Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Lumsden No. 189 records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
None of the 4 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Lumsden No. 189’s letter overall is B−: close to the middle of Canadian towns, from crime its police reported through 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 9.9 violent incidents and 30.3 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 63.6, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ sits at 67.2.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Lumsden detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Lumsden No. 189
Mischief: high for a town its size
Lumsden No. 189 records 11 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 ↓
Less severe than in 2023
From 71.5 in 2023 to 49.9 in 2025: that is Lumsden No. 189’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Violent crime scores 43.3 on Lumsden No. 189’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 72.2 against 62.8. By type ↓
Under the Saskatchewan norm
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 63.6 in Lumsden No. 189. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Lumsden No. 189’s B−
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 5 km from Lumsden No. 189, not to the town.
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.
Lumsden No. 189’s index fell 30% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (71.5); 2025 was the lightest, at 49.9. 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 | Lumsden No. 189 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 69.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 71.5 | 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 Lumsden No. 189, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Which crimes make up Lumsden No. 189’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Lumsden No. 189 runs highest on mischief (11 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 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 19.3 | 2.7 | 43% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.7 | 0.9 | 49% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 12.7 | 1.8 | 37% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5 | 0.7 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 51.7 | 7.1 | 17% |
| Mischief | 80 | 11 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 15.7 | 2.2 | 62% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.7 | 1.2 | 38% |
| Drug violations | 6.7 | 0.9 | 30% |
| Impaired driving | 42.3 | 5.8 | 72% |
| 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.
The detachment closest to Lumsden No. 189, 7,380 residents, recorded about 72 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 220 property crimes, plus 160 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 Lumsden No. 189
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumsden No. 189 | 2,150 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
| Lumsden | 2,059 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
| Twin Lakes | 7,286 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Sherwood/McCarthy | 5,753 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Prairie View | 8,517 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge | 9,325 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
Lumsden No. 189 has the lowest index of the places around it. One nearby place has no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- 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.
Questions about safety in Lumsden No. 189
Is Lumsden No. 189 safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Lumsden No. 189’s Crime Severity Index stands at 63.6 for 2023–2025. Its police record 9.9 violent incidents and 30.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Lumsden No. 189?
Most often it is mischief: 11 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 10.3 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 8.5.
Is crime going up in Lumsden No. 189?
The reverse: 71.5 in 2023 came down to 49.9 by 2025, 30% lower.
How much of Lumsden No. 189’s crime do police solve?
About 37% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 54% of violent and 33% 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 Lumsden No. 189 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).