Photo: waferboard · CC BY 2.0Per resident, Assiniboia records more crime than 64% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 76.1 and its non-violent half to 78.2, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. Police clear 28% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%. Measured on crime the police covering Assiniboia reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C+. Annual rates stand at 19.6 violent incidents and 33.7 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Assiniboia detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Assiniboia
Mischief: high for a town its size
Assiniboia records 10.2 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 ↓
Lighter than Saskatchewan’s middle
Set among Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median is 118.6, Assiniboia scores 77.1. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Assiniboia’s index splits into violent crime, 76.1 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 78.2 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Assiniboia’s grade
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 Assiniboia, by type
Against the typical town its size, Assiniboia runs highest on mischief (10.2 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (4.5 per 1,000 against 2.5) and fraud (7.5 per 1,000 against 5.1). Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 21.7 | 4.5 | 6% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 10 | 2.1 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.7 | 1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 37.7 | 7.9 | 15% |
| Mischief | 49 | 10.2 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.7 | 8.9 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5 | 1 | 60% |
| Drug violations | 5.7 | 1.2 | 12% |
| Impaired driving | 20.3 | 4.2 | 20% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
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.
4,810 residents, about 94 violent incidents a year: the police area Assiniboia belongs to, 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 160 property crimes and 100 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Assiniboia’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 86.1 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 64.1 in 2023. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Assiniboia | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 86.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 64.1 | 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 Assiniboia, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Assiniboia
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assiniboia | 2,431 | 77.1 | 76.1 | C+ |
| Gravelbourg (49 km) | 1,047 | 65 | 74 | B− |
| Moose Jaw No. 161 (85 km) | 1,293 | 60.6 | 62.3 | B− |
| Moose Jaw (91 km) | 36,337 | 105 | 105.2 | C− |
| Caronport (93 km) | 1,029 | 60.6 | 62.3 | B− |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 3 come in under Assiniboia. Closest is Gravelbourg, 49 km away, at 65 to 77.1 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 49–93 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Assiniboia.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Read with care. The police behind these figures serve about 4,814 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Shared with the countryside. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Assiniboia together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
Questions about safety in Assiniboia
Is Assiniboia safe?
With 19.6 violent incidents and 33.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Assiniboia comes to 77.1 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Assiniboia?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 14.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (10.2) and assault (8).
Is crime going up in Assiniboia?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 27%, to 81.1 from 64.1. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Assiniboia’s crime do police solve?
About 28% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 56% of violent and 17% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Assiniboia and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).