Photo: Masalai at en.wikipedia · Public domainPilot Butte records less crime per resident than 65% of Canadian towns
Each year brought 11.6 violent incidents and 21.2 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at B+, drawn from crime the police covering Pilot Butte reported through 2023 to 2025: #4 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Both towns on its borders with figures record more crime per resident. A Crime Severity Index of 52.8, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the White Butte detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Pilot Butte
Under the Saskatchewan norm
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 52.8 in Pilot Butte. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than in 2023
From 60.1 in 2023 to 45.5 in 2025: that is Pilot Butte’s index, against 74.3 and 64.2 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Pilot Butte stands 14th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
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 Pilot Butte’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 6 km off, which covers its own area rather than Pilot Butte.
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: #4 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #639 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.
Pilot Butte’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Pilot Butte runs highest on mischief (7.2 per 1,000 against 4.9). Fraud 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 | 5 | 0.3 | 40% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 46.7 | 2.5 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 18.7 | 1 | 36% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 32.7 | 1.7 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17 | 0.9 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 84 | 4.5 | 12% |
| Mischief | 134 | 7.2 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 11.3 | 0.6 | 73% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54.3 | 2.9 | 77% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.3 | 0.4 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 19 | 1 | 63% |
| Impaired driving | 87.3 | 4.6 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.05 | — |
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 Pilot Butte, down 24% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 60.1 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to a low of 45.5 in 2025. 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 | Pilot Butte | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 52.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 60.1 | 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 Pilot Butte, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Pilot Butte comes 14th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Stoke Quebec | 3,272 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 12 | Val-Morin Quebec | 3,226 | 48.8 | 71.8 | B+ |
| 13 | French River / Rivière des Français Ontario | 3,178 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| 14 | Pilot Butte Saskatchewan | 3,255 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 15 | Electoral Area D, North Okanagan British Columbia | 3,184 | 53.2 | 66.4 | B+ |
| 16 | Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine British Columbia | 3,189 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
| 17 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Quebec | 3,307 | 55 | 86.5 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Rankin Inlet Nunavut | 3,336 | 538.5 | 858.4 | 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 Pilot Butte in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 220 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Pilot Butte (19,100 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.
And about 400 property crimes, plus 230 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 Pilot Butte
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Butte | 3,255 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Edenwold No. 158 | 4,932 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| White City | 4,379 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Dewdney East | 18,670 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Arcola East | 33,823 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Sherwood No. 159 | 1,431 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Balgonie | 2,020 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
Pilot Butte has the lowest index of the places around it. 4 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- 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. 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 Pilot Butte
Is Pilot Butte safe?
The short answer is an index of 52.8 for Pilot Butte (2023–2025), built from 11.6 violent incidents and 21.2 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Pilot Butte?
Police record mischief most, 7.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of Criminal Code traffic offences (5.6) and assault (5.5).
Is crime going up in Pilot Butte?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 24%, to 45.5 from 60.1.
How much of Pilot Butte’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 42% of crime (66% of violent crime, 30% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Pilot Butte 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).