Photo: Qyd · CC BY-SA 3.0Shaunavon records less crime per resident than 71% of Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is B+, on crime the police covering Shaunavon reported from 2023 to 2025. The yearly rates were 12.8 violent incidents and 22.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Of the two halves, violence comes to 57.8 and other offences to 45.2, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. In 2023 the index stood at 41.8; it rose to 47.3 in 2025.
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, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Shaunavon detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Shaunavon
Under the Saskatchewan norm
Shaunavon’s index of 48.5 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. Towns its size ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Shaunavon records 9.2 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
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 Shaunavon’s B+
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Which crimes make up Shaunavon’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Shaunavon runs highest on mischief (9.2 per 1,000 against 4.2) and fraud (5.9 per 1,000 against 5.1). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 12 | 2.4 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 16.7 | 3.3 | 22% |
| Mischief | 46 | 9.2 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 10.3 | 2 | 68% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Impaired driving | 14.3 | 2.9 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 2,500 people or more.
Shaunavon, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 56.4, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 41.8. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Shaunavon | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 56.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 41.8 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Shaunavon, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
5,100 residents, about 64 violent incidents a year: the police area Shaunavon belongs to, 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.
Property crime adds about 110 a year and other violations 44 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Shaunavon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaunavon | 1,939 | 48.5 | 57.8 | B+ |
| Swift Current No. 137 (75 km) | 2,089 | 61.7 | 45.9 | B− |
| Maple Creek (82 km) | 2,354 | 85.2 | 79.6 | C |
| Maple Creek No. 111 (83 km) | 1,179 | 85.2 | 79.6 | C |
| Swift Current (84 km) | 18,154 | 108.2 | 100.8 | C− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Shaunavon.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Shaunavon with figures are 75–84 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Shaunavon is one part.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- 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.
- 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 Shaunavon
Is Shaunavon safe?
Statistics Canada puts Shaunavon at 48.5 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 12.8 and property crimes at 22.3 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Shaunavon?
Mischief is the most common, at 9.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then fraud (5.9) and assault (4.7).
Is crime going up in Shaunavon?
It has: 41.8 in 2023 became 47.3 by 2025, a rise of 13%.
How much of Shaunavon’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 30%: 44% for violent crime and 21% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Shaunavon and everywhere else it polices.
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).