Photo: ArmedCalculator · CC BY-SA 4.0Willowgrove has more crime per resident than 85% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Willowgrove reported put it at C− for safety: #48 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Police counts work out at 15.2 violent incidents and 48.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ they are 10.8 and 25.1. Violence accounts for an index of 153.9 and other offences for 105.5, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2.
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 Willowgrove
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Willowgrove 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.
The grade: C− for Willowgrove
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Willowgrove’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.
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). 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 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.
Year by year in Willowgrove: down 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (131); 2025 was the lightest, 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 | Willowgrove | 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 Willowgrove, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Willowgrove
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowgrove | 9,787 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Brighton | 7,238 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| University Heights Urban Centre | 9,247 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Evergreen | 16,088 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| University | 5,888 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Greystone Heights | 6,402 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
| Lakewood | 14,880 | 118.6 | 153.9 | C− |
Same police, same number: 6 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- One figure for the city. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Willowgrove carries the city-wide figures.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Willowgrove
Is Willowgrove safe?
Its police recorded 15.2 violent incidents and 48.4 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Willowgrove a Crime Severity Index of 118.6. Set that beside 60.3, the median for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Willowgrove?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (25.6 per 1,000 residents a year); theft under $5,000, at 22.1, and assault, at 9.1, follow.
Is crime going up in Willowgrove?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 17%, to 108.1 from 131.
How much of Willowgrove’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?
Those of the police service that covers the whole 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).