Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFor recorded crime, Orkney No. 244 sits in the middle of Canadian towns
A Crime Severity Index of 57.7, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. It grades B for safety on crime the police covering Orkney No. 244 reported from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 8.9 violent incidents and 30.0 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 Yorkton detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Orkney No. 244
Mischief: high for a town its size
Orkney No. 244 records 15.1 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 ↓
Lighter than Saskatchewan’s middle
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 57.7 in Orkney No. 244. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Violent crime scores 50.6 on Orkney No. 244’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 60.9 against 62.8. By type ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Orkney No. 244 moved from 61.9 to 51.4, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. 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’s behind Orkney No. 244’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 8 km from Orkney No. 244, 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.
Which crimes make up Orkney No. 244’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Orkney No. 244 runs highest on mischief (15.1 per 1,000 against 4.2). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 11 | 1.9 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 7.7 | 1.3 | 22% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 29.7 | 5.1 | 11% |
| Mischief | 88.7 | 15.1 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 16 | 2.7 | 77% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6 | 1 | 28% |
| Drug violations | 6.3 | 1.1 | 32% |
| Impaired driving | 16.3 | 2.8 | 60% |
| 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.
In Orkney No. 244, down 17% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 61.9 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 51.4 in 2025. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Orkney No. 244 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 59.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 61.9 | 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 Orkney No. 244, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 52 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Orkney No. 244 (5,870 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 180 a year and other violations 76 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Orkney No. 244
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orkney No. 244 | 1,957 | 57.7 | 50.6 | B |
| Yorkton (13 km) | 17,543 | 175.2 | 185.2 | D |
| Melville (30 km) | 4,547 | 104.2 | 145.1 | C− |
| Canora (52 km) | 2,179 | 81.3 | 110.5 | C |
| Kamsack (67 km) | 1,849 | 233 | 320.7 | D |
| Esterhazy (71 km) | 2,513 | 66.4 | 84.4 | B− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Orkney No. 244.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–71 km from Orkney No. 244.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Orkney No. 244
Is Orkney No. 244 safe?
Orkney No. 244 scores 57.7 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 8.9 violent incidents and 30 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Orkney No. 244?
Mischief is the most common, at 15.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (8) and theft under $5,000 (5.1).
Is crime going up in Orkney No. 244?
Down 17%: 61.9 in 2023, 51.4 in 2025.
How much of Orkney No. 244’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 32% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 39% of violent crime and 29% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Orkney No. 244 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).