Photo: Darren Kirby · CC BY-SA 2.0Per resident, La Ronge records more crime than almost every Canadian town
Its Safety Grade is D−, on crime the police covering La Ronge reported from 2023 to 2025: #102 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Steady over the three years, the index read 735.3 in 2023 and 707.8 in 2025. Each year brought 146.8 violent incidents and 289.6 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). Of the two halves, violence comes to 1,169 and other offences to 540.9, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8.
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. Measured across the La Ronge detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in La Ronge
Mischief: high for a town its size
La Ronge records 217.1 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 ↓
Heavier than Saskatchewan’s middle
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 715.9 in La Ronge. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and La Ronge stands 40th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, La Ronge’s two halves part ways: 1,169 for violence (typical 85.7) and 540.9 for the rest (typical 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 La Ronge’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: #102 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #2,561 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.
La Ronge’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, La Ronge runs highest on mischief (217.1 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (11.9 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (98 per 1,000 against 6.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 25.3 | 2.4 | 71% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 28.3 | 2.7 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 68.3 | 6.5 | 37% |
| Robbery | 36.3 | 3.5 | 63% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 8.3 | 0.8 | 88% |
| Other violent violations | 16.3 | 1.6 | 53% |
| Breaking and entering | 200.3 | 19.1 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 32 | 3 | 33% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 166.3 | 15.8 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 0.9 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 277 | 26.3 | 19% |
| Mischief | 2,284.3 | 217.1 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 111.7 | 10.6 | 51% |
| Administration of justice violations | 835 | 79.4 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 106.7 | 10.2 | 49% |
| Drug violations | 125 | 11.9 | 31% |
| Impaired driving | 209.7 | 20 | 34% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, La Ronge places 40th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grey Manitoba | 2,655 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Outlook Saskatchewan | 2,629 | 42 | 39.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 16 | Rosetown Saskatchewan | 2,600 | 54.6 | 46.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Russell Manitoba | 2,715 | 170 | 183.3 | D |
| 38 | Meadow Lake No. 588 Saskatchewan | 2,712 | 243 | 329.2 | D |
| 39 | High Prairie Alberta | 2,607 | 334.5 | 521.9 | D− |
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 La Ronge in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 1,540 violent incidents a year in the 10,600-resident police area around La Ronge, 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 3,050 property crimes, plus 2,460 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
La Ronge, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (735.3); the low point came in 2024, at 704.6. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | La Ronge | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 707.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 704.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 735.3 | 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 La Ronge, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around La Ronge
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ronge | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | D− |
| Air Ronge (4 km) | 1,515 | 715.9 | 1,169 | D− |
| Division No. 18, Unorganized (63 km) | 1,891 | 1,158.6 | 1,529.9 | D− |
| Pinehouse (94 km) | 1,064 | 750 | 888.6 | D− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over La Ronge. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. La Ronge has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–94 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 La Ronge is one part.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in La Ronge
Is La Ronge safe?
Police-reported crime in La Ronge scores 715.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 146.8 violent incidents and 289.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in La Ronge?
Mischief is the most common, at 217.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (190.7) and assault (98).
Is crime going up in La Ronge?
Not much: the index went from 735.3 in 2023 to 707.8 in 2025.
How much of La Ronge’s crime do police solve?
45%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 58% and non-violent crime at 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers La Ronge 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).