Photo: ««« OisinisiO »»» ᵀ ᴭᴸᵏ · CC BY-SA 3.0Kipling sees more crime per resident than 91% of Canadian towns
Behind the grade sit 43.6 violent incidents and 53.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. The index fell from 176.9 in 2023 to 151.4 in 2025. On crime the police covering Kipling reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D for safety. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 272.2 and 121.5.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Broadview detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Kipling
Mischief: high for a town its size
Kipling 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 ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 60% of crime in Kipling ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 81% of violent crime and 41% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Above Saskatchewan’s typical town
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 163.5 in Kipling. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 272.2 on Kipling’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 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.
What’s behind Kipling’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 31 km off, which covers its own area rather than Kipling.
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 Kipling’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Kipling 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.
Kipling, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (176.9); the low point came in 2025, at 151.4. 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 | Kipling | 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 Kipling, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Kipling, 8,330 residents, recorded about 360 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 440 a year and other violations 330 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Kipling
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kipling | 1,091 | 163.5 | 272.2 | D |
| Grenfell (40 km) | 1,203 | 163.5 | 272.2 | D |
| Carlyle (59 km) | 1,571 | 126.1 | 169.7 | D |
| Moosomin (69 km) | 2,906 | 68.2 | 62.3 | B− |
| Esterhazy (74 km) | 2,513 | 66.4 | 84.4 | B− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Kipling. Carlyle, 58.5 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 126.1 to 163.5. The table leaves out one neighbour whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 40–74 km from Kipling.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- How serious, not how safe. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Kipling
Is Kipling safe?
With 43.6 violent incidents and 53.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Kipling comes to 163.5 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Kipling?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 27.2, assault at 25.4 and mischief at 24.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Kipling?
Down 14%: 176.9 in 2023, 151.4 in 2025.
How much of Kipling’s crime do police solve?
About 60% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 81% of violent and 41% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Kipling 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).