Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Fort Qu'Appelle than in 92% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 212 and other offences to 149.8, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 164.1 in 2023 to 150.7 by 2025. That puts it at D for safety, judged on crime the police covering Fort Qu'Appelle reported from 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 42.7 violent incidents and 80.2 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Fort Qu'Appelle detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Fort Qu'Appelle
Mischief: high for a town its size
Fort Qu'Appelle records 47.5 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 than Saskatchewan’s middle
Set among Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median is 118.6, Fort Qu'Appelle scores 166.6. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 49% for Fort Qu'Appelle (60% violent, 42% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
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 Fort Qu'Appelle
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 Fort Qu'Appelle, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Fort Qu'Appelle runs highest on mischief (47.5 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (24.4 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (6.5 per 1,000 against 2.5). 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 | 9 | 1 | 78% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.3 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.5 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5 | 0.6 | 40% |
| Breaking and entering | 57.3 | 6.5 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 9.3 | 1.1 | 57% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 48.3 | 5.5 | 38% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6 | 0.7 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 94 | 10.7 | 27% |
| Mischief | 418.7 | 47.5 | 45% |
| Weapons violations | 12.3 | 1.4 | 49% |
| Administration of justice violations | 250.7 | 28.4 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20.7 | 2.3 | 58% |
| Drug violations | 12 | 1.4 | 23% |
| Impaired driving | 101.3 | 11.5 | 41% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
8,970 residents, about 380 violent incidents a year: the police area Fort Qu'Appelle 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.
Property crime adds about 710 a year and other violations 520 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Fort Qu'Appelle, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 184.9; 2025 was the lightest, at 150.7. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Fort Qu'Appelle | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 150.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 184.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 164.1 | 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 Fort Qu'Appelle, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Fort Qu'Appelle
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Qu'Appelle | 2,247 | 166.6 | 212 | D |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 (7 km) | 1,044 | 166.6 | 212 | D |
| Indian Head (27 km) | 2,201 | 66.7 | 68.2 | B− |
| South Qu'Appelle No. 157 (38 km) | 1,256 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Balgonie (46 km) | 2,020 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Fort Qu'Appelle. Closest is Indian Head, 27.4 km away, at 66.7 to 166.6 here. Its police also cover one neighbouring place, which carries the same index and is left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Fort Qu'Appelle has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–46 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Fort Qu'Appelle is one part.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Fort Qu'Appelle
Is Fort Qu'Appelle safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Fort Qu'Appelle scores 166.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 42.7 violent and 80.2 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Fort Qu'Appelle?
Top of the list is mischief (47.5 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 42.5, and assault, at 24.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Fort Qu'Appelle?
It went down 8% between 2023 and 2025, from 164.1 to 150.7.
How much of Fort Qu'Appelle’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 49% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 60% of violent crime and 42% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Fort Qu'Appelle 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).