Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Lanigan sees less crime per resident than 62% of Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index averaged 55 over 2023–2025, against 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. On the record of crime the police covering Lanigan reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes B for safety. In a usual year, 11.1 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 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. Shared with the rest of the Watrous detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Lanigan
Under the Saskatchewan norm
Lanigan’s index of 55 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Violent crime scores 50.9 on Lanigan’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 57.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
More severe than in 2023
Lanigan’s index went from 39.7 in 2023 to 75 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.
The B for Lanigan, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure, as Lanigan has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 36 km away.
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.
Lanigan’s index rose 89% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (75); 2023 was the low point, at 39.7. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lanigan | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 50.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 39.7 | 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 Lanigan, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Which crimes make up Lanigan’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Lanigan runs highest on break and enter (5.2 per 1,000 against 2.5) and mischief (5.2 per 1,000 against 4.2). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 28 | 5.2 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8.7 | 1.6 | 34% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 19.3 | 3.6 | 17% |
| Mischief | 28 | 5.2 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 22.7 | 4.2 | 78% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 1 | 43% |
| Drug violations | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 14 | 2.6 | 26% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
About 59 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Lanigan (5,450 residents), 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 110 property crimes and 62 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 Lanigan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanigan | 1,597 | 55 | 50.9 | B |
| Watrous (36 km) | 2,154 | 55 | 50.9 | B |
| Humboldt (40 km) | 6,551 | 71.5 | 72.5 | C+ |
| Humboldt No. 370 (42 km) | 1,039 | 50.5 | 52.5 | B+ |
Lanigan sits above 1 of the 2 neighbours with figures of their own. Closest is Humboldt No. 370, 42.3 km away, at 50.5 to 55 here. A neighbour policed by the same service carries the same figure, so it isn’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Lanigan with figures are 36–42 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- 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 Lanigan
Is Lanigan safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Lanigan scores 55 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 11.1 violent and 21.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Lanigan?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (5.8) and mischief (5.2).
Is crime going up in Lanigan?
It has: 39.7 in 2023 became 75 by 2025, a rise of 89%.
How much of Lanigan’s crime do police solve?
About 38% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 82% of violent and 22% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Lanigan 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).