Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSwift Current No. 137 sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Overall, it grades B− for safety. Even so, the index rose from 62.5 in 2023 to 71.2 in 2025. Annual rates stand at 8.7 violent incidents and 22.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its Crime Severity Index averaged 61.7 over 2023–2025, against 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Swift Current detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Swift Current No. 137
Below Saskatchewan’s typical town
Swift Current No. 137’s index of 61.7 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Swift Current No. 137 scores 45.9 for violence and 68.6 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 42% for Swift Current No. 137 (55% violent, 39% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
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 Swift Current No. 137’s B−
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Swift Current No. 137 itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 5 km away.
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 Swift Current No. 137, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Swift Current No. 137 runs highest on break and enter (4.2 per 1,000 against 2.5). 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 | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 38 | 4.2 | 40% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14.7 | 1.6 | 50% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13 | 1.4 | 44% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6 | 0.7 | 12% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 41.3 | 4.6 | 20% |
| Mischief | 42 | 4.7 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 39 | 4.3 | 89% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| Drug violations | 12 | 1.3 | 39% |
| Impaired driving | 23.3 | 2.6 | 60% |
| 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.
Swift Current No. 137, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (71.2); 2024 was the low point, at 51.4. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Swift Current No. 137 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 51.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 62.5 | 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 Swift Current No. 137, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 78 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Swift Current No. 137 (9,020 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 210 property crimes and 120 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 Swift Current No. 137
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Current No. 137 | 2,089 | 61.7 | 45.9 | B− |
| Swift Current (9 km) | 18,154 | 108.2 | 100.8 | C− |
| Shaunavon (75 km) | 1,939 | 48.5 | 57.8 | B+ |
| Gravelbourg (101 km) | 1,047 | 65 | 74 | B− |
1 of the 3 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Swift Current No. 137. Shaunavon, 75 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 48.5 to 61.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Swift Current No. 137 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–101 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. 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 Swift Current No. 137
Is Swift Current No. 137 safe?
With 8.7 violent incidents and 22.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Swift Current No. 137 comes to 61.7 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Swift Current No. 137?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 5.4 and mischief at 4.7.
Is crime going up in Swift Current No. 137?
It has: 62.5 in 2023 became 71.2 by 2025, a rise of 14%.
How much of Swift Current No. 137’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 42% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 55% of violent crime and 39% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Swift Current No. 137 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).