Photo: Masalai · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Grenfell than in 91% of Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had dropped to 151.4, down from 176.9 in 2023. Its violent half comes to 272.2 and its non-violent half to 121.5, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. A Safety Grade of D follows from crime the police covering Grenfell reported over the years 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 43.6 violent incidents and 53.1 incidents of property crime are reported annually, 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts for the Broadview detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Grenfell
Mischief: high for a town its size
Grenfell records 24.6 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 ↓
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Grenfell’s police clear 60%, 81% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Questions ↓
Over the Saskatchewan norm
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Grenfell, 163.5. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Grenfell’s index splits into violent crime, 272.2 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 121.5 against 62.8. By type ↓
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 Grenfell
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Grenfell itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 25 km away.
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.
What police record in Grenfell, by type
Against the typical town its size, Grenfell runs highest on mischief (24.6 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (25.4 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (5.6 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 | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 10.3 | 1.2 | 71% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 15 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7 | 0.8 | 86% |
| Breaking and entering | 46.3 | 5.6 | 26% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10.3 | 1.2 | 49% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 42.3 | 5.1 | 42% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.3 | 1.1 | 11% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 68.7 | 8.3 | 32% |
| Mischief | 204.3 | 24.6 | 37% |
| Weapons violations | 11.3 | 1.4 | 77% |
| Administration of justice violations | 149 | 17.9 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.3 | 2.3 | 71% |
| Drug violations | 8.7 | 1 | 46% |
| Impaired driving | 71.7 | 8.6 | 60% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.1 | — |
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.
Grenfell, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 176.9; the lightest was 2025, at 151.4. 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 | Grenfell | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 162.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 176.9 | 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 Grenfell, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 360 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Grenfell (8,330 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 440 property crimes, plus 330 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 Grenfell
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenfell | 1,203 | 163.5 | 272.2 | D |
| Kipling (40 km) | 1,091 | 163.5 | 272.2 | D |
| Indian Head (54 km) | 2,201 | 66.7 | 68.2 | B− |
| Melville (59 km) | 4,547 | 104.2 | 145.1 | C− |
| Esterhazy (66 km) | 2,513 | 66.4 | 84.4 | B− |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 (71 km) | 1,044 | 166.6 | 212 | D |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 3 come in under Grenfell. Just 54.1 km away, Indian Head comes to 66.7, against 163.5. One place nearby is policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Grenfell has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 40–71 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- What 100 means. 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 Grenfell
Is Grenfell safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Grenfell scores 163.5 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 43.6 violent and 53.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Grenfell?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (27.2 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 25.4, and mischief, at 24.6, follow.
Is crime going up in Grenfell?
Down 14%: 176.9 in 2023, 151.4 in 2025.
How much of Grenfell’s crime do police solve?
60%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 81% and non-violent crime at 41%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Grenfell 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).