Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Moose Jaw than in 80% of Canadian towns
Its police logs show 17.7 violent incidents and 51.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical town its size the numbers are 12.0 and 30.5. On top of that, the Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crime the police covering Moose Jaw reported through 2023 to 2025: #18 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Violence accounts for an index of 105.2 and other offences for 105.8, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. The typical town in Saskatchewan scores 118.6 on the same index.
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.
What stands out about safety in Moose Jaw
Mischief: high for a town its size
Moose Jaw records 10.7 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Lighter than in 2023
From 117.6 in 2023 to 92.3 in 2025: that is Moose Jaw’s index, against 69.5 and 60 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Moose Jaw places 32nd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the typical clearance rate is 33%; Moose Jaw’s police clear 47%, 74% of violent crime and 36% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Moose Jaw’s grade
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.
Its place: #18 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #1,949 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What police record in Moose Jaw, by type
Against the typical town its size, Moose Jaw runs highest on mischief (10.7 per 1,000 against 3.7), break and enter (5.1 per 1,000 against 2.2) and theft under $5,000 (24.1 per 1,000 against 11.8). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 11.3 | 0.3 | 68% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 20.3 | 0.6 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Robbery | 10.3 | 0.3 | 87% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 11 | 0.3 | 57% |
| Breaking and entering | 184.7 | 5.1 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 48.3 | 1.3 | 90% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 55.3 | 1.5 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 27.7 | 0.8 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 866 | 24.1 | 22% |
| Mischief | 385 | 10.7 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 32.3 | 0.9 | 83% |
| Administration of justice violations | 689.7 | 19.1 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 59.3 | 1.6 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 33.3 | 0.9 | 74% |
| Impaired driving | 93.3 | 2.6 | 79% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 105 | 2.9 | 5% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
From 2023 to 2025, Moose Jaw’s index dropped 22%
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 117.6 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 92.3. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Moose Jaw | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 105.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 117.6 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Moose Jaw, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Moose Jaw comes 32nd of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Orillia Ontario | 37,735 | 98.5 | 146.3 | C− |
| 30 | North Cowichan British Columbia | 34,525 | 99 | 124 | C− |
| 31 | Val-d'Or Quebec | 33,353 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| 32 | Moose Jaw Saskatchewan | 36,337 | 105 | 105.2 | C− |
| 33 | Dieppe New Brunswick | 35,986 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| 34 | Parkland County Alberta | 34,286 | 121 | 115 | D |
| 35 | Langley British Columbia | 35,444 | 127.5 | 145 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Moose Jaw in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Moose Jaw’s police: about 640 violent incidents a year over 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 1,850 property crimes and 1,100 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 Moose Jaw
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Jaw | 36,337 | 105 | 105.2 | C− |
| Moose Jaw No. 161 (6 km) | 1,293 | 60.6 | 62.3 | B− |
| Caronport (20 km) | 1,029 | 60.6 | 62.3 | B− |
| Lumsden No. 189 (53 km) | 2,150 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
| Lumsden (56 km) | 2,059 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
| Regina Beach (59 km) | 1,322 | 63.6 | 43.3 | B− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Moose Jaw. Moose Jaw No. 161, 5.9 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 60.6 to 105.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 6–59 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Moose Jaw.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Solved cases. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Moose Jaw
Is Moose Jaw safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Moose Jaw comes to 105. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 17.7 violent incidents and 51.5 property crimes. Set that beside 66, the median for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Moose Jaw?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 24.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (22.4) and mischief (10.7).
Is crime going up in Moose Jaw?
No: the index fell 22%, from 117.6 in 2023 to 92.3 in 2025.
How much of Moose Jaw’s crime do police solve?
47%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 33%. Violent crime is cleared at 74% and non-violent crime at 36%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Moose Jaw alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).