Photo: Kevstan · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Macklin records more crime than 78% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 91.9 and its non-violent half to 102.2, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. Out of every 1,000 residents, 16.4 violent incidents and 40.0 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crime the police covering Macklin reported through 2023 to 2025. In 2023 the index stood at 99.7; it fell to 92.6 in 2025.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Unity detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Macklin
Mischief: high for a town its size
Macklin records 12 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 ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Macklin’s index splits into violent crime, 91.9 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 102.2 against 62.8. By type ↓
Close to Saskatchewan’s typical town
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 98.7 in Macklin. 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 Macklin’s C−
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 55 km off, which covers its own area rather than Macklin.
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 Macklin, by type
Against the typical town its size, Macklin runs highest on mischief (12 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (6.1 per 1,000 against 2.5) and motor vehicle theft (4.2 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 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.7 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 48.7 | 6.1 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 12 | 1.5 | 64% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 34 | 4.2 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 62.7 | 7.8 | 12% |
| Mischief | 96.7 | 12 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 79.7 | 9.9 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 1.3 | 31% |
| Drug violations | 8.7 | 1.1 | 43% |
| Impaired driving | 27.3 | 3.4 | 61% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.1 | — |
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 nearest Macklin, 8,070 residents: around 130 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 320 property crimes, plus 190 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Macklin, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 103.8, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 92.6. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Macklin | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 103.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 99.7 | 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 Macklin, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Macklin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macklin | 1,185 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
| Provost (21 km) | 1,875 | 111.4 | 90.4 | C− |
| Provost No. 52 (39 km) | 2,092 | 111.4 | 90.4 | C− |
| Unity (54 km) | 2,543 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
| Special Area No. 4 (79 km) | 1,171 | 69.8 | 55.2 | C+ |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Macklin. The nearest of them, Special Area No. 4 (78.7 km away), scores 69.8 against 98.7. 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. Distances here run 21–79 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Macklin.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in Macklin
Is Macklin safe?
Macklin measures 98.7 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 16.4 violent incidents and 40 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Macklin?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (16.6 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 12, and theft under $5,000, at 7.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Macklin?
The reverse: 99.7 in 2023 came down to 92.6 by 2025, 7% lower.
How much of Macklin’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 40% of crime (70% of violent crime, 29% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Macklin 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).