Photo: Ccyyrree · CC0Downtown sees more crime per resident than 80% of Canadian towns
Counting crime the police covering Downtown reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #18 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Of the two halves, violence comes to 137.3 and other offences to 92.1, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2. For every 1,000 residents, 13.2 violent incidents and 42.6 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, the figures are 10.8 and 25.1.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity and crime rate (the Regina service area).
What stands out about safety in Downtown
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Downtown moved from 117.8 to 91.4, while the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 to 59.2. 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.
What sits behind Downtown’s C−
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how Downtown itself compares.
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: #18 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #1,949 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Crime across Regina, by type
These are Regina’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Regina runs highest on robbery (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.4), break and enter (5.3 per 1,000 against 2.2) and mischief (8 per 1,000 against 3.8). Fraud sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 8.7 | 0.03 | 100% |
| Sexual violations against children | 67 | 0.3 | 56% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 90.7 | 0.4 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 49 | 0.2 | 50% |
| Robbery | 304.7 | 1.2 | 46% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 11.7 | 0.05 | 74% |
| Other violent violations | 63 | 0.2 | 54% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,342 | 5.3 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 152.7 | 0.6 | 92% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 535.3 | 2.1 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 69.7 | 0.3 | 14% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 5,136.3 | 20.1 | 17% |
| Mischief | 2,047 | 8 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 299.7 | 1.2 | 92% |
| Administration of justice violations | 4,814 | 18.8 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 174 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Drug violations | 93.7 | 0.4 | 90% |
| Impaired driving | 370.7 | 1.5 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 225.7 | 0.9 | 28% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Downtown’s index fell 22% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (117.8); 2025 was the lightest, at 91.4. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Downtown | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91.4 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 103.9 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 117.8 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Downtown, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Downtown
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown | 4,282 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Heritage | 5,172 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Cathedral Village | 7,311 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Dewdney Place | 3,021 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Lakeview | 7,770 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| North Central | 9,124 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Al Ritchie | 8,087 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
6 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Downtown is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
Questions about safety in Downtown
Is Downtown safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 104.4 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Downtown stands, with 13.2 violent and 42.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Downtown?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 20.8, theft under $5,000 at 20.1 and assault at 8.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Downtown?
No: the index fell 22%, from 117.8 in 2023 to 91.4 in 2025.
How much of Downtown’s crime do police solve?
About 43% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 62% of violent and 32% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers the whole city.
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).