Photo: Tim Beckett · CC BY 2.0Division No. 18, Unorganized has more crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Division No. 18, Unorganized reported put it at D− for safety. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 1,529.9 and 1,019.9. Violence and property crime split as 243.0 violent incidents and 708.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 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. Not measured by town: crime severity and crime rate (the Wollaston Lake detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Division No. 18, Unorganized
More people here than live here
About 57% of Division No. 18, Unorganized’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 18, Unorganized records 646.1 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; Division No. 18, Unorganized, 1,158.6. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 45% of crime in Division No. 18, Unorganized ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 62% of violent crime and 35% 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.
What sits behind Division No. 18, Unorganized’s D−
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 Division No. 18, Unorganized’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 18, Unorganized runs highest on mischief (646.1 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (181.3 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (6.9 per 1,000 against 0.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.7 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.3 | 2.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9 | 6.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 8.3 | 5.6 | 45% |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.7 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 1.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 28.3 | 19.3 | 31% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 1.8 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 23.3 | 15.9 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 28 | 19.2 | 11% |
| Mischief | 951 | 646.1 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 25.3 | 17.1 | 37% |
| Administration of justice violations | 227.7 | 154.3 | 62% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 38.3 | 26.2 | 35% |
| Drug violations | 4.3 | 2.9 | — |
| Impaired driving | 71.3 | 48.3 | 12% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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.
Division No. 18, Unorganized’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (1,466.6) and 2023 the trough (895.2). Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Division No. 18, Unorganized | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,113.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 1,466.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 895.2 | 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 Division No. 18, Unorganized, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Division No. 18, Unorganized
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 18, Unorganized | 1,891 | 1,158.6 | 1,529.9 | D− |
| La Ronge (63 km) | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | D− |
| Air Ronge (67 km) | 1,515 | 715.9 | 1,169 | D− |
| Pinehouse (115 km) | 1,064 | 750 | 888.6 | D− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Division No. 18, Unorganized. La Ronge, 63 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 715.9 to 1,158.6.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Division No. 18, Unorganized has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 63–115 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.”
- Small numbers. With roughly 1,554 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Division No. 18, Unorganized together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- Reading the number. 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.
Questions about safety in Division No. 18, Unorganized
Is Division No. 18, Unorganized safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 1,158.6 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Division No. 18, Unorganized stands, with 243 violent and 708 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 18, Unorganized?
Police record mischief most, 646.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (325.8) and assault (181.3).
Is crime going up in Division No. 18, Unorganized?
Yes: the index rose 24%, from 895.2 in 2023 to 1,113.8 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Division No. 18, Unorganized’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 45% of crime (62% of violent crime, 35% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Division No. 18, Unorganized 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).