Eston has more crime per resident than three in four Canadian towns
Year on year, 14.7 violent incidents and 43.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 28% (the typical Canadian town of 2,500+: 34%). Measured on crime the police covering Eston reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 83.7 and 101.5.
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. Measured across the Kindersley detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Eston
Mischief: high for a town its size
Eston records 12.8 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
Violent crime scores 83.7 on Eston’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 101.5 against 62.8. By type ↓
Close to Saskatchewan’s typical town
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 95.9 in Eston. 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 Eston’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 45 km off, which covers its own area rather than Eston.
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 Eston’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Eston runs highest on mischief (12.8 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (7.1 per 1,000 against 2.5) and fraud (5.9 per 1,000 against 5.1). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8 | 0.6 | 38% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 90.3 | 7.1 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 17.3 | 1.4 | 46% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 42.7 | 3.4 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17.3 | 1.4 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 137 | 10.8 | 19% |
| Mischief | 162.7 | 12.8 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 63.3 | 5 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.3 | 1.4 | 34% |
| Drug violations | 18.3 | 1.5 | 38% |
| Impaired driving | 27 | 2.1 | 46% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
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 Eston, 12,800 residents: around 190 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 550 a year and other violations 190 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Eston’s index climbed 7%
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 98.8, with 2023 the lightest at 91.9. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Eston | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 96.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 91.9 | 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 Eston, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Eston
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eston | 1,005 | 95.9 | 83.7 | C− |
| Kindersley (44 km) | 4,740 | 95.9 | 83.7 | C− |
| Kindersley No. 290 (50 km) | 1,023 | 95.9 | 83.7 | C− |
| Rosetown (70 km) | 2,600 | 54.6 | 46.6 | B |
2 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 44–70 km from Eston.
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.”
- 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.
Questions about safety in Eston
Is Eston safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Eston comes to 95.9. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 14.7 violent incidents and 43.1 property crimes. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Eston?
Mischief is the most common, at 12.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (10.8) and other Criminal Code offences (9.7).
Is crime going up in Eston?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 7%, to 98.8 from 91.9.
How much of Eston’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 28% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 46% of violent crime and 22% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Eston 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).