Photo: Louis White · CC BY-SA 2.0Saskatoon’s Crime Severity Index runs 97% above the typical Canadian town its size
Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 153.9 and 105.5. In a usual year, 15.2 violent incidents and 48.4 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 10.8 and 25.1. None of the 6 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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.
What stands out about safety in Saskatoon
Robbery: high for a town its size
Saskatoon records 1.7 incidents of robbery per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.4 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Saskatoon’s index went from 131 in 2023 to 108.1 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 64.3 to 59.2. Year by year ↓
Near the Saskatchewan middle
Saskatoon’s index of 118.6 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. 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.
Before the grade: Saskatoon’s figures
No letter for now. The figures here are the real ones; the grade waits for Canada’s grading run.
Crime Severity Index
Violent crime index
Non-violent crime index
Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, 2023–2025 means. City neighbourhoods count, each with its city’s figure; city totals and reserves don’t.
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
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). Drug offences sits below it.
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 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 50,000 people or more.
Year by year in Saskatoon: down 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 131 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 108.1. The typical Canadian town its size went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saskatoon | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Saskatoon, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 4,680 violent incidents a year on Saskatoon’s police records (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 14,900 property crimes and 8,720 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Saskatoon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatoon | 318,067 | 118.6 | 153.9 | — |
| Grosvenor Park | 6,240 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Central Business District | 4,987 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| City Park | 3,827 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Haultain | 6,126 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Buena Vista | 5,777 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Holliston | 2,963 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
The places around Saskatoon all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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 index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Saskatoon
Is Saskatoon safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Saskatoon scores 118.6 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 15.2 violent and 48.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Saskatoon?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 25.6, theft under $5,000 at 22.1 and assault at 9.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Saskatoon?
No: the index fell 17%, from 131 in 2023 to 108.1 in 2025.
How much of Saskatoon’s crime do police solve?
38%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 38%. Violent crime is cleared at 45% and non-violent crime at 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Saskatoon and nowhere else.
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). 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).