Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0North Battleford records more crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Add to that, on the record of crime the police covering North Battleford reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D− for safety: #102 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Of the two halves, violence comes to 591.9 and other offences to 507.5, beside norms of 89.4 and 56. Violence and property crime split as 84.3 violent incidents and 247.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size.
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 North Battleford
Mischief: high for a town its size
North Battleford records 144.5 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 ↓
Over the Saskatchewan norm
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 528.4 in North Battleford. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and North Battleford stands 40th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, North Battleford moved from 597.1 to 477.1, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind North Battleford’s D−
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: #102 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #2,561 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.
Which crimes make up North Battleford’s figures
Against the typical town its size, North Battleford runs highest on mischief (144.5 per 1,000 against 3.7), break and enter (25.2 per 1,000 against 2.2) and drug offences (6.8 per 1,000 against 0.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 15.3 | 1.1 | 52% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 47.7 | 3.3 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 25.3 | 1.7 | 30% |
| Robbery | 48.7 | 3.4 | 49% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6.7 | 0.5 | 49% |
| Other violent violations | 14 | 1 | 41% |
| Breaking and entering | 364.7 | 25.2 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 100.7 | 7 | 24% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 178.7 | 12.3 | 12% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17 | 1.2 | 22% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 558.3 | 38.5 | 15% |
| Mischief | 2,090.7 | 144.5 | 17% |
| Weapons violations | 136 | 9.4 | 58% |
| Administration of justice violations | 1,412.7 | 97.3 | 93% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 104.7 | 7.2 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 99 | 6.8 | 24% |
| Impaired driving | 165.3 | 11.4 | 46% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 15 | 1 | 22% |
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.
North Battleford comes 40th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Ontario | 14,195 | 27.9 | 36.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Warman Saskatchewan | 14,245 | 32.3 | 41.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Powell River British Columbia | 14,947 | 113.5 | 99.4 | C− |
| 38 | La Crète Alberta | 14,488 | 113.5 | 218.8 | C− |
| 39 | Portage la Prairie Manitoba | 14,738 | 243.3 | 285.8 | D |
| 40 | North Battleford Saskatchewan | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | 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 North Battleford in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
North Battleford’s index fell 20% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (597.1); the low point came in 2025, at 477.1. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | North Battleford | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 477.1 | 60 |
| 2024 | 510.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 597.1 | 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 North Battleford, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 1,220 violent incidents a year on North Battleford’s police records (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 3,590 property crimes and 3,380 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 North Battleford
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Battleford | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | D− |
| Battleford | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
| Battle River No. 438 | 1,080 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
North Battleford has the highest index of the places around it. Just 5.2 km away, Battleford comes to 349.1, against 528.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- 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.
Questions about safety in North Battleford
Is North Battleford safe?
Police-reported crime in North Battleford scores 528.4 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 84.3 violent incidents and 247.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 66.
What is the most common crime in North Battleford?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 207 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (144.5) and assault (47.7).
Is crime going up in North Battleford?
The reverse: 597.1 in 2023 came down to 477.1 by 2025, 20% lower.
How much of North Battleford’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 33% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 40% of violent and 30% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
They are North Battleford’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).