Photo: Bonnie Isaac · CC0More crimes per resident are recorded in Frenchman Butte No. 501 than in 94% of Canadian towns
Police clear 39% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%. Of the two halves, violence comes to 233.3 and other offences to 185.1, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Measured on crime the police covering Frenchman Butte No. 501 reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D. Typical years here bring 31.8 violent incidents plus 80.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Turtleford detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Frenchman Butte No. 501
Mischief: high for a town its size
Frenchman Butte No. 501 records 33 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 ↓
More severe than in 2023
From 150.1 in 2023 to 245.8 in 2025: that is Frenchman Butte No. 501’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Over the Saskatchewan norm
Frenchman Butte No. 501’s index of 197.7 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. 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.
Frenchman Butte No. 501: D for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 39 km from Frenchman Butte No. 501, 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Year by year in Frenchman Butte No. 501: up 64%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (245.8) and 2023 least (150.1). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Frenchman Butte No. 501 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 245.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 197.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 150.1 | 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 Frenchman Butte No. 501, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Frenchman Butte No. 501’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Frenchman Butte No. 501 runs highest on mischief (33 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (11 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (9.4 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.3 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 7 | 0.8 | 76% |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 78.7 | 9.4 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 31.7 | 3.8 | 22% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 92 | 11 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 28 | 3.3 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 104 | 12.4 | 16% |
| Mischief | 276.7 | 33 | 31% |
| Weapons violations | 7 | 0.8 | 61% |
| Administration of justice violations | 251 | 29.9 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 24.7 | 2.9 | 38% |
| Drug violations | 13.3 | 1.6 | 20% |
| Impaired driving | 36.3 | 4.3 | 45% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
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.
About 270 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Frenchman Butte No. 501 (8,500 residents), 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.
And about 670 property crimes, plus 460 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Frenchman Butte No. 501
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchman Butte No. 501 | 1,382 | 197.7 | 233.3 | D |
| Mervin No. 499 (39 km) | 1,920 | 197.7 | 233.3 | D |
| Britannia No. 502 (43 km) | 2,212 | 125.2 | 105.4 | D |
| Maidstone (46 km) | 1,222 | 125.2 | 105.4 | D |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Frenchman Butte No. 501. Britannia No. 502, 42.7 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 125.2 to 197.7. The table leaves out one neighbour whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 39–46 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Frenchman Butte No. 501.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Frenchman Butte No. 501
Is Frenchman Butte No. 501 safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Frenchman Butte No. 501 comes to 197.7. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 31.8 violent incidents and 80.4 property crimes. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Frenchman Butte No. 501?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 43 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 33 and assault at 19.2.
Is crime going up in Frenchman Butte No. 501?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 64%, to 245.8 from 150.1.
How much of Frenchman Butte No. 501’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 39% of crime (59% of violent crime, 28% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Frenchman Butte No. 501 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).