Public safety is the top issue this election. How will Edmonton's next mayor tackle it? - October 18, 2025

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Candidates say they are consistently hearing about it at the doors. It’s sprinkled across mayoral platforms and mailbox flyers. And the polling backs it up as the top election issue.

Edmontonians feel less safe than they did four years ago — and they want to see change.

Some 85 per cent of respondents in a Janet Brown Opinion Research poll commissioned by CBC News rated improving safety and reducing crime as issues of high importance for the next council.