Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.0North Park records more crime per resident than 85% of Canadian towns
That puts it at C− for safety, judged on crime the police covering North Park reported from 2023 to 2025: #48 of 104 in Saskatchewan. What’s more, typical years here bring 15.2 violent incidents plus 48.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 10.8 plus 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Of the two halves, violence comes to 153.9 and other offences to 105.5, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2.
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. Shared with the rest of the Saskatoon service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What stands out about safety in North Park
Down since 2023
North Park’s index went from 131 in 2023 to 108.1 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved 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’s behind North Park’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how North Park 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.
Which crimes make up Saskatoon’s figures
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.
From 2023 to 2025, North Park’s index dropped 17%
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 131, against a low of 108.1 in 2025. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, 2023 gave 64.3 and 2025 gave 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | North Park | 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 North Park, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around North Park
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Park | 5,000 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| City Park | 3,827 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Lawson Heights | 8,158 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Mayfair | 2,927 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Central Business District | 4,987 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Lawson Heights Urban Centre | 3,622 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Caswell Hill | 2,573 | 118.6 | 153.9 | 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
- City-wide figures. The figures for North Park are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in North Park
Is North Park safe?
With 15.2 violent incidents and 48.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, North Park comes to 118.6 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more have a median of 60.3.
What is the most common crime in North Park?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 25.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (22.1) and assault (9.1).
Is crime going up in North Park?
It went down 17% between 2023 and 2025, from 131 to 108.1.
How much of North Park’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 38% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 45% of violent crime and 34% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the 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).