Photo: danrmg · CC BY 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in St. Louis No. 431 than in 85% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 147.4 and its non-violent half to 106.6, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. Scored on crime the police covering St. Louis No. 431 reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C− for safety. Police counts work out at 27.9 violent incidents and 44.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ they 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Wakaw detachment area.
What stands out about safety in St. Louis No. 431
Mischief: high for a town its size
St. Louis No. 431 records 23.6 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 ↓
Down since 2023
In 2023 the index in St. Louis No. 431 stood at 135.5, by 2025 at 113.4. Over the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Much like Saskatchewan’s towns
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 117.5 in St. Louis No. 431. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
St. Louis No. 431: C− for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 20 km from St. Louis No. 431, 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.
St. Louis No. 431’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, St. Louis No. 431 runs highest on mischief (23.6 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (6.8 per 1,000 against 2.5) and assault (16.6 per 1,000 against 6.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.3 | 0.9 | 57% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 41.7 | 6.8 | 7% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.9 | 47% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 21.3 | 3.5 | 5% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25.7 | 4.2 | 18% |
| Mischief | 143.7 | 23.6 | 34% |
| Weapons violations | 10.7 | 1.7 | 31% |
| Administration of justice violations | 78 | 12.8 | 86% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.3 | 1.7 | 58% |
| Drug violations | 6 | 1 | 17% |
| Impaired driving | 25.7 | 4.2 | 35% |
| 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.
Year by year in St. Louis No. 431: down 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 135.5, and its lowest 2024, at 103.6. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | St. Louis No. 431 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 103.6 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 135.5 | 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 St. Louis No. 431, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to St. Louis No. 431, 6,110 residents, recorded about 170 violent incidents a year, 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 270 property crimes and 180 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 St. Louis No. 431
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis No. 431 | 1,080 | 117.5 | 147.4 | C− |
| Wakaw (15 km) | 1,052 | 117.5 | 147.4 | C− |
| Birch Hills (29 km) | 1,093 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Duck Lake No. 463 (41 km) | 1,092 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Prince Albert No. 461 (43 km) | 3,589 | 332.1 | 425.8 | D− |
| Rosthern (43 km) | 1,926 | 99.3 | 115.6 | C− |
Nearby, 1 of 4 places with their own figures have a lower index than St. Louis No. 431. The nearest of them, Rosthern (43 km away), scores 99.3 against 117.5. Sharing its police with one neighbour, it shares that neighbour’s figure as well, so the neighbour isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. St. Louis No. 431 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–43 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in St. Louis No. 431
Is St. Louis No. 431 safe?
St. Louis No. 431’s Crime Severity Index is 117.5 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 27.9 violent incidents and 44.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in St. Louis No. 431?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 23.6, other Criminal Code offences at 23.3 and assault at 16.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in St. Louis No. 431?
Down 16%: 135.5 in 2023, 113.4 in 2025.
How much of St. Louis No. 431’s crime do police solve?
35%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 58% and non-violent crime at 24%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving St. Louis No. 431 together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).