Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainUnity has more crime per resident than 78% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 91.9 and other offences to 102.2, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Annual rates stand at 16.4 violent incidents and 40.0 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Scored on crime the police covering Unity reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on C− for safety: #15 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Police clear 40% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
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 Unity detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Unity
Mischief: high for a town its size
Unity records 12 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 ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Unity places 36th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Unity scores 91.9 for violence and 102.2 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Much like Saskatchewan’s towns
Unity’s index of 98.7 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. 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.
Inside Unity’s C− for safety
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: #15 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #1,926 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.
Crime in Unity, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Unity runs highest on mischief (12 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (6.1 per 1,000 against 2.8) and motor vehicle theft (4.2 per 1,000 against 2.6). 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 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 6.7 | 0.8 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 48.7 | 6.1 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 12 | 1.5 | 64% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 34 | 4.2 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 62.7 | 7.8 | 12% |
| Mischief | 96.7 | 12 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 79.7 | 9.9 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 1.3 | 31% |
| Drug violations | 8.7 | 1.1 | 43% |
| Impaired driving | 27.3 | 3.4 | 61% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 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.
By its index, Unity stands 36th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonfield Ontario | 2,597 | 24.3 | 39.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 11 | Outlook Saskatchewan | 2,629 | 42 | 39.6 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Rosetown Saskatchewan | 2,600 | 54.6 | 46.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Esterhazy Saskatchewan | 2,513 | 66.4 | 84.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley British Columbia | 2,597 | 87 | 109.6 | C |
| 34 | Sexsmith Alberta | 2,561 | 87.3 | 94.5 | C |
| 35 | Gracefield Quebec | 2,544 | 90.6 | 152.3 | C |
| 36 | Unity Saskatchewan | 2,543 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
| 37 | Rimbey Alberta | 2,502 | 110.1 | 69.4 | C− |
| 38 | Saint-Chrysostome Quebec | 2,641 | 120.3 | 141 | D |
| 39 | Brooke-Alvinston Ontario | 2,557 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| 40 | High Prairie Alberta | 2,607 | 334.5 | 521.9 | 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 Unity in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 130 violent incidents a year across the police area of 8,070 residents that includes Unity, 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.
And about 320 property crimes, plus 190 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Unity’s index fell 7% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 103.8, with 2025 the lightest at 92.6. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Unity | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 103.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 99.7 | 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 Unity, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Unity
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity | 2,543 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
| Wilkie (31 km) | 1,261 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
| Macklin (54 km) | 1,185 | 98.7 | 91.9 | C− |
| Battle River No. 438 (60 km) | 1,080 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
| Battleford (66 km) | 4,657 | 349.1 | 479.8 | D− |
| North Battleford (69 km) | 14,882 | 528.4 | 591.9 | D− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Unity. Sharing its police with 2 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Unity with figures are 31–69 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.”
- A wider policing area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Unity is one part.
- 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 Unity
Is Unity safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 98.7 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Unity stands, with 16.4 violent and 40 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Unity?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 16.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 12 and theft under $5,000 at 7.8.
Is crime going up in Unity?
It went down 7% between 2023 and 2025, from 99.7 to 92.6.
How much of Unity’s crime do police solve?
About 40% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 70% of violent and 29% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Unity and everywhere else it polices.
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).