Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Pacific Heights runs higher than in 85% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 153.9 and other offences to 105.5, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2. The yearly rates were 15.2 violent incidents and 48.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. A Safety Grade of C− follows from crime the police covering Pacific Heights reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #48 of 104 in Saskatchewan.
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 Pacific Heights
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Pacific Heights moved from 131 to 108.1, 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’s behind Pacific Heights’s grade
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Pacific Heights can differ a long way from its city’s average.
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 Pacific Heights, down 17% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
From 131 in 2023, its first and heaviest year, it eased to 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 | Pacific Heights | 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 Pacific Heights, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Pacific Heights
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Heights | 3,770 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Confederation Park | 5,771 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Blairmore Suburban Centre | 7,411 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Dundonald | 2,855 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Fairhaven | 6,536 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Massey Place | 6,561 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Parkridge | 4,518 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 6 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the city. The figures for Pacific Heights are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Pacific Heights
Is Pacific Heights safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Pacific Heights’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 Pacific Heights?
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 Pacific Heights?
The reverse: 131 in 2023 came down to 108.1 by 2025, 17% lower.
How much of Pacific Heights’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 38% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+); split up, that is 45% of violent and 34% of non-violent crime.
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).