Per resident, Shellbrook No. 493 records more crime than 97% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Shellbrook No. 493 reported put it at D− for safety. Violence and property crime split as 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Split in two, the index gives 425.8 for violence and 297.5 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8).
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Prince Albert detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Shellbrook No. 493
Mischief: high for a town its size
Shellbrook No. 493 records 44.4 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 ↓
Above Saskatchewan’s typical town
Shellbrook No. 493’s index of 332.1 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. Towns its size ↓
Down since 2023
From 373 in 2023 to 308.4 in 2025: that is Shellbrook No. 493’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. 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.
Inside Shellbrook No. 493’s D− for safety
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 34 km off, which covers its own area rather than Shellbrook No. 493.
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.
Crime in Shellbrook No. 493, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Shellbrook No. 493 runs highest on mischief (44.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (14.7 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (15.4 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9.7 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 27 | 1.9 | 95% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 26 | 1.8 | 28% |
| Robbery | 25.3 | 1.8 | 54% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 0.5 | 45% |
| Breaking and entering | 221.7 | 15.4 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 187.3 | 13 | 17% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 212.3 | 14.7 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17.3 | 1.2 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 157.7 | 10.9 | 4% |
| Mischief | 640.3 | 44.4 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 65 | 4.5 | 38% |
| Administration of justice violations | 377.3 | 26.1 | 75% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 66.7 | 4.6 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 47.3 | 3.3 | 26% |
| Impaired driving | 115.7 | 8 | 40% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.09 | — |
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.
Shellbrook No. 493’s index fell 17% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 373, and its lowest 2025, at 308.4. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Shellbrook No. 493 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 308.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 314.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 373 | 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 Shellbrook No. 493, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 650 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Shellbrook No. 493 (14,600 residents), 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.
And about 1,540 property crimes, plus 1,070 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Shellbrook No. 493
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shellbrook No. 493 | 1,671 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Shellbrook (17 km) | 1,576 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Duck Lake No. 463 (22 km) | 1,092 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Buckland No. 491 (26 km) | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Prince Albert (28 km) | 40,728 | 295.8 | 470.9 | D− |
| Prince Albert No. 461 (28 km) | 3,589 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
4 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. Shellbrook No. 493 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 17–28 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Shellbrook No. 493
Is Shellbrook No. 493 safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Shellbrook No. 493’s Crime Severity Index stands at 332.1 for 2023–2025. Its police record 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Shellbrook No. 493?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 49.2, mischief at 44.4 and assault at 25.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Shellbrook No. 493?
The reverse: 373 in 2023 came down to 308.4 by 2025, 17% lower.
How much of Shellbrook No. 493’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 58% of violent crime and 22% of everything else, 35% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Shellbrook No. 493 and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).