Photo: Bruce Guenter from Saskatoon, SK, Canada · CC BY 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Laird No. 404 than in 73% of Canadian towns
Of the 3 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident. Laird No. 404 grades C for safety on crime the police covering Laird No. 404 reported from 2023 to 2025. Violence accounts for an index of 83.2 and other offences for 91.3, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. For every 1,000 residents, 14.2 violent incidents and 38.5 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2.
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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Warman detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Laird No. 404
Mischief: high for a town its size
Laird No. 404 records 12.6 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 ↓
Lighter than Saskatchewan’s middle
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 88.5 in Laird No. 404. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Laird No. 404’s index splits into violent crime, 83.2 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 91.3 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 Laird No. 404’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 28 km from Laird No. 404, 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.
What police record in Laird No. 404, by type
Against the typical town its size, Laird No. 404 runs highest on mischief (12.6 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (5.1 per 1,000 against 2.5) and motor vehicle theft (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.4). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8.7 | 0.6 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.3 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 74.7 | 5.1 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 40.3 | 2.7 | 37% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 59.7 | 4.1 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17.7 | 1.2 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 99.3 | 6.8 | 10% |
| Mischief | 186.3 | 12.6 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.5 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 53 | 3.6 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22.3 | 1.5 | 45% |
| Drug violations | 10.7 | 0.7 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 100.7 | 6.8 | 62% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 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.
Year by year in Laird No. 404: down 8%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 98.2, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 80.3. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Laird No. 404 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 98.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 86.9 | 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 Laird No. 404, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment nearest Laird No. 404, 16,200 residents: around 210 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.
Add about 570 property crimes and 300 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Laird No. 404
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laird No. 404 | 1,488 | 88.5 | 83.2 | C |
| Waldheim | 1,447 | 99.3 | 115.6 | C− |
| Rosthern No. 403 | 2,791 | 99.3 | 115.6 | C− |
| Dalmeny | 1,900 | 33.8 | 13.7 | A |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Laird No. 404. Closest is Dalmeny, 19 km away, at 33.8 to 88.5 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Laird No. 404
Is Laird No. 404 safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Laird No. 404’s Crime Severity Index stands at 88.5 for 2023–2025. Its police record 14.2 violent incidents and 38.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Laird No. 404?
Mischief is the most common, at 12.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (10.3) and other Criminal Code offences (9).
Is crime going up in Laird No. 404?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 8%, to 80.3 from 86.9.
How much of Laird No. 404’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 29% of crime (50% of violent crime, 21% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Laird No. 404 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).