Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainPer resident, Tisdale records more crime than 86% of Canadian towns
Measured on crime the police covering Tisdale reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D: #91 of 104 in Saskatchewan. On top of that, for every 1,000 residents, 27.0 violent incidents and 58.6 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. Violence accounts for an index of 132.5 and other offences for 120.9, against usual levels of 85.7 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Tisdale detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Tisdale
Mischief: high for a town its size
Tisdale records 27.3 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Down since 2023
Tisdale’s index went from 141 in 2023 to 87.3 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Tisdale is 36th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Close to Saskatchewan’s typical town
Set among Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median is 118.6, Tisdale scores 123.4. 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.
Tisdale: D for safety, and why
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: #91 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #2,281 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Year by year in Tisdale: down 38%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 142, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 87.3. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Tisdale | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 142 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 141 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Tisdale, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
What police record in Tisdale, by type
Against the typical town its size, Tisdale runs highest on mischief (27.3 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (2 per 1,000 against 0.7) and sexual assault (2.3 per 1,000 against 0.9). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 29.3 | 5.5 | 26% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6.3 | 1.2 | 37% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 24.3 | 4.6 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 5% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 55 | 10.4 | 27% |
| Mischief | 144.7 | 27.3 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 6 | 1.1 | 33% |
| Administration of justice violations | 93.7 | 17.6 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.7 | 1.3 | 70% |
| Drug violations | 10.7 | 2 | 28% |
| Impaired driving | 28.3 | 5.3 | 38% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
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 to 10,000 people.
Tisdale is 36th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Vanscoy No. 345 Saskatchewan | 3,029 | 54.2 | 56.3 | B |
| … | |||||
| 33 | McDougall Ontario | 3,002 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| 34 | Princeton British Columbia | 3,050 | 114.4 | 174.3 | C− |
| 35 | Huntingdon Quebec | 3,001 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| 36 | Tisdale Saskatchewan | 3,052 | 123.4 | 132.5 | D |
| 37 | Houston British Columbia | 3,114 | 162 | 219.6 | D |
| 38 | Electoral Area C, Strathcona British Columbia | 2,981 | 166.3 | 162.8 | D |
| 39 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 Alberta | 2,980 | 170.9 | 107.9 | D |
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Tisdale in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 140 violent incidents a year in the 5,330-resident police area around Tisdale, 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.
Property crime adds about 310 a year and other violations 210 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Tisdale
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tisdale | 3,052 | 123.4 | 132.5 | D |
| Melfort (37 km) | 6,028 | 144.9 | 143.9 | D |
| Nipawin (56 km) | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | D |
| Moose Range No. 486 (58 km) | 1,047 | 194.7 | 352.1 | D |
| Torch River No. 488 (64 km) | 1,277 | 182.3 | 163.9 | D |
The places around Tisdale all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 37–64 km from Tisdale.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared with the countryside. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Tisdale is one part.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
Questions about safety in Tisdale
Is Tisdale safe?
With 27 violent incidents and 58.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Tisdale comes to 123.4 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Tisdale?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 30 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (27.3) and assault (14.5).
Is crime going up in Tisdale?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 38%, to 87.3 from 141.
How much of Tisdale’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 38% of crime (53% of violent crime, 31% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Tisdale 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).