Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Crime per resident in Battleford runs higher than in 97% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 390.5 in 2023 to 353.3 in 2025. On the record of crime the police covering Battleford reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D− for safety: #98 of 104 in Saskatchewan. For every 1,000 residents, 63.2 violent incidents and 134.5 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Its violent half comes to 479.8 and its non-violent half to 299.8, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8.
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 North Battleford detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Battleford
Mischief: high for a town its size
Battleford records 77 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than most of Saskatchewan
Set among Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median is 118.6, Battleford scores 349.1. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Battleford is 40th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. 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.
Inside Battleford’s D− for safety
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 5 km from Battleford, 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.
Its place: #98 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #2,545 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Which crimes make up Battleford’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Battleford runs highest on mischief (77 per 1,000 against 4.9), assault (38.5 per 1,000 against 6.7) and motor vehicle theft (15.2 per 1,000 against 2.6). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 11 | 1 | 66% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 17 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 2.3 | 35% |
| Robbery | 17 | 1.5 | 61% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.5 | 53% |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 133.3 | 11.7 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 101.3 | 8.9 | 18% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 172.7 | 15.2 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11 | 1 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 133.3 | 11.7 | 11% |
| Mischief | 878 | 77 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 54.7 | 4.8 | 49% |
| Administration of justice violations | 400 | 35.1 | 76% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 57 | 5 | 49% |
| Drug violations | 39.7 | 3.5 | 25% |
| Impaired driving | 144.3 | 12.7 | 38% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Battleford comes 40th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Kindersley Saskatchewan | 4,740 | 95.9 | 83.7 | C− |
| 34 | Melville Saskatchewan | 4,547 | 104.2 | 145.1 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Vanderhoof British Columbia | 4,545 | 126.5 | 178.5 | D |
| 38 | Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona British Columbia | 4,546 | 166.3 | 162.8 | D |
| 39 | Flin Flon (Part) Manitoba | 4,732 | 332 | 605.3 | D− |
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Battleford in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment nearest Battleford, 11,400 residents: around 720 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 1,530 property crimes and 1,140 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Battleford, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (390.5); 2024 was the lightest, at 303.4. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Battleford | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 353.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 303.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 390.5 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Battleford, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Battleford
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battleford | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
| North Battleford | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | D− |
| Battle River No. 438 | 1,080 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Solved cases. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Battleford
Is Battleford safe?
Battleford’s Crime Severity Index is 349.1 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 63.2 violent incidents and 134.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Battleford?
Police record mischief most, 77 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (74) and assault (38.5).
Is crime going up in Battleford?
No: the index fell 10%, from 390.5 in 2023 to 353.3 in 2025.
How much of Battleford’s crime do police solve?
About 35% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 50% of violent and 25% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Battleford 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).