Few Canadian towns record more crime per resident than Air Ronge
Across 2023 to 2025 the index held steady, 735.3 to 707.8. A Safety Grade of D− follows from crime the police covering Air Ronge reported over the years 2023 to 2025. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 1,169 and 540.9. Annual rates stand at 146.8 violent incidents and 289.6 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the La Ronge detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Air Ronge
Mischief: high for a town its size
Air Ronge records 217.1 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Heavier than Saskatchewan’s middle
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Air Ronge, 715.9. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Air Ronge’s two halves part ways: 1,169 for violence (typical 86.4) and 540.9 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Above-typical clearance
Police cleared 45% of Air Ronge’s crime, weighted by seriousness (58% of violent crime, 33% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The D− for Air Ronge, and how it is built
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 4 km from Air Ronge, not to the town.
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.
Air Ronge’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Air Ronge runs highest on mischief (217.1 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (11.9 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (98 per 1,000 against 6.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 25.3 | 2.4 | 71% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 28.3 | 2.7 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 68.3 | 6.5 | 37% |
| Robbery | 36.3 | 3.5 | 63% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 8.3 | 0.8 | 88% |
| Other violent violations | 16.3 | 1.6 | 53% |
| Breaking and entering | 200.3 | 19.1 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 32 | 3 | 33% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 166.3 | 15.8 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 277 | 26.3 | 19% |
| Mischief | 2,284.3 | 217.1 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 111.7 | 10.6 | 51% |
| Administration of justice violations | 835 | 79.4 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 106.7 | 10.2 | 49% |
| Drug violations | 125 | 11.9 | 31% |
| Impaired driving | 209.7 | 20 | 34% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
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.
About 1,540 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Air Ronge (10,600 residents), 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.
And about 3,050 property crimes, plus 2,460 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Air Ronge, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 735.3, against a low of 704.6 in 2024. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Air Ronge | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 707.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 704.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 735.3 | 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 Air Ronge, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Air Ronge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Ronge | 1,515 | 715.9 | 1,169 | D− |
| La Ronge (4 km) | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | D− |
| Division No. 18, Unorganized (67 km) | 1,891 | 1,158.6 | 1,529.9 | D− |
| Pinehouse (94 km) | 1,064 | 750 | 888.6 | D− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Air Ronge. Sharing its police with one neighbour, it shares that neighbour’s figure as well, so the neighbour isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Air Ronge has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–94 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Air Ronge
Is Air Ronge safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Air Ronge’s Crime Severity Index stands at 715.9 for 2023–2025. Its police record 146.8 violent incidents and 289.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Air Ronge?
Police record mischief most, 217.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (190.7) and assault (98).
Is crime going up in Air Ronge?
The index stayed close to where it was, 735.3 in 2023 and 707.8 in 2025.
How much of Air Ronge’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 58% of violent crime and 33% of everything else, 45% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Air Ronge and everywhere else it polices.
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).