Photo: Raghavendra Kattinakere, ~rAGU · CC BY-SA 3.0Lakeland No. 521 sees more crime per resident than 97% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 425.8 and 297.5. Scored on crime the police covering Lakeland No. 521 reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D− for safety. Annual rates stand at 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Prince Albert detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Lakeland No. 521
A busy place, counted per resident
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Lakeland No. 521, yet 68% of its homes are seasonal or empty: the rates run higher than the place feels to the people who live there. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Lakeland No. 521 records 44.4 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 ↓
Over the Saskatchewan norm
Lakeland No. 521’s index of 332.1 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
Lakeland No. 521’s index went from 373 in 2023 to 308.4 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
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 Lakeland No. 521’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 52 km from Lakeland No. 521, 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.
Crime in Lakeland No. 521, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Lakeland No. 521 runs highest on mischief (44.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (14.7 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (15.4 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 | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9.7 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 27 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Robbery | 25.3 | 1.8 | 54% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.5 | 45% |
| Breaking and entering | 221.7 | 15.4 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 187.3 | 13 | 17% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 212.3 | 14.7 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17.3 | 1.2 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 157.7 | 10.9 | 4% |
| Mischief | 640.3 | 44.4 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 65 | 4.5 | 38% |
| Administration of justice violations | 377.3 | 26.1 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 66.7 | 4.6 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 47.3 | 3.3 | 26% |
| Impaired driving | 115.7 | 8 | 40% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.09 | — |
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 Lakeland No. 521: down 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (373); the low point came in 2025, at 308.4. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lakeland No. 521 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 314.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 373 | 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 Lakeland No. 521, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Lakeland No. 521, 14,600 residents, recorded about 650 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.
And about 1,540 property crimes, plus 1,070 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 Lakeland No. 521
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland No. 521 | 1,393 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Paddockwood No. 520 (10 km) | 1,155 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Buckland No. 491 (37 km) | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Shellbrook No. 493 (38 km) | 1,671 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Prince Albert (45 km) | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | D− |
| Prince Albert No. 461 (47 km) | 3,589 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
4 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Lakeland No. 521 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–47 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Lakeland No. 521
Is Lakeland No. 521 safe?
Police-reported crime in Lakeland No. 521 scores 332.1 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Lakeland No. 521?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 49.2, mischief at 44.4 and assault at 25.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Lakeland No. 521?
Down 17%: 373 in 2023, 308.4 in 2025.
How much of Lakeland No. 521’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 35%: 58% for violent crime and 22% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Lakeland No. 521 and everywhere else it polices.
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).