Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in North Central than in 80% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 137.3 and its non-violent half to 92.1, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. The grade is C−, built on crime the police covering North Central reported from 2023 to 2025: #18 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Add to that, recorded violent incidents ran at 13.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 42.6, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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. Crime severity and crime rate: one figure for all of the Regina service area.
What stands out about safety in North Central
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, North Central 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.
North Central: C− for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than North Central alone.
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.
Regina’s crime, type 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.
Year by year in North Central: down 22%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 117.8, and 2025 the lightest at 91.4. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | North Central | 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 North Central, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around North Central
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central | 9,124 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Cathedral Village | 7,311 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| McNab | 2,510 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Coronation Park | 7,307 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Downtown | 4,282 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Regent Park | 2,876 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Rosemont/Mount Royal | 10,497 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 6 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- 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.”
- The whole city’s numbers. The figures for North Central are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
Questions about safety in North Central
Is North Central safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, North Central scores 104.4 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 13.2 violent and 42.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in North Central?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (20.8 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 20.1, and assault, at 8.6, follow.
Is crime going up in North Central?
Down 22%: 117.8 in 2023, 91.4 in 2025.
How much of North Central’s crime do police solve?
43%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ manages 38%. Violent crime is cleared at 62% and non-violent crime at 32%.
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).