More crimes per resident are recorded in Buckland No. 491 than in 97% of Canadian towns
A Safety Grade of D− follows from crime the police covering Buckland No. 491 reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #98 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Of the two halves, violence comes to 425.8 and other offences to 297.5, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. In a usual year, 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Prince Albert detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Buckland No. 491
Mischief: high for a town its size
Buckland No. 491 records 44.4 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 ↓
Heavier than Saskatchewan’s middle
Set among Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median is 118.6, Buckland No. 491 scores 332.1. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Buckland No. 491 is 39th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Buckland No. 491 moved from 373 to 308.4, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The D− for Buckland No. 491, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 10 km from Buckland No. 491, since none reports under the town’s name.
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.
Buckland No. 491’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Buckland No. 491 runs highest on mischief (44.4 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (15.4 per 1,000 against 2.8) and motor vehicle theft (14.7 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 | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9.7 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 27 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Robbery | 25.3 | 1.8 | 54% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.5 | 45% |
| Breaking and entering | 221.7 | 15.4 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 187.3 | 13 | 17% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 212.3 | 14.7 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17.3 | 1.2 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 157.7 | 10.9 | 4% |
| Mischief | 640.3 | 44.4 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 65 | 4.5 | 38% |
| Administration of justice violations | 377.3 | 26.1 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 66.7 | 4.6 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 47.3 | 3.3 | 26% |
| Impaired driving | 115.7 | 8 | 40% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Buckland No. 491 comes 39th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Mackenzie British Columbia | 3,442 | 157.5 | 248.1 | D |
| 37 | Bifrost-Riverton Manitoba | 3,518 | 307.1 | 431.5 | D− |
| 38 | Prince Albert No. 461 Saskatchewan | 3,589 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| 39 | Buckland No. 491 Saskatchewan | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 Buckland No. 491 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Year by year in Buckland No. 491: down 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 373, and 2025 the lightest at 308.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Buckland No. 491 | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 314.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 373 | 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 Buckland No. 491, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
The detachment nearest Buckland No. 491, 14,600 residents: around 650 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 1,540 a year and other violations 1,070 (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 Buckland No. 491
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckland No. 491 | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Prince Albert | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | D− |
| Prince Albert No. 461 | 3,589 | 332.1 | 425.8 | 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
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Buckland No. 491
Is Buckland No. 491 safe?
Buckland No. 491 scores 332.1 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Buckland No. 491?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 49.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (44.4) and assault (25.6).
Is crime going up in Buckland No. 491?
No: the index fell 17%, from 373 in 2023 to 308.4 in 2025.
How much of Buckland No. 491’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 35% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 58% of violent crime and 22% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Buckland No. 491 together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).