Torch River No. 488 records more crime per resident than 93% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 163.9 and 191.2. It grades D for safety on crime the police covering Torch River No. 488 reported from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 26.9 violent incidents and 89.5 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. Measured across the Nipawin detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Torch River No. 488
Mischief: high for a town its size
Torch River No. 488 records 40.2 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 ↓
Higher than most of Saskatchewan
Torch River No. 488’s index of 182.3 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Torch River No. 488’s two halves part ways: 163.9 for violence (typical 86.4) and 191.2 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Torch River No. 488’s D for safety
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 23 km off, which covers its own area rather than Torch River No. 488.
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.
Torch River No. 488’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Torch River No. 488 runs highest on mischief (40.2 per 1,000 against 4.2), break and enter (13.3 per 1,000 against 2.5) and motor vehicle theft (5.2 per 1,000 against 2.4).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7.7 | 0.7 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 0.5 | 38% |
| Robbery | 6.3 | 0.6 | 59% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 143 | 13.3 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 31.3 | 2.9 | 29% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 55.7 | 5.2 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.7 | 1.2 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 208 | 19.4 | 19% |
| Mischief | 431.7 | 40.2 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 40.3 | 3.8 | 44% |
| Administration of justice violations | 197.3 | 18.4 | 88% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 33.3 | 3.1 | 71% |
| Drug violations | 21.7 | 2 | 28% |
| Impaired driving | 61.3 | 5.7 | 25% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
About 290 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Torch River No. 488 (10,800 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 960 property crimes and 480 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Torch River No. 488’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 192.8, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2023, came in at 175.2. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Torch River No. 488 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 178.9 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 192.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 175.2 | 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 Torch River No. 488, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Torch River No. 488
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torch River No. 488 | 1,277 | 182.3 | 163.9 | D |
| Nipawin (19 km) | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | D |
| Moose Range No. 486 (49 km) | 1,047 | 194.7 | 352.1 | D |
| Tisdale (64 km) | 3,052 | 123.4 | 132.5 | D |
| Melfort (66 km) | 6,028 | 144.9 | 143.9 | D |
Nearby, 2 of 3 places with their own figures have a lower index than Torch River No. 488. Tisdale, 64.3 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 123.4 to 182.3. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 19–66 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Torch River No. 488.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Torch River No. 488
Is Torch River No. 488 safe?
The short answer is an index of 182.3 for Torch River No. 488 (2023–2025), built from 26.9 violent incidents and 89.5 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Torch River No. 488?
Top of the list is mischief (40.2 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 35.1, and theft under $5,000, at 19.4, follow.
Is crime going up in Torch River No. 488?
Not much: the index went from 175.2 in 2023 to 178.9 in 2025.
How much of Torch River No. 488’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 36% 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 28% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Torch River No. 488 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).