Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Osler records more crime per resident than 73% of Canadian towns
For every 1,000 residents, 14.2 violent incidents and 38.5 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. Split in two, the index gives 83.2 for violence and 91.3 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). Counting crime the police covering Osler reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety. Even so, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 86.9 in 2023 to 80.3 by 2025.
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 Warman detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Osler
Mischief: high for a town its size
Osler records 12.6 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 ↓
Below Saskatchewan’s typical town
Osler’s index of 88.5 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. Towns its size ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Osler’s index splits into violent crime, 83.2 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 91.3 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.
The grade: C for Osler
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 6 km from Osler, since none reports under the town’s name.
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.
What police record in Osler, by type
Against the typical town its size, Osler runs highest on mischief (12.6 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (5.1 per 1,000 against 2.5) and motor vehicle theft (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.4). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8.7 | 0.6 | 49% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.3 | 0.4 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 74.7 | 5.1 | 8% |
| Possession of stolen property | 40.3 | 2.7 | 37% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 59.7 | 4.1 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17.7 | 1.2 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 99.3 | 6.8 | 10% |
| Mischief | 186.3 | 12.6 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.5 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 53 | 3.6 | 60% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22.3 | 1.5 | 45% |
| Drug violations | 10.7 | 0.7 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 100.7 | 6.8 | 62% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.08 | — |
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.
Osler, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 98.2; 2025 was the lightest, at 80.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Osler | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 98.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 86.9 | 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 Osler, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 210 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Osler (16,200 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.
Add about 570 property crimes and 300 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 Osler
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osler | 1,473 | 88.5 | 83.2 | C |
| Warman | 14,245 | 32.3 | 41.7 | A |
| Martensville | 11,808 | 39.9 | 46.5 | A |
| Rosthern No. 403 | 2,791 | 99.3 | 115.6 | C− |
| Dalmeny | 1,900 | 33.8 | 13.7 | A |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 3 come in under Osler. The nearest of them, Warman (6.1 km away), scores 32.3 against 88.5.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. 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.”
Questions about safety in Osler
Is Osler safe?
Osler’s Crime Severity Index is 88.5 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 14.2 violent incidents and 38.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Osler?
Mischief is the most common, at 12.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then Criminal Code traffic offences (10.3) and other Criminal Code offences (9).
Is crime going up in Osler?
No: the index fell 8%, from 86.9 in 2023 to 80.3 in 2025.
How much of Osler’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 29% of crime (50% of violent crime, 21% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Osler 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).