Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0Rosthern No. 403 records more crime per resident than 78% of Canadian towns
Its two neighbours with figures both record less crime per resident. Add to that, each year brought 20.7 violent incidents and 40.4 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). The grade is C−, built on crime the police covering Rosthern No. 403 reported from 2023 to 2025: #15 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Violence accounts for an index of 115.6 and other offences for 93.6, against usual levels of 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Rosthern detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Rosthern No. 403
Mischief: high for a town its size
Rosthern No. 403 records 17.8 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 ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Rosthern No. 403 comes 35th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Close to Saskatchewan’s typical town
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Rosthern No. 403, 99.3. 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.
What’s behind Rosthern No. 403’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 14 km from Rosthern No. 403, not to the town.
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: #15 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #1,926 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.
Crime in Rosthern No. 403, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Rosthern No. 403 runs highest on mischief (17.8 per 1,000 against 4.9), motor vehicle theft (4.9 per 1,000 against 2.6) and assault (10.9 per 1,000 against 6.7). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.7 | 0.6 | 65% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.7 | 0.5 | 79% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.08 | — |
| Other violent violations | 9.3 | 0.7 | 32% |
| Breaking and entering | 42.7 | 3.4 | 10% |
| Possession of stolen property | 32.7 | 2.6 | 37% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 61.7 | 4.9 | 20% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.3 | 0.6 | 14% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 77 | 6.1 | 16% |
| Mischief | 224.3 | 17.8 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 13.3 | 1.1 | 53% |
| Administration of justice violations | 154 | 12.3 | 83% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 23.3 | 1.9 | 53% |
| Drug violations | 16.7 | 1.3 | 16% |
| Impaired driving | 53 | 4.2 | 40% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
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.
By its index, Rosthern No. 403 stands 35th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 32 | Holyrood Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,749 | 90.3 | 68.4 | C |
| 33 | Highlands British Columbia | 2,753 | 92.7 | 168.2 | C |
| 34 | Grimshaw Alberta | 2,799 | 96 | 62 | C− |
| 35 | Rosthern No. 403 Saskatchewan | 2,791 | 99.3 | 115.6 | C− |
| 36 | Senneterre Quebec | 2,832 | 103.6 | 183.5 | C− |
| 37 | Wakefield New Brunswick | 2,749 | 109.1 | 122.4 | C− |
| 38 | Tofino British Columbia | 2,772 | 117.4 | 205.8 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Rosthern No. 403 in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 260 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Rosthern No. 403 (12,800 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 510 property crimes and 400 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Year by year in Rosthern No. 403: steady, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 101.9, and 2024 lowest at 96.4. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Rosthern No. 403 | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 96.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 99.4 | 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 Rosthern No. 403, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Rosthern No. 403
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosthern No. 403 | 2,791 | 99.3 | 115.6 | C− |
| Osler | 1,473 | 88.5 | 83.2 | C |
| Laird No. 404 | 1,488 | 88.5 | 83.2 | C |
| Waldheim | 1,447 | 99.3 | 115.6 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Rosthern No. 403. Osler, 13.6 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 88.5 to 99.3. Where a neighbour shares its police, it shares the figure too, and isn’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Rosthern No. 403
Is Rosthern No. 403 safe?
Rosthern No. 403’s Crime Severity Index is 99.3 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 20.7 violent incidents and 40.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Rosthern No. 403?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 24.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 17.8 and assault at 10.9.
Is crime going up in Rosthern No. 403?
The index stayed close to where it was, 99.4 in 2023 and 101.9 in 2025.
How much of Rosthern No. 403’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 38% of crime (60% of violent crime, 27% 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 Rosthern No. 403 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).