Photo: Wtshymanski · Public domainCrime per resident in Nipawin runs higher than in 93% of Canadian towns
For every 1,000 residents, 26.9 violent incidents and 89.5 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Nipawin reported put it at D for safety: #93 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Its violent half comes to 163.9 and its non-violent half to 191.2, where the norm is 85.7 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. Measured across the Nipawin detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Nipawin
Mischief: high for a town its size
Nipawin records 40.2 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Nipawin stands 40th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Higher than most of Saskatchewan
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 182.3 in Nipawin. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Nipawin’s index splits into violent crime, 163.9 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 191.2 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.
What’s behind Nipawin’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: #93 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #2,490 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What police record in Nipawin, by type
Against the typical town its size, Nipawin runs highest on mischief (40.2 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (13.3 per 1,000 against 2.8) and drug offences (2 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.7 | 0.7 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.5 | 38% |
| Robbery | 6.3 | 0.6 | 59% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 143 | 13.3 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 31.3 | 2.9 | 29% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 55.7 | 5.2 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.7 | 1.2 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 208 | 19.4 | 19% |
| Mischief | 431.7 | 40.2 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 40.3 | 3.8 | 44% |
| Administration of justice violations | 197.3 | 18.4 | 88% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 33.3 | 3.1 | 71% |
| Drug violations | 21.7 | 2 | 28% |
| Impaired driving | 61.3 | 5.7 | 25% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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 to 10,000 people.
Nipawin is 40th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Bruce Peninsula Ontario | 5,018 | 29.3 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Edenwold No. 158 Saskatchewan | 4,932 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Tyendinaga Ontario | 5,005 | 131.9 | 280.3 | D |
| 38 | St. Stephen New Brunswick | 4,876 | 143.6 | 115 | D |
| 39 | Big Lakes County Alberta | 5,106 | 167.3 | 179 | D |
| 40 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | 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 Nipawin in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Nipawin is part of, 10,800 residents, recorded about 290 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 960 property crimes and 480 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Year by year in Nipawin: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 192.8; 2023 was the lightest, at 175.2. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Nipawin | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 178.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 192.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 175.2 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Nipawin, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Nipawin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nipawin | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | D |
| Torch River No. 488 (19 km) | 1,277 | 182.3 | 163.9 | D |
| Moose Range No. 486 (30 km) | 1,047 | 194.7 | 352.1 | D |
| Tisdale (56 km) | 3,052 | 123.4 | 132.5 | D |
| Melfort (68 km) | 6,028 | 144.9 | 143.9 | D |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 2 come in under Nipawin. Closest is Tisdale, 56 km away, at 123.4 to 182.3 here. A neighbour policed by the same service carries the same figure, so it isn’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Nipawin with figures are 19–68 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Shared with the countryside. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Nipawin together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
Questions about safety in Nipawin
Is Nipawin safe?
Police-reported crime in Nipawin scores 182.3 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 26.9 violent incidents and 89.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the typical index is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Nipawin?
Police record mischief most, 40.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (35.1) and theft under $5,000 (19.4).
Is crime going up in Nipawin?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 175.2 to 178.9.
How much of Nipawin’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 36% of crime (58% of violent crime, 28% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Nipawin 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).