Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Moose Jaw No. 161 sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 61.7 in 2023 to 54.2 by 2025. What’s more, the overall Safety Grade is B−, which means close to the middle of Canadian towns, judged on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Each year brought 9.9 violent incidents and 18.9 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+). Of the two halves, violence comes to 62.3 and other offences to 60.4, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8.
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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Moose Jaw detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Moose Jaw No. 161
Under the Saskatchewan norm
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 60.6 in Moose Jaw No. 161. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Moose Jaw No. 161’s two halves part ways: 62.3 for violence (typical 86.4) and 60.4 for the rest (typical 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 Moose Jaw No. 161’s B− for safety
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 1 km from Moose Jaw No. 161, 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.
Moose Jaw No. 161, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 65.8, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 54.2. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Moose Jaw No. 161 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 65.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 61.7 | 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 Moose Jaw No. 161, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Moose Jaw No. 161’s crime by kind
Assault sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 20 | 3.3 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8 | 1.3 | 54% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9 | 1.5 | 33% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 21.7 | 3.6 | 18% |
| Mischief | 25 | 4.2 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 12.3 | 2.1 | 67% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Drug violations | 10 | 1.7 | 53% |
| Impaired driving | 40.3 | 6.7 | 34% |
| 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.
Around 60 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Moose Jaw No. 161 (6,020 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.
And about 110 property crimes, plus 81 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 Moose Jaw No. 161
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Jaw No. 161 | 1,293 | 60.6 | 62.3 | B− |
| Moose Jaw (6 km) | 36,337 | 105 | 105.2 | C− |
| Caronport (23 km) | 1,029 | 60.6 | 62.3 | B− |
| Lumsden No. 189 (56 km) | 2,150 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
| Lumsden (59 km) | 2,059 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
| Regina Beach (64 km) | 1,322 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
The places around Moose Jaw No. 161 all score higher on the index. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Moose Jaw No. 161 with figures are 6–64 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Moose Jaw No. 161
Is Moose Jaw No. 161 safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Moose Jaw No. 161 scores 60.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 9.9 violent and 18.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Moose Jaw No. 161?
The three biggest groups are Criminal Code traffic offences at 7.5, assault at 4.4 and mischief at 4.2, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Moose Jaw No. 161?
The reverse: 61.7 in 2023 came down to 54.2 by 2025, 12% lower.
How much of Moose Jaw No. 161’s crime do police solve?
39%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 52% and non-violent crime at 35%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Moose Jaw No. 161 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).