Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in Prairie View runs higher than in 83% of Canadian towns
Each year brought 18.7 violent incidents and 35.0 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+). Split in two, the index gives 149.1 for violence and 96.6 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crime the police covering Prairie View reported through 2023 to 2025. Police clear 40% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Yellowhead detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Prairie View
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Prairie View records 8.5 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
More severe than in 2023
From 103.6 in 2023 to 129.5 in 2025: that is Prairie View’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Much like Manitoba’s towns
Prairie View’s index of 111 compares with 129.3 for the typical town in Manitoba. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Prairie View’s C−
How sure: Less sure, as Prairie View has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 36 km away.
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Prairie View, by type
Against the typical town its size, Prairie View runs highest on break and enter (8.5 per 1,000 against 2.5), mischief (11.1 per 1,000 against 4.2) and motor vehicle theft (5.1 per 1,000 against 2.4). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 0.6 | 93% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 84.7 | 8.5 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7 | 0.7 | 39% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 51 | 5.1 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 51.3 | 5.2 | 13% |
| Mischief | 110.3 | 11.1 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 58.7 | 5.9 | 58% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 1.1 | 47% |
| Drug violations | 7.3 | 0.7 | 18% |
| Impaired driving | 54.3 | 5.5 | 28% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.1 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Prairie View’s index rose 25% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 129.5, and 2024 lowest at 99.8. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Prairie View | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 99.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 103.6 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Prairie View, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment nearest Prairie View, 9,930 residents: around 190 violent incidents a year, 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 350 property crimes and 200 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Prairie View
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View | 2,149 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Rossburn (32 km) | 1,015 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Yellowhead (32 km) | 1,867 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Russell (40 km) | 2,715 | 170 | 183.3 | D |
| Hamiota (41 km) | 1,210 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 3 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 32–41 km from Prairie View.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Prairie View
Is Prairie View safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Prairie View comes to 111. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 18.7 violent incidents and 35 property crimes. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Prairie View?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (11.1) and assault (10.7).
Is crime going up in Prairie View?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 25%, to 129.5 from 103.6.
How much of Prairie View’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 40% of crime (71% of violent crime, 20% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Prairie View together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).