Recorded crime per resident is higher in Prince Albert No. 461 than in 97% of Canadian towns
Graded on crime the police covering Prince Albert No. 461 reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D− for safety: #98 of 104 in Saskatchewan. The yearly rates were 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 425.8 for violence and 297.5 for everything else (normally 85.7 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the Prince Albert detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Prince Albert No. 461
Mischief: high for a town its size
Prince Albert No. 461 records 44.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Over the Saskatchewan norm
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Prince Albert No. 461, 332.1. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Prince Albert No. 461 comes 38th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Prince Albert No. 461 moved from 373 to 308.4, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. 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.
Inside Prince Albert No. 461’s D− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 6 km from Prince Albert No. 461, since none reports under the town’s name.
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: #98 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #2,545 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.
What police record in Prince Albert No. 461, by type
Against the typical town its size, Prince Albert No. 461 runs highest on mischief (44.4 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (15.4 per 1,000 against 2.8) and motor vehicle theft (14.7 per 1,000 against 2.6). 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 to 10,000 people.
Prince Albert No. 461 is 38th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako British Columbia | 3,643 | 126.5 | 178.5 | D |
| 36 | Cowichan Bay British Columbia | 3,713 | 131.7 | 149.7 | D |
| 37 | Bifrost-Riverton Manitoba | 3,518 | 307.1 | 431.5 | D− |
| 38 | Prince Albert No. 461 Saskatchewan | 3,589 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| 39 | Buckland No. 491 Saskatchewan | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 Prince Albert No. 461 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Prince Albert No. 461’s index fell 17% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 373, and 2025 the lightest at 308.4. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Prince Albert No. 461 | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 314.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 373 | 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 Prince Albert No. 461, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 650 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Prince Albert No. 461 (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 Prince Albert No. 461
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Albert No. 461 | 3,589 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Prince Albert | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | D− |
| Buckland No. 491 | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. 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.
Questions about safety in Prince Albert No. 461
Is Prince Albert No. 461 safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Prince Albert No. 461’s Crime Severity Index stands at 332.1 for 2023–2025. Its police record 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Prince Albert No. 461?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 49.2 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 44.4 and assault at 25.6.
Is crime going up in Prince Albert No. 461?
No: the index fell 17%, from 373 in 2023 to 308.4 in 2025.
How much of Prince Albert No. 461’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 35% of crime (58% of violent crime, 22% 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 Prince Albert No. 461 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).