Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Fairhaven records more crime per resident than 85% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 153.9 and other offences for 105.5, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. Scored on crime the police covering Fairhaven reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C− for safety: #48 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Out of every 1,000 residents, 15.2 violent incidents and 48.4 incidents of property crime are reported annually, 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. Source area for crime severity and crime rate: the Saskatoon service area.
What stands out about safety in Fairhaven
Less severe than in 2023
From 131 in 2023 to 108.1 in 2025: that is Fairhaven’s index, against 64.3 and 59.2 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. 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’s behind Fairhaven’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how Fairhaven 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: #48 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #2,227 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.
What Saskatoon’s police record, by type
These are Saskatoon’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Saskatoon runs highest on robbery (1.7 per 1,000 against 0.4), break and enter (6.3 per 1,000 against 2.2) and mischief (8.8 per 1,000 against 3.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 11.3 | 0.04 | 80% |
| Sexual violations against children | 87 | 0.3 | 43% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 155 | 0.5 | 99% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 51.7 | 0.2 | 50% |
| Robbery | 525.7 | 1.7 | 34% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 31.3 | 0.1 | 60% |
| Other violent violations | 64 | 0.2 | 41% |
| Breaking and entering | 1,916.7 | 6.3 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 192.3 | 0.6 | 87% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 945 | 3.1 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 191.7 | 0.6 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 6,810.3 | 22.1 | 11% |
| Mischief | 2,705.3 | 8.8 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 671.3 | 2.2 | 92% |
| Administration of justice violations | 6,402 | 20.8 | 99% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 253.7 | 0.8 | 73% |
| Drug violations | 214.7 | 0.7 | 90% |
| Impaired driving | 245.3 | 0.8 | 98% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 31.3 | 0.1 | 42% |
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.
In Fairhaven, down 17% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 131, and 2025 the lightest at 108.1. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fairhaven | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108.1 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 116.9 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 131 | 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 Fairhaven, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Fairhaven
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairhaven | 6,536 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Parkridge | 4,518 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| South West Industrial | 5,297 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Pacific Heights | 3,770 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Meadowgreen | 3,782 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Blairmore Suburban Centre | 7,411 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Confederation Park | 5,771 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One figure for the city. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Fairhaven carries the city-wide figures.
- 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. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Fairhaven
Is Fairhaven safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Fairhaven’s Crime Severity Index stands at 118.6 for 2023–2025. Its police record 15.2 violent incidents and 48.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Fairhaven?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 25.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (22.1) and assault (9.1).
Is crime going up in Fairhaven?
The reverse: 131 in 2023 came down to 108.1 by 2025, 17% lower.
How much of Fairhaven’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 45% of violent crime and 34% of everything else, 38% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for 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).