Beaver River No. 622 has more crime per resident than 98% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 721.7 and other offences for 326.7, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Beaver River No. 622 reported put it at D− for safety. What’s more, the local count comes to 77.3 violent incidents and 124.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the Pierceland detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Beaver River No. 622
More people here than live here
Seasonal homes make up about 45% of Beaver River No. 622’s housing, so summer crime is set against winter’s population and the rates read high. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Beaver River No. 622 records 74.4 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 ↓
Over the Saskatchewan norm
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Beaver River No. 622, 436.9. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 48% of crime in Beaver River No. 622 ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 57% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D− for Beaver River No. 622
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 19 km from Beaver River No. 622, 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.
Which crimes make up Beaver River No. 622’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Beaver River No. 622 runs highest on mischief (74.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (54.4 per 1,000 against 6.7) and motor vehicle theft (17.2 per 1,000 against 2.4). Theft under $5,000 and fraud sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5 | 1.5 | 66% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 1.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6.7 | 2 | 25% |
| Robbery | 7.7 | 2.3 | 65% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 37 | 11.1 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 12.7 | 3.8 | 39% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 57.7 | 17.2 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 36.7 | 10.9 | 14% |
| Mischief | 250 | 74.4 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 24 | 7.2 | 55% |
| Administration of justice violations | 230.3 | 68.7 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 4.3 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 14.7 | 4.4 | 27% |
| Impaired driving | 51 | 15.2 | 62% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 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.
The detachment nearest Beaver River No. 622, 3,370 residents: around 260 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.
And about 420 property crimes, plus 510 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Beaver River No. 622’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 497.5; the lightest was 2023, at 368.5. 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 | Beaver River No. 622 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 497.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 444.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 368.5 | 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 Beaver River No. 622, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Beaver River No. 622
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver River No. 622 | 1,442 | 436.9 | 721.7 | D− |
| Meadow Lake No. 588 (45 km) | 2,712 | 243 | 329.2 | D |
| Meadow Lake (60 km) | 5,667 | 335.8 | 395.4 | D− |
| Cold Lake (61 km) | 17,798 | 204.1 | 204.7 | D |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Beaver River No. 622. Meadow Lake No. 588, 45.4 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 243 to 436.9.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Beaver River No. 622 with figures are 45–61 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. About 3,369 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Beaver River No. 622
Is Beaver River No. 622 safe?
Beaver River No. 622’s Crime Severity Index is 436.9 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 77.3 violent incidents and 124.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Beaver River No. 622?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 106.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 74.4 and assault at 54.4.
Is crime going up in Beaver River No. 622?
It went up 35% between 2023 and 2025, from 368.5 to 497.5. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Beaver River No. 622’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 48% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 57% of violent and 41% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Beaver River No. 622 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).