Photo: SriMesh · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Westview records more crime than 85% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 153.9 and its non-violent half to 105.5, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. A Safety Grade of C− follows from crime the police covering Westview reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #48 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Year on year, 15.2 violent incidents and 48.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 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. Source area for crime severity and crime rate: the Saskatoon service area.
What stands out about safety in Westview
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Westview 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.
Westview: C− for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than Westview alone.
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 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.
From 2023 to 2025, Westview’s index dropped 17%
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 | Westview | 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 Westview, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Westview
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westview | 2,670 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Hampton Village | 9,119 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Massey Place | 6,561 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Mount Royal | 5,292 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Dundonald | 2,855 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Mayfair | 2,927 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Caswell Hill | 2,573 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
6 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole city’s numbers. The figures for Westview are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Westview
Is Westview safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 118.6 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Westview stands, with 15.2 violent and 48.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Westview?
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 Westview?
The reverse: 131 in 2023 came down to 108.1 by 2025, 17% lower.
How much of Westview’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).