Photo: Dreerwin · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Pinehouse records more crime than almost every Canadian town
Typical years here bring 88.6 violent incidents plus 244.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, on the record of crime the police covering Pinehouse reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D− for safety. Violence accounts for an index of 888.6 and other offences for 700.9, against usual levels of 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. Measured across the Pinehouse detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Pinehouse
Mischief: high for a town its size
Pinehouse records 119.9 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 ↓
Over the Saskatchewan norm
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 750 in Pinehouse. 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 sits behind Pinehouse’s D−
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 Pinehouse, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Pinehouse runs highest on mischief (119.9 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (61.3 per 1,000 against 2.5) and drug offences (11.3 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3 | 2.8 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 1.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 7.3 | 6.9 | 14% |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 65 | 61.3 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 5.4 | 18% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 23.3 | 22 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 1.9 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 26 | 24.5 | 26% |
| Mischief | 127.3 | 119.9 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 7.2 | 56% |
| Administration of justice violations | 81.3 | 76.7 | 86% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.3 | 9.8 | 39% |
| Drug violations | 12 | 11.3 | 8% |
| Impaired driving | 10 | 9.4 | 17% |
| 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.
1,060 residents, about 94 violent incidents a year: the police area Pinehouse belongs to, 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 260 property crimes, plus 160 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Pinehouse’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 819.9; the lightest was 2024, at 704.9. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Pinehouse | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 725 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 704.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 819.9 | 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 Pinehouse, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Pinehouse
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinehouse | 1,064 | 750 | 888.6 | D− |
| Île-à-la-Crosse (84 km) | 1,484 | 387.8 | 552.5 | D− |
| La Ronge (94 km) | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | D− |
| Air Ronge (94 km) | 1,515 | 715.9 | 1,169 | D− |
| Division No. 18, Unorganized (115 km) | 1,891 | 1,158.6 | 1,529.9 | D− |
3 of the 4 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Pinehouse. Just 83.8 km away, Île-à-la-Crosse comes to 387.8, against 750.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Pinehouse has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 84–115 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A small police area. About 1,064 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- A wider policing area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Pinehouse’s are shared with its surroundings.
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Pinehouse
Is Pinehouse safe?
Its police recorded 88.6 violent incidents and 244.6 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Pinehouse a Crime Severity Index of 750. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Pinehouse?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 122.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (119.9) and break and enter (61.3).
Is crime going up in Pinehouse?
It went down 12% between 2023 and 2025, from 819.9 to 725. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Pinehouse’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 34% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 46% of violent crime and 27% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Pinehouse 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).