Per resident, Shellbrook records more crime than 97% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 425.8 for violence and 297.5 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). The grade is D−, built on crime the police covering Shellbrook reported from 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Prince Albert detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Shellbrook
Mischief: high for a town its size
Shellbrook 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
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 332.1 in Shellbrook. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Shellbrook’s index went from 373 in 2023 to 308.4 in 2025; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9. 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’s behind Shellbrook’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 43 km from Shellbrook, not to the town.
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 Shellbrook’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Shellbrook 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.
Year by year in Shellbrook: down 17%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 373, and 2025 the lightest 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 | 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, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 650 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Shellbrook (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.
Add about 1,540 property crimes and 1,070 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Shellbrook
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shellbrook | 1,576 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Shellbrook No. 493 (17 km) | 1,671 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Duck Lake No. 463 (24 km) | 1,092 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Canwood No. 494 (35 km) | 1,398 | 457.6 | 685.3 | D− |
| Buckland No. 491 (42 km) | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Prince Albert No. 461 (42 km) | 3,589 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
Its police also cover 4 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 17–42 km from Shellbrook.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Shellbrook
Is Shellbrook safe?
Shellbrook measures 332.1 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 45.2 violent incidents and 106.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Shellbrook?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 49.2 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (44.4) and assault (25.6).
Is crime going up in Shellbrook?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 17%, to 308.4 from 373.
How much of Shellbrook’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 35% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 58% of violent and 22% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Shellbrook 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).