Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Creighton records more crime per resident than 95% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 325.6 and other offences to 215.9, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. The Safety Grade comes out at D, drawn from crime the police covering Creighton reported through 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 69.2 violent incidents and 120.4 incidents of property crime were recorded, 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Creighton detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Creighton
Mischief: high for a town its size
Creighton records 84.7 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 than Saskatchewan’s middle
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Creighton, 245.7. 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.
What’s behind Creighton’s grade
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.
Crime in Creighton, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Creighton runs highest on mischief (84.7 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (42.7 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (9.8 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 2.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.8 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.3 | 1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 1.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23.3 | 9.8 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13.3 | 5.6 | 32% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 33 | 13.9 | 31% |
| Mischief | 201.3 | 84.7 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 1.8 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 91.3 | 38.4 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9 | 3.8 | 41% |
| Drug violations | 7.7 | 3.2 | 13% |
| Impaired driving | 16.7 | 7 | 28% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
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.
2,340 residents, about 160 violent incidents a year: the police area Creighton belongs to, 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 290 property crimes and 180 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Creighton’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 270.8; 2025 was the lightest, at 199.3. 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 | Creighton | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 199.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 270.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 267 | 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 Creighton, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Creighton
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creighton | 1,238 | 245.7 | 325.6 | D |
| Flin Flon (Part) (4 km) | 4,732 | 332 | 605.3 | D− |
| Kelsey (72 km) | 2,142 | 142.9 | 188 | D |
| Pelican Narrows 184B (80 km) | 1,923 | 1,674.8 | 3,036.3 | D− |
| Division No. 21, Unorganized (100 km) | 1,820 | 1,013.4 | 2,192.7 | D− |
| The Pas (112 km) | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | D− |
1 of the 5 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Creighton. Kelsey, 71.8 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 142.9 to 245.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 4–112 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Creighton.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 2,344 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.”
- Town and surroundings together. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Creighton is one part.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Creighton
Is Creighton safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Creighton’s Crime Severity Index stands at 245.7 for 2023–2025. Its police record 69.2 violent incidents and 120.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Creighton?
Top of the list is mischief (84.7 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 61.1, and assault, at 42.7, follow.
Is crime going up in Creighton?
The reverse: 267 in 2023 came down to 199.3 by 2025, 25% lower. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Creighton’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 38% of crime (58% of violent crime, 25% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Creighton 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).