84 | Down |
| Total Robberies | 891 | 1,007 | 1,125 | 1,056 | 68 | Down |
| Home Invasion Robbery | 46 | 27 | 33 | 17 | — | Down |
| Discharge Firearm with Intent | 67 | 75 | 56 | 30 | — | Down sharply |
Source: Calgary Police Service Annual Statistical Crime Report 2025, Calgary Police Commission (March 2026)
The assault data reflects a split running through Calgary’s violent crime numbers in 2025. Volume is up but lethality is down. Assaults with a weapon rose from 2,950 in 2022 to 3,690 in 2025, while homicides fell from 27 to 15 over the same period and discharges of firearms with intent dropped from 75 to 30 — a 60% reduction in three years. These two directions pulling simultaneously are hard to reduce to a single safety verdict.
Sexual offences continued their post-2021 decline, falling a further 3% to 1,318 incidents in 2025, with severe cases (Level 3 and weapon-involved) holding steady at about 5% of the total. Robberies fell 6% to 1,056, roughly on par with the five-year average, while home invasion robberies dropped to 17 — the lowest count in the dataset.
Calgary Crime Statistics 2026: Property Crime Breakdown
| Property Crime Category | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Rate per 100K (2025) | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Property Crime | 52,274 | 53,919 | 45,437 | 51,999 | 3,328 | Up 14% |
| Total Break and Enter | 8,666 | 8,082 | 5,257 | 5,428 | 349 | Up slightly |
| B&E Dwelling | 1,689 | 1,540 | 1,225 | 1,296 | — | Up slightly |
| B&E Commercial | 4,390 | 4,450 | 2,834 | 2,870 | — | Stable |
| Total Vehicle Theft | 5,286 | 5,958 | 4,425 | 4,088 | 262 | Down 8% |
| Total Theft | 27,725 | 28,832 | 23,924 | 30,453 | 1,949 | Up sharply |
| Shoplifting (over + under combined) | 5,346 | 6,800 | 8,592 | 13,391 | — | Doubled vs. 5-yr avg |
| Theft Under (non-shoplifting) | 5,791 | 6,241 | 6,211 | 7,119 | — | Up 15% |
| Carprowling | 14,537 | 14,058 | 7,638 | 8,410 | — | Up from 2024 |
Source: Calgary Police Service Annual Statistical Crime Report 2025, Calgary Police Commission (March 2026)
Property crime in 2025 effectively reset back to near-2022 levels after two years of decline. The 14% increase versus 2024 sounds alarming, but the raw total of 51,999 incidents is still below 2019’s peak of 61,786. The biggest driver, as noted by CPS, is theft — specifically shoplifting. The 2025 figure of over 13,000 shoplifting incidents is close to double the five-year average of roughly 6,700, but the CPS explicitly cautions that the jump reflects easier online reporting for loss-prevention officers, not necessarily more shoplifting occurring.
Vehicle theft tells a cleaner story. The count dropped from 5,958 in 2022 to 4,088 in 2025 — a 31% decline over three years. The vehicle theft rate of 262 per 100,000 in 2025 is dramatically below the 2019 peak rate of around 470 per 100,000. Break and enters are similarly well below their 2019-2022 levels. The B&E rate of 349 per 100,000 in 2025 compares to 681 per 100,000 back in 2016. These are the categories where Calgary’s sustained enforcement push produced the most visible results.
Calgary Crime Statistics 2026: Crime Severity Index vs. Canadian Cities
| City / Region | CSI (2024) | Violent CSI (2024) | vs. National Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Average (Canada) | 77.9 | — | Baseline |
| Calgary | 63.3 | Below average | 19% below national |
| Toronto | ~51.5 | Below average | Well below national |
| Ottawa-Gatineau | ~55.6 | Below average | Well below national |
| Montreal | ~60.0 | Below average | Below national |
| Vancouver | ~90.7 | Above average | 16% above national |
| Edmonton | ~105.2 | Above average | 35% above national |
| Winnipeg | ~125.8 | Above average | 62% above national |
| Alberta (provincial) | 103.0 (2023) | — | 28% above national |
| Saskatchewan (provincial) | 106.2 (2023) | — | 32% above national |
Sources: Statistics Canada Crime Severity Index 2024, released July 2025; Calgary Police Service CSI 2024 Report; Calgary Police Commission (September 2025)
Calgary’s CSI of 63.3 in 2024 places it comfortably in the safer half of Canada’s major cities. It sits below Vancouver, above Montreal, and well below Edmonton — the city it is most often compared to. A CSI is not a simple count of crimes; it weights each offence by its relative seriousness based on national sentencing patterns. A homicide counts 280 times more than a property theft. So Calgary’s score reflects both fewer serious crimes and lower rates of violent offending than the national picture.
Alberta’s provincial CSI of 103.0 — 28% above the national average — creates an apparent contradiction: how does Calgary score well below the national figure when its province scores so far above? The answer is geography. Smaller Alberta cities and rural areas drive the provincial number up sharply, and Edmonton’s CSI of around 105 adds further weight. Calgary’s position as a relatively safer urban centre within a higher-crime province is consistent across several years of data.
Calgary Crime Statistics 2026: Domestic Violence Data
| Domestic Violence Metric | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Rate per 100K (2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Violence Victims | 4,974 | 4,723 | 5,997 | 6,415 | 411 |
| Common Assault (domestic) | — | — | — | 3,541 | — |
| Assault with Weapon (domestic) | — | — | — | 1,361 | — |
| Assault with Weapon vs. 5-yr avg | — | — | — | +33% | — |
| Non-Criminal Domestic Incidents | 16,002 | 16,098 | 16,429 | 16,819 | 1,076 |
| Domestic Violence Rate per 100K | 381 | 352 | 391 | 411 | — |
Source: Calgary Police Service Annual Statistical Crime Report 2025, Calgary Police Commission (March 2026)
6,415 people experienced domestic violence in Calgary in 2025 — a 7% increase over 2024 and 22% above the five-year average. The rate of 411 victims per 100,000 residents is the highest in the CPS dataset going back to 2020. Common assaults account for 55% of all domestic violence incidents at 3,541 cases, while assaults with a weapon or causing bodily harm account for 21% at 1,361 cases. The 33% increase in weapon-involved domestic assaults versus the five-year average is the sharpest rise in any sub-category across the entire 2025 report.
Non-criminal domestic incidents — situations that make people feel unsafe but do not meet the criminal threshold — also rose, reaching 16,819 in 2025. CPS analysts noted this broke the expected inverse relationship between criminal and non-criminal domestic incidents. When both rise together, it signals broader household-level stress across the city rather than a shift in how incidents are categorized. The CPS has been tracking domestic violence across an expanded family definition since 2022, including parents, children, siblings, and extended family, not just intimate partners as Statistics Canada measures.
Calgary Crime Statistics 2026: Neighbourhood and Geographic Breakdown
| Neighbourhood / Area | Total Crimes (2024) | Crime Rate vs. City Average | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bel-Aire | 4 | 99.2% below city average | South West |
| Diamond Cove | 4 | 99.2% below city average | South East |
| Point McKay | 7 | 98.7% below city average | North West |
| Garrison Green | 9 | ~79% below city average | South West |
| Currie | 11 | ~75% below city average | South West |
| Rideau Park | 11 | ~75% below city average | South West |
| Bayview | 12 | ~73% below city average | South West |
| Roxboro | 12 | 97.7% below city average | North West |
| Britannia | 13 | 97.5% below city average | South West |
| Greenwood-Greenbriar | 13 | 97.5% below city average | North West |
| District 1 (Beltline/Downtown) | Highest assault concentration | ~50% of all city assaults in Districts 1, 4, 5 | Central |
| District 4 (Forest Lawn) | High assault area | Part of 50% concentration | North East/East |
| District 5 (Saddleridge) | High assault area | Part of 50% concentration | North East |
Sources: My Calgary Safest Neighbourhood Report 2024; Calgary Police Commission Race-Based Data Analysis 2023; Calgary Police Service Annual Statistical Crime Report 2025
The neighbourhood data makes the city-level statistics look very different once broken down. Bel-Aire and Diamond Cove each recorded four crimes in all of 2024 — against a city-wide neighbourhood average of 44 annual reported crimes. The safest areas cluster in South West and South East Calgary, with Point McKay and Roxboro as notable exceptions in the north. The CPS analysis of assault geography found that roughly 50% of all Calgary assaults in 2025 occurred across just three districts: District 1 covering the Beltline and downtown core, District 4 covering Forest Lawn, and District 5 covering Saddleridge. This concentration matters for resource allocation and tells a different story from city-wide averages.
The southern communities that dominate the safe list share some characteristics: lower population density, higher median household incomes, and more stable long-term ownership patterns. North East Calgary presents the inverse. This does not mean North East communities are uniformly unsafe — Roxboro in the north records only 12 crimes annually — but the district-level concentration of assaults in Districts 4 and 5 reflects persistent socioeconomic factors that police enforcement alone cannot address.
Calgary Crime Statistics 2026: Hate Crime and Emerging Trends
| Hate Crime / Emerging Crime Metric | Data (2025) | vs. 2024 | vs. Five-Year Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total hate-motivated crimes (2025) | 145 incidents | +5% (+7 incidents) | +25% (+30 incidents) |
| Hate crime rate per 100,000 (2025) | 9.7 | Up from 4.3 in 2016 | More than doubled in decade |
| Most common hate crime type | Property mischief | — | Consistent across years |
| Most common motivations | Race/ethnicity; Religion | — | Consistent |
| Online crime reporting growth (2020-2025) | Doubled in five years | +29% in 2025 alone | — |
| CopLogic online reports (2025) | 26,773 | Up from 20,726 in 2024 | Doubled vs. 2020 |
| Officer-generated proactive calls (2025) | 192,477 | +4% vs. 2024 | +16% vs. five-year avg |
| Disorder calls per day on average | 224 | Stable | Down from 4,132 per 100K in 2016 |
| Top disorder call types | Unwanted guests; Suspicious persons; Disturbances | — | Consistent |
Sources: Calgary Police Service Annual Statistical Crime Report 2025, Calgary Police Commission (March 2026); Statistics Canada Hate Crime data note, spring 2026 release pending
Hate-motivated crimes reached 145 incidents in 2025 — a 25% increase above the five-year average and more than double the rate per 100,000 residents recorded in 2016. The CPS report attributes the increase to geopolitical unrest affecting communities across Canada, consistent with national trends. Most hate crimes in Calgary are property offences — graffiti, mischief, damage to religious property — rather than violent attacks, though the trend line across the decade has moved steadily upward from 4.3 per 100,000 in 2016 to 9.7 per 100,000 in 2025. Statistics Canada’s full national hate crime breakdown for 2025 is expected in spring 2026.
The online reporting figures show how fundamentally the interface between Calgarians and the police has shifted. CopLogic online submissions hit 26,773 in 2025 — more than double the 2020 figure of 16,223. Public-generated calls still account for 63% of all service requests, but the growing share arriving through online channels is changing which crimes get reported and how quickly. The CPS noted that streamlined online reporting for shoplifting is the primary reason that category’s numbers look so dramatically higher in 2025 than in prior years.
Calgary Crime Statistics 2026: Historical Trend Summary
| Year | Population | Total Violent Crime | Violent Crime Rate | Total Property Crime | Property Crime Rate | Homicides |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | — | — | 863 | — | 4,132 | — |
| 2020 | 1,306,700 | 12,699 | 972 | 52,274 | 4,000 | 34 |
| 2021 | 1,323,700 | 13,826 | 1,044 | 46,636 | 3,523 | 21 |
| 2022 | 1,343,500 | 13,822 | 1,029 | 53,919 | 4,013 | 27 |
| 2023 | 1,422,200 | 15,697 | 1,104 | 51,086 | 3,592 | 24 |
| 2024 | 1,509,800 | 16,343 | 1,082 | 45,437 | 3,009 | 21 |
| 2025 | 1,562,600 | 16,973 | 1,086 | 51,999 | 3,328 | 15 |
Source: Calgary Police Service Annual Statistical Crime Report 2025, Calgary Police Commission (March 2026)
The long-run table clarifies what the individual year-on-year comparisons can obscure. The violent crime rate of 1,086 per 100,000 in 2025 is essentially unchanged from 2024’s 1,082 — the increase in raw victims reflects population growth, not a worsening rate. The property crime rate of 3,328 sits between the pandemic low of 3,009 in 2024 and the more typical 3,500-4,000 range seen in 2020-2023. The 15 homicides in 2025 are the most unambiguously positive data point in the report — down from a high of 34 in 2020 and continuing a downward trend that has run through most of the decade.
What the table also shows is a city that has absorbed very rapid population growth without a proportional rise in crime rates. Calgary added roughly 256,000 residents between 2020 and 2025 — nearly a 20% increase — yet the violent crime rate is only marginally above its 2020 level and the property crime rate is well below it. By that measure, Calgary’s public safety infrastructure absorbed the growth reasonably well. Whether that continues into 2026 and beyond, as the population approaches and then exceeds 1.6 million, will be the next test.
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