Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in Maple Creek No. 111 runs higher than in 71% of Canadian towns
Violence and property crime split as 14.5 violent incidents and 38.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, its Safety Grade is C, on crime the police covering Maple Creek No. 111 reported from 2023 to 2025. Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 85.2 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 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 Maple Creek detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Maple Creek No. 111
Visitors count, residents divide
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Maple Creek No. 111, yet 40% 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
Maple Creek No. 111 records 16.6 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 ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 56% of crime in Maple Creek No. 111 ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 78% of violent crime and 48% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Under the Saskatchewan norm
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Maple Creek No. 111, 85.2. 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.
The C for Maple Creek No. 111, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 13 km from Maple Creek No. 111, 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.
Which crimes make up Maple Creek No. 111’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Maple Creek No. 111 runs highest on mischief (16.6 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (5.2 per 1,000 against 2.5) and assault (8.5 per 1,000 against 6.7). 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 | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3 | 0.7 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23.7 | 5.2 | 37% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.7 | 1.7 | 61% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9 | 2 | 44% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 32.7 | 7.2 | 31% |
| Mischief | 75.7 | 16.6 | 59% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.9 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 60 | 13.2 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5.3 | 1.2 | 94% |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Impaired driving | 17.3 | 3.8 | 75% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
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 Maple Creek No. 111, 4,590 residents: around 66 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 180 property crimes and 120 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
The index in Maple Creek No. 111, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (98.7); the low point came in 2025, at 68.8. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Maple Creek No. 111 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 88 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 98.7 | 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 Maple Creek No. 111, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Maple Creek No. 111
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Creek No. 111 | 1,179 | 85.2 | 79.6 | C |
| Maple Creek (16 km) | 2,354 | 85.2 | 79.6 | C |
| Shaunavon (83 km) | 1,939 | 48.5 | 57.8 | B+ |
| Medicine Hat (85 km) | 68,714 | 87.3 | 82.6 | C |
| Cypress County (85 km) | 7,855 | 66.6 | 46.6 | B− |
| Redcliff (95 km) | 5,916 | 66.7 | 63.8 | B− |
Maple Creek No. 111 sits above 3 of the 4 neighbours with figures of their own. Shaunavon, 83 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 48.5 to 85.2. The table leaves out one neighbour whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Maple Creek No. 111 with figures are 16–95 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Small numbers. With roughly 4,593 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Maple Creek No. 111
Is Maple Creek No. 111 safe?
Statistics Canada puts Maple Creek No. 111 at 85.2 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 14.5 and property crimes at 38.9 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Maple Creek No. 111?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 19.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (16.6) and assault (8.5).
Is crime going up in Maple Creek No. 111?
Down 30%: 98.7 in 2023, 68.8 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Maple Creek No. 111’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 56% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 78% of violent crime and 48% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Maple Creek No. 111 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).