Photo: Kyla Duhamel from Saskatoon, Canada · CC BY 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Paddockwood No. 520 than in 97% of Canadian towns
Violence and property crime split as 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Scored on crime the police covering Paddockwood No. 520 reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D− for safety. Split in two, the index gives 425.8 for violence and 297.5 for everything else (normally 86.4 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. Shared with the rest of the Prince Albert detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Paddockwood No. 520
Mischief: high for a town its size
Paddockwood No. 520 records 44.4 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 ↓
Higher than most of Saskatchewan
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Paddockwood No. 520, 332.1. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
From 373 in 2023 to 308.4 in 2025: that is Paddockwood No. 520’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. 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 Paddockwood No. 520’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Paddockwood No. 520 itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 39 km away.
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.
Crime in Paddockwood No. 520, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Paddockwood No. 520 runs highest on mischief (44.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (14.7 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (15.4 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9.7 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 27 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Robbery | 25.3 | 1.8 | 54% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.5 | 45% |
| Breaking and entering | 221.7 | 15.4 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 187.3 | 13 | 17% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 212.3 | 14.7 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17.3 | 1.2 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 157.7 | 10.9 | 4% |
| Mischief | 640.3 | 44.4 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 65 | 4.5 | 38% |
| Administration of justice violations | 377.3 | 26.1 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 66.7 | 4.6 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 47.3 | 3.3 | 26% |
| Impaired driving | 115.7 | 8 | 40% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.09 | — |
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.
Year by year in Paddockwood No. 520: down 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (373); 2025 was the lightest, at 308.4. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Paddockwood No. 520 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 314.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 373 | 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 Paddockwood No. 520, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 650 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Paddockwood No. 520 (14,600 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 1,540 property crimes and 1,070 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 Paddockwood No. 520
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddockwood No. 520 | 1,155 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Lakeland No. 521 (10 km) | 1,393 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Buckland No. 491 (29 km) | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Shellbrook No. 493 (35 km) | 1,671 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Prince Albert (37 km) | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | D− |
| Prince Albert No. 461 (39 km) | 3,589 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
The comparison skips 4 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Paddockwood No. 520 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–39 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Paddockwood No. 520
Is Paddockwood No. 520 safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 332.1 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Paddockwood No. 520 stands, with 45.2 violent and 106.9 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Paddockwood No. 520?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 49.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (44.4) and assault (25.6).
Is crime going up in Paddockwood No. 520?
No: the index fell 17%, from 373 in 2023 to 308.4 in 2025.
How much of Paddockwood No. 520’s crime do police solve?
35%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 58% and non-violent crime at 22%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Paddockwood No. 520 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).