Photo: Padowntown · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Prince Albert runs higher than in 96% of Canadian towns
Each year brought 48.8 violent incidents and 88.4 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size). What’s more, the grade is D−, built on crime the police covering Prince Albert reported from 2023 to 2025: #97 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Against usual levels of 89.4 and 56, violent and non-violent offences here reach 470.9 and 228.2. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 334.5 to 285.
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.
What stands out about safety in Prince Albert
Mischief: high for a town its size
Prince Albert records 28.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Over the Saskatchewan norm
Prince Albert’s index of 295.8 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Prince Albert places 40th from the lowest index. 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.
The D− for Prince Albert, and how it is built
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: #97 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #2,535 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Prince Albert’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Prince Albert runs highest on mischief (28.4 per 1,000 against 3.7), robbery (4 per 1,000 against 0.6) and break and enter (11.9 per 1,000 against 2.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 5.3 | 0.1 | 57% |
| Sexual violations against children | 26.7 | 0.7 | 56% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 82.3 | 2.1 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 41.3 | 1 | 30% |
| Robbery | 161 | 4 | 37% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 6 | 0.2 | 38% |
| Other violent violations | 14 | 0.4 | 55% |
| Breaking and entering | 474.7 | 11.9 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 75 | 1.9 | 68% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 425.3 | 10.7 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 19.7 | 0.5 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 1,020.3 | 25.6 | 8% |
| Mischief | 1,132.3 | 28.4 | 8% |
| Weapons violations | 151 | 3.8 | 64% |
| Administration of justice violations | 2,132 | 53.3 | 99% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 55.3 | 1.4 | 73% |
| Drug violations | 65 | 1.6 | 85% |
| Impaired driving | 77 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 90.3 | 2.3 | 8% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Prince Albert places 40th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LaSalle Ontario | 36,452 | 22.9 | 17.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 31 | Moose Jaw Saskatchewan | 36,337 | 105 | 105.2 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Campbell River British Columbia | 38,300 | 162.9 | 166.6 | D |
| 38 | Penticton British Columbia | 39,068 | 164 | 142.9 | D |
| 39 | Whitehorse Yukon | 34,129 | 171.7 | 196.7 | D |
| 40 | Prince Albert Saskatchewan | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | 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 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Prince Albert, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 334.5; the lightest was 2024, at 267.7. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Prince Albert | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 285 | 60 |
| 2024 | 267.7 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 334.5 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Prince Albert, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 1,950 violent incidents a year reached Prince Albert’s police, 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 3,520 property crimes and 3,060 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
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Albert | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | D− |
| Prince Albert No. 461 | 3,589 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Buckland No. 491 | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Prince Albert.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Prince Albert
Is Prince Albert safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Prince Albert comes to 295.8. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 48.8 violent incidents and 88.4 property crimes. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Prince Albert?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (60.5 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 32, and mischief, at 28.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Prince Albert?
It went down 15% between 2023 and 2025, from 334.5 to 285.
How much of Prince Albert’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 45% of violent crime and 30% of everything else, 36% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Prince Albert and nowhere else.
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).