Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Per resident, Swift Current records more crime than four in five Canadian towns
Scored on crime the police covering Swift Current reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C− for safety: #47 of 104 in Saskatchewan. In a usual year, 18.7 violent incidents and 48.8 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.0 and 30.5. Violence accounts for an index of 100.8 and other offences for 112.1, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. Its Crime Severity Index dropped from 113.4 in 2023 to 102.7 by 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.
What stands out about safety in Swift Current
Mischief: high for a town its size
Swift Current records 18.5 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Swift Current comes 36th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Swift Current scores 100.8 for violence and 112.1 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 89.4 and 56. By type ↓
About the Saskatchewan norm
The typical Saskatchewan town scores 118.6; Swift Current, 108.2. 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.
The grade: C− for Swift Current
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.
Its place: #47 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #1,996 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Crime in Swift Current, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Swift Current runs highest on mischief (18.5 per 1,000 against 3.7), drug offences (2.8 per 1,000 against 0.8) and break and enter (5.2 per 1,000 against 2.2). Motor vehicle theft sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9.3 | 0.5 | 61% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 9.3 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7.3 | 0.4 | 51% |
| Breaking and entering | 92.3 | 5.2 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 15.3 | 0.9 | 48% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 34 | 1.9 | 29% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 11.3 | 0.6 | 27% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 217.3 | 12.2 | 28% |
| Mischief | 330 | 18.5 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 12.7 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 211.7 | 11.8 | 88% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 22.3 | 1.3 | 69% |
| Drug violations | 49.3 | 2.8 | 20% |
| Impaired driving | 90 | 5 | 42% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 6.3 | 0.4 | 32% |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Swift Current is 36th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Bay British Columbia | 18,626 | 26.7 | 23.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Edmundston New Brunswick | 18,174 | 85 | 102.4 | C |
| 34 | Stony Plain Alberta | 19,662 | 88.4 | 74.6 | C |
| 35 | Brooks Alberta | 17,537 | 91.9 | 120.8 | C |
| 36 | Swift Current Saskatchewan | 18,154 | 108.2 | 100.8 | C− |
| 37 | Summerside Prince Edward Island | 19,006 | 118.7 | 108.2 | C− |
| 38 | Yorkton Saskatchewan | 17,543 | 175.2 | 185.2 | D |
| 39 | Port Alberni British Columbia | 19,671 | 200.1 | 248.2 | D |
| 40 | Cold Lake Alberta | 17,798 | 204.1 | 204.7 | D |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Swift Current in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Swift Current, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 113.4, and 2025 the lightest at 102.7. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Swift Current | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 102.7 | 60 |
| 2024 | 108.4 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 113.4 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Swift Current, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Police in Swift Current recorded about 330 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 870 property crimes and 590 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
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Current | 18,154 | 108.2 | 100.8 | C− |
| Swift Current No. 137 (9 km) | 2,089 | 61.7 | 45.9 | B− |
| Shaunavon (84 km) | 1,939 | 48.5 | 57.8 | B+ |
| Gravelbourg (100 km) | 1,047 | 65 | 74 | B− |
| Eston (117 km) | 1,005 | 95.9 | 83.7 | C− |
Swift Current has the highest index of the places around it. Just 8.6 km away, Swift Current No. 137 comes to 61.7, against 108.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Swift Current has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–117 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Swift Current
Is Swift Current safe?
Its police recorded 18.7 violent incidents and 48.8 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Swift Current a Crime Severity Index of 108.2. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people, the median is 66.
What is the most common crime in Swift Current?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 23.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (18.5) and theft under $5,000 (12.2).
Is crime going up in Swift Current?
The reverse: 113.4 in 2023 came down to 102.7 by 2025, 9% lower.
How much of Swift Current’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 60% of violent crime and 32% of everything else, 39% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 33% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Swift Current and nowhere else.
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).