Editing Edmonton (section)

== Crime ==
Edmonton experienced a decrease in crime in the 1990s, an increase in the early 2000s,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Savoie |first=Josée |title=Neighbourhood Characteristics and the Distribution of Crime: Edmonton, Halifax and Thunder Bay |journal=Crime and Justice Research Paper Series |date=March 2008 |pages=11–12 |publisher=Statistics Canada |location=Ottawa |url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-561-m/85-561-m2008010-eng.pdf |issn=1707-5203 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207102926/http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-561-m/85-561-m2008010-eng.pdf |archive-date=February 7, 2013 }}</ref> and another downturn at the end of the decade.{{which|date=January 2024}}
[[File:Edmonton Police At Headquarters.jpg|thumb|Edmonton Police Service vehicle at Downtown Headquarters]]

The Edmonton census metropolitan area (CMA) had a crime severity index of 84.5 in 2013, which is higher than the national average of 68.7.<ref name="2013crime">{{cite web|last1=Boyce|first1=Jillian|last2=Cotter|first2=Adam|last3=Perreault|first3=Samuel|title=Police-reported crime statistics in Canada, 2013|url=http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2014001/article/14040-eng.pdf|publisher=Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics|access-date=May 3, 2015|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123141555/http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2014001/article/14040-eng.pdf|archive-date=November 23, 2015|pages=13 & 30|date=July 23, 2014}}</ref> Its crime severity index was the fifth-highest among CMAs in Canada behind Regina, Saskatoon, Kelowna and Vancouver.<ref name=2013crime/> In 2011, the city set a record for the most homicides in a year with 53 murders, giving the city a homicide rate of 6.5 per 100,000 people.<ref name="Government of Canada">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=April 13, 2021 |title=Number and rate of homicide victims, by Census Metropolitan Areas |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510007101 |access-date=July 17, 2023 |website=www150.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref> Edmonton had the fourth-most homicides in 2013 with 27, a 49% decrease from 2011. In 2017, it hit another peak in homicides with a slightly lower total of 49, for a rate of 5.2 per 100,000.<ref name="Government of Canada"/><ref name=2013crime/> There were 165 shootings reported in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 24, 2022 |title='Brazenness' of shootings escalating, police say, as videos of public gun violence released |url=https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/brazenness-of-shootings-escalating-police-say-as-videos-of-public-gun-violence-released-1.5832762 |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=Edmonton |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gun Violence 2022 |url=https://www.edmontonpolice.ca/News/SuccessStories/GunViolence2022 |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=www.edmontonpolice.ca |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, Edmonton saw an increase in homicides with 46 being reported, giving the city a homicide rate of around 4.5 per 100,000 and also had a record 221 shootings, a 33.9% increase from the year before.<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" />

Noteworthy events that have occurred in Edmonton include the 1965 [[Edmonton aircraft bombing]], the 2011 [[Mark Twitchell|murder of Johnny Altinger]], the 2012 [[University of Alberta shooting]], the 2014 [[Edmonton shooting]], and the [[2017 Edmonton attack]]. Over $100,000 of property damage to Edmonton City Hall occurred in a shooting and firebombs attack on January 23, 2024, where no one was injured.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/damage-in-edmonton-city-hall-attack-estimated-at-100k-meetings-canceled-next-week/ar-BB1hjRnY Damage in Edmonton city hall attack estimated at $100K, meetings canceled next week], January 26, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://globalnews.ca/news/10244633/edmonton-city-hall-lockdown-january/ 'Heavily armed' suspect acted alone in Edmonton City Hall shooting: police], January 23, 2024.</ref>