Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in University runs higher than in 85% of Canadian towns
On crime the police covering University reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #48 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Violence accounts for an index of 153.9 and other offences for 105.5, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. 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+.
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 and crime rate for the Saskatoon service area.
What stands out about safety in University
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in University stood at 131, by 2025 at 108.1. Over the same years 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 University’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how University 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.
Saskatoon’s crime, type 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.
From 2023 to 2025, University’s index dropped 17%
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 131; the lightest was 2025, at 108.1. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | University | 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 University, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around University
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University | 5,888 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| University Heights Urban Centre | 9,247 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Greystone Heights | 6,402 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Brighton | 7,238 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| North Park | 5,000 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Grosvenor Park | 6,240 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Lawson Heights | 8,158 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
The table leaves out 6 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- The whole city’s numbers. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so University carries the city-wide figures.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
Questions about safety in University
Is University safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for University comes to 118.6. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 15.2 violent incidents and 48.4 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in University?
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 University?
No: the index fell 17%, from 131 in 2023 to 108.1 in 2025.
How much of University’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).