Photo: Tanbir M-05 · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Westmount records more crime than 85% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 153.9 for violence and 105.5 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2). Counting crime the police covering Westmount reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #48 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Per 1,000 residents a year, 15.2 violent incidents and 48.4 incidents of property crime were recorded, 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. The crime severity and crime rate numbers here cover the Saskatoon service area.
What stands out about safety in Westmount
Easing since 2023
In 2023 the index in Westmount 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 sits behind Westmount’s C−
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Westmount’s own streets could sit well above or below it.
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 break and enter (6.3 per 1,000 against 2.2), mischief (8.8 per 1,000 against 3.8) and theft under $5,000 (22.1 per 1,000 against 11.5).
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.
Westmount’s index fell 17% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (131); the low point came in 2025, at 108.1. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Westmount | 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 Westmount, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Westmount
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 2,872 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Pleasant Hill | 6,088 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Caswell Hill | 2,573 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Mount Royal | 5,292 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Meadowgreen | 3,782 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Mayfair | 2,927 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Central Business District | 4,987 | 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
- City-wide figures. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Westmount carries the city-wide figures.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. 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 Westmount
Is Westmount safe?
Against a typical 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, Westmount’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 Westmount?
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 Westmount?
Down 17%: 131 in 2023, 108.1 in 2025.
How much of Westmount’s crime do police solve?
38%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ manages 38%. Violent crime is cleared at 45% and non-violent crime at 34%.
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).