Photo: Ktownsk · Public domainKindersley sees more crime per resident than 76% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 83.7 and other offences to 101.5, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. In 2023 the index stood at 91.9; it rose to 98.8 in 2025. What’s more, its letter for safety is C−, worked out from crime the police covering Kindersley reported over 2023 to 2025: #14 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Year on year, 14.7 violent incidents and 43.1 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 Kindersley detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Kindersley
Mischief: high for a town its size
Kindersley records 12.8 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Kindersley stands 32nd, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Kindersley’s index splits into violent crime, 83.7 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 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 Kindersley. 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 Kindersley’s grade
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.
Its place: #14 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #1,836 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What police record in Kindersley, by type
Against the typical town its size, Kindersley runs highest on mischief (12.8 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (7.1 per 1,000 against 2.8) and drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.7). 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 to 10,000 people.
Kindersley comes 32nd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Valley Ontario | 4,759 | 26.4 | 20.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Edenwold No. 158 Saskatchewan | 4,932 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Shippagan New Brunswick | 4,721 | 80.3 | 100.6 | C |
| 30 | Barrhead Alberta | 4,768 | 81.9 | 73.6 | C |
| 31 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D Nova Scotia | 4,692 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| 32 | Kindersley Saskatchewan | 4,740 | 95.9 | 83.7 | C− |
| 33 | Melville Saskatchewan | 4,547 | 104.2 | 145.1 | C− |
| 34 | Central Okanagan British Columbia | 4,784 | 106.7 | 102.5 | C− |
| 35 | Woodlands County Alberta | 4,778 | 120.9 | 106.4 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Battleford Saskatchewan | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Kindersley in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Kindersley is part of, 12,800 residents, recorded about 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.
Kindersley, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 98.8; the lightest was 2023, at 91.9. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Kindersley | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 98.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 96.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 91.9 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Kindersley, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Kindersley
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindersley | 4,740 | 95.9 | 83.7 | C− |
| Kindersley No. 290 (8 km) | 1,023 | 95.9 | 83.7 | C− |
| Eston (44 km) | 1,005 | 95.9 | 83.7 | C− |
| Rosetown (81 km) | 2,600 | 54.6 | 46.6 | B |
| Biggar (104 km) | 2,337 | 81.6 | 52.5 | C |
| Unity (109 km) | 2,543 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 2 come in under Kindersley. Just 80.9 km away, Rosetown comes to 54.6, against 95.9. Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 2 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 8–109 km from Kindersley.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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 builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A wider policing area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Kindersley is one part.
Questions about safety in Kindersley
Is Kindersley safe?
Its police recorded 14.7 violent incidents and 43.1 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Kindersley a Crime Severity Index of 95.9. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Kindersley?
Most often it is mischief: 12.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 10.8 and other Criminal Code offences at 9.7.
Is crime going up in Kindersley?
Yes: the index rose 7%, from 91.9 in 2023 to 98.8 in 2025.
How much of Kindersley’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 46% of violent crime and 22% of everything else, 28% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Kindersley 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).