More crimes per resident are recorded in Preeceville No. 334 than in 68% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 110.5 and other offences to 70.3, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Violence and property crime split as 23.7 violent incidents and 35.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Counting crime the police covering Preeceville No. 334 reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety. Steady over the three years, the index read 76.8 in 2023 and 79.4 in 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Canora detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Preeceville No. 334
Mischief: high for a town its size
Preeceville No. 334 records 15.6 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 ↓
Lighter than Saskatchewan’s middle
Set among Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median is 118.6, Preeceville No. 334 scores 81.3. 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 Preeceville No. 334’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 49 km from Preeceville No. 334, not to the town.
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.
Which crimes make up Preeceville No. 334’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Preeceville No. 334 runs highest on mischief (15.6 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (10 per 1,000 against 6.7) and fraud (6.6 per 1,000 against 5.1). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5 | 0.6 | 46% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 28.7 | 3.6 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.3 | 0.8 | 11% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 11 | 1.4 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 55 | 6.8 | 27% |
| Mischief | 125 | 15.6 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 6 | 0.7 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 70 | 8.7 | 77% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9 | 1.1 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 4 | 0.5 | — |
| Impaired driving | 18 | 2.2 | 52% |
| 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.
The detachment nearest Preeceville No. 334, 8,050 residents: around 190 violent incidents a year, 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 280 property crimes and 160 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Preeceville No. 334, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 87.7, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 76.8. 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 | Preeceville No. 334 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 87.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 76.8 | 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 Preeceville No. 334, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Preeceville No. 334
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preeceville No. 334 | 1,043 | 81.3 | 110.5 | C |
| Preeceville (3 km) | 1,046 | 81.3 | 110.5 | C |
| Canora (40 km) | 2,179 | 81.3 | 110.5 | C |
| Kamsack (69 km) | 1,849 | 233 | 320.7 | D |
| Foam Lake (72 km) | 1,154 | 127.9 | 151.7 | D |
The places around Preeceville No. 334 all score higher on the index. 2 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 3–72 km from Preeceville No. 334.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Preeceville No. 334
Is Preeceville No. 334 safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 81.3 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Preeceville No. 334 stands, with 23.7 violent and 35.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Preeceville No. 334?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 15.8 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 15.6 and assault at 10.
Is crime going up in Preeceville No. 334?
Hardly at all, from 76.8 in 2023 to 79.4 in 2025.
How much of Preeceville No. 334’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 38% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 53% of violent and 28% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Preeceville No. 334 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).