Meota No. 468 has more crime per resident than 97% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 390.5; it fell to 353.3 in 2025. Split in two, the index gives 479.8 for violence and 299.8 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). The Safety Grade comes out at D−, drawn from crime the police covering Meota No. 468 reported through 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 63.2 violent incidents and 134.5 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts published for the North Battleford detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Meota No. 468
A busy place, counted per resident
With 50% of its homes not lived in all year, Meota No. 468 counts its crime against a smaller year-round population than the one that is there in season. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Meota No. 468 records 77 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 ↓
Over the Saskatchewan norm
Set among Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median is 118.6, Meota No. 468 scores 349.1. 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.
Inside Meota No. 468’s D− for safety
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 28 km off, which covers its own area rather than Meota No. 468.
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 Meota No. 468, by type
Against the typical town its size, Meota No. 468 runs highest on mischief (77 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (15.2 per 1,000 against 2.4) and assault (38.5 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 | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 11 | 1 | 66% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 17 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 2.3 | 35% |
| Robbery | 17 | 1.5 | 61% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.5 | 53% |
| Other violent violations | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 133.3 | 11.7 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 101.3 | 8.9 | 18% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 172.7 | 15.2 | 13% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11 | 1 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 133.3 | 11.7 | 11% |
| Mischief | 878 | 77 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 54.7 | 4.8 | 49% |
| Administration of justice violations | 400 | 35.1 | 76% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 57 | 5 | 49% |
| Drug violations | 39.7 | 3.5 | 25% |
| Impaired driving | 144.3 | 12.7 | 38% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4 | 0.4 | — |
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.
Around 720 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Meota No. 468 (11,400 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.
Property crime adds about 1,530 a year and other violations 1,140 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Meota No. 468, year by year
Crime Severity Index
From 390.5 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 303.4 in 2024. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Meota No. 468 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 353.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 303.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 390.5 | 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 Meota No. 468, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Meota No. 468
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meota No. 468 | 1,217 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
| North Battleford (31 km) | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | D− |
| Battleford (36 km) | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
| Battle River No. 438 (43 km) | 1,080 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 31–43 km from Meota No. 468.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. 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 Meota No. 468
Is Meota No. 468 safe?
With 63.2 violent incidents and 134.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Meota No. 468 comes to 349.1 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 Meota No. 468?
Police record mischief most, 77 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (74) and assault (38.5).
Is crime going up in Meota No. 468?
It went down 10% between 2023 and 2025, from 390.5 to 353.3.
How much of Meota No. 468’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 35% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 50% of violent and 25% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Meota No. 468 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).