Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime in McKillop No. 220 is close to typical for Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 63.6, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. On top of that, its letter overall is B−: close to the middle of Canadian towns, from crime its police reported through 2023 to 2025. For comparison, the middle Saskatchewan town comes to 118.6. Typical years here bring 9.9 violent incidents plus 30.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Lumsden detachment area.
What stands out about safety in McKillop No. 220
Visitors count, residents divide
Only year-round residents divide the crime in McKillop No. 220, yet 43% 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
McKillop No. 220 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 ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, McKillop No. 220 moved from 71.5 to 49.9, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
McKillop No. 220’s index splits into violent crime, 43.3 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 72.2 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside McKillop No. 220’s B− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 35 km from McKillop No. 220, 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.
McKillop No. 220’s index fell 30% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 71.5 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 49.9. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | McKillop No. 220 | 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 McKillop No. 220, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
What police record in McKillop No. 220, by type
Against the typical town its size, McKillop No. 220 runs highest on mischief (11 per 1,000 against 4.2). 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 | 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 McKillop No. 220, 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.
Add about 220 property crimes and 160 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 McKillop No. 220
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKillop No. 220 | 1,023 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
| Regina Beach (17 km) | 1,322 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
| Longlaketon No. 219 (23 km) | 1,192 | 80.1 | 122.6 | C |
| Lumsden (35 km) | 2,059 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
| Lumsden No. 189 (40 km) | 2,150 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
Sharing its police with 3 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 17–40 km from McKillop No. 220.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in McKillop No. 220
Is McKillop No. 220 safe?
With 9.9 violent incidents and 30.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, McKillop No. 220 comes to 63.6 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in McKillop No. 220?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 11, other Criminal Code offences at 10.3 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 8.5, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in McKillop No. 220?
The reverse: 71.5 in 2023 came down to 49.9 by 2025, 30% lower.
How much of McKillop No. 220’s crime do police solve?
37%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 54% and non-violent crime at 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers McKillop No. 220 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).