Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Outlook than in 83% of Canadian towns
It grades A− for safety on crime the police covering Outlook reported from 2023 to 2025: #3 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Typical years here bring 6.9 violent incidents plus 18.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 39.6 for violence and 43.4 for everything else (normally 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Outlook detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Outlook
Below Saskatchewan’s typical town
Outlook’s index of 42 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Outlook places 8th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Violent crime scores 39.6 on Outlook’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 43.4 against 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Outlook moved from 41.1 to 47.5, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. 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 Outlook’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: #3 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #319 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.
Which crimes make up Outlook’s figures
Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23.3 | 3 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 12 | 1.5 | 19% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 31.7 | 4 | 22% |
| Mischief | 43.3 | 5.5 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 26.3 | 3.3 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 5 | 0.6 | 74% |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Impaired driving | 14.7 | 1.9 | 56% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
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.
In Outlook, up 15% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (47.5); the lightest was 2024 (37.6). The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Outlook | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 37.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 41.1 | 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 Outlook, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Outlook stands 8th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Magrath Alberta | 2,566 | 36.6 | 46.2 | A |
| 6 | Saint-Bernard Quebec | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Mathieu Quebec | 2,642 | 41.6 | 59.8 | A− |
| 8 | Outlook Saskatchewan | 2,629 | 42 | 39.6 | A− |
| 9 | Sainte-Croix Quebec | 2,612 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 10 | Waterville Quebec | 2,643 | 44.5 | 81.6 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton Quebec | 2,650 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Rosetown Saskatchewan | 2,600 | 54.6 | 46.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 Outlook in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 54 violent incidents a year in the 8,010-resident police area around Outlook, 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.
And about 150 property crimes, plus 70 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Outlook
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outlook | 2,629 | 42 | 39.6 | A− |
| Vanscoy No. 345 (52 km) | 3,029 | 54.2 | 56.3 | B |
| Dundurn No. 314 (56 km) | 2,479 | 54.2 | 56.3 | B |
| Rosetown (65 km) | 2,600 | 54.6 | 46.6 | B |
| Corman Park No. 344 (71 km) | 10,463 | 54.2 | 56.3 | B |
| Saskatoon (77 km) | 318,067 | 118.6 | 153.9 | — |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Outlook.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 52–77 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Outlook.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- A wider policing area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Outlook is one part.
- 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 Outlook
Is Outlook safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 42 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Outlook stands, with 6.9 violent and 18.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Outlook?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 5.5 and fraud at 4.2.
Is crime going up in Outlook?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 15%, to 47.5 from 41.1.
How much of Outlook’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 69% of violent crime and 27% of everything else, 38% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Outlook 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).