Recorded crime per resident is higher in Britannia No. 502 than in 87% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 105.4 and its non-violent half to 134.2, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. Measured on crime the police covering Britannia No. 502 reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Out of every 1,000 residents, 13.2 violent incidents and 49.3 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 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 Maidstone detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Britannia No. 502
Mischief: high for a town its size
Britannia No. 502 records 14.5 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 on property and other crime
Britannia No. 502’s index splits into violent crime, 105.4 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 134.2 against 62.8. By type ↓
More severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Britannia No. 502 stood at 101.8, by 2025 at 117.6. Over the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Much like Saskatchewan’s towns
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Britannia No. 502, 125.2. 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.
The grade: D for Britannia No. 502
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Britannia No. 502 itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 52 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.
What police record in Britannia No. 502, by type
Against the typical town its size, Britannia No. 502 runs highest on mischief (14.5 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (2.3 per 1,000 against 0.7) and motor vehicle theft (6 per 1,000 against 2.4). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 38.7 | 5 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 31.7 | 4.1 | 27% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 46 | 6 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 27.7 | 3.6 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 75.3 | 9.8 | 12% |
| Mischief | 111.3 | 14.5 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 8.7 | 1.1 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 124.7 | 16.3 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8 | 1 | 41% |
| Drug violations | 17.7 | 2.3 | 69% |
| Impaired driving | 34.7 | 4.5 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
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.
Year by year in Britannia No. 502: up 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 156.2; 2023 was lightest, at 101.8. 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 | Britannia No. 502 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 156.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 101.8 | 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 Britannia No. 502, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Britannia No. 502, 7,760 residents, recorded about 100 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.
Property crime adds about 380 a year and other violations 270 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Britannia No. 502
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britannia No. 502 | 2,212 | 125.2 | 105.4 | D |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 13,137 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Britannia No. 502.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
Questions about safety in Britannia No. 502
Is Britannia No. 502 safe?
Britannia No. 502 scores 125.2 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 13.2 violent incidents and 49.3 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Britannia No. 502?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 22.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (14.5) and theft under $5,000 (9.8).
Is crime going up in Britannia No. 502?
Up 16%: 101.8 in 2023, 117.6 in 2025.
How much of Britannia No. 502’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 33%: 39% for violent crime and 31% 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 Britannia No. 502 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).