Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Balgonie sees less crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
Police cleared 42% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. It grades B+ for safety on crime the police covering Balgonie reported from 2023 to 2025. Typical years here bring 11.6 violent incidents plus 21.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its Crime Severity Index averaged 52.8 over 2023–2025, against 67.2 for 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. Measured across the White Butte detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Balgonie
Under the Saskatchewan norm
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Balgonie, 52.8. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
From 60.1 in 2023 to 45.5 in 2025: that is Balgonie’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Balgonie records 7.2 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 ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Balgonie’s B+ for safety
How sure: Less sure, as Balgonie has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 9 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.
Balgonie’s index fell 24% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (60.1); 2025 was the lightest, at 45.5. 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 | Balgonie | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 52.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 60.1 | 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 Balgonie, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Balgonie’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Balgonie runs highest on mischief (7.2 per 1,000 against 4.2). Fraud 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 | 5 | 0.3 | 40% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 46.7 | 2.5 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 18.7 | 1 | 36% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 32.7 | 1.7 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17 | 0.9 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 84 | 4.5 | 12% |
| Mischief | 134 | 7.2 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 11.3 | 0.6 | 73% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54.3 | 2.9 | 77% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.3 | 0.4 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 19 | 1 | 63% |
| Impaired driving | 87.3 | 4.6 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.05 | — |
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.
Around 220 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Balgonie (19,100 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 400 property crimes, plus 230 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Balgonie
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balgonie | 2,020 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| White City | 4,379 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Edenwold No. 158 | 4,932 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Pilot Butte | 3,255 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| South Qu'Appelle No. 157 | 1,256 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Lajord No. 128 | 1,191 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 5 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Balgonie
Is Balgonie safe?
Balgonie measures 52.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 11.6 violent incidents and 21.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Balgonie?
Most often it is mischief: 7.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come Criminal Code traffic offences at 5.6 and assault at 5.5.
Is crime going up in Balgonie?
The reverse: 60.1 in 2023 came down to 45.5 by 2025, 24% lower.
How much of Balgonie’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 42%: 66% for violent crime and 30% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Balgonie 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).