Photo: John Kaminski · CC BY-SA 4.0Preeceville sees more crime per resident than two in three Canadian towns
Its letter for safety is C, worked out from crime the police covering Preeceville reported over 2023 to 2025. The index held steady between 2023 (76.8) and 2025 (79.4). The local count comes to 23.7 violent incidents and 35.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Violence accounts for an index of 110.5 and other offences for 70.3, 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. Shared with the rest of the Canora detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Preeceville
Mischief: high for a town its size
Preeceville 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 ↓
Under the Saskatchewan norm
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Preeceville, 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.
Inside Preeceville’s C for safety
How sure: Less sure, as Preeceville has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 40 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.
Which crimes make up Preeceville’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Preeceville 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.
Around 190 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Preeceville (8,050 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 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, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 87.7, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 76.8. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Preeceville | 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, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Preeceville
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preeceville | 1,046 | 81.3 | 110.5 | C |
| Preeceville No. 334 (3 km) | 1,043 | 81.3 | 110.5 | C |
| Canora (40 km) | 2,179 | 81.3 | 110.5 | C |
| Foam Lake (69 km) | 1,154 | 127.9 | 151.7 | D |
| Kamsack (69 km) | 1,849 | 233 | 320.7 | D |
| Wadena (78 km) | 1,278 | 127.9 | 151.7 | D |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Preeceville. 2 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. No closer places have figures: these lie 3–78 km from Preeceville.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. 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.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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 Preeceville
Is Preeceville safe?
Statistics Canada puts Preeceville at 81.3 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 23.7 and property crimes at 35.4 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Preeceville?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 15.8 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (15.6) and assault (10).
Is crime going up in Preeceville?
The index stayed close to where it was, 76.8 in 2023 and 79.4 in 2025.
How much of Preeceville’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 38%: 53% for violent crime and 28% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Preeceville 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).