Photo: Masterhatch · CC0Weyburn sees more crime per resident than 63% of Canadian towns
That puts it at C+ for safety, judged on crime the police covering Weyburn reported from 2023 to 2025: #13 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Per 1,000 residents a year, 14.5 violent incidents and 33.5 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. By 2025 the index had dropped to 70.8, down from 88 in 2023. A Crime Severity Index of 75.6, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 66 for the typical Canadian town its size.
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 Weyburn
Mischief: high for a town its size
Weyburn records 9.1 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 ↓
Property and other crime weigh more
Violent crime scores 64.9 on Weyburn’s index against 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 80.6 against 56. By type ↓
Below Saskatchewan’s typical town
Within Saskatchewan, the median town comes to 118.6 on the index, against 75.6 in Weyburn. Towns its size ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Weyburn stands 31st, the lowest first. 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 Weyburn’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: #13 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #1,575 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.
Weyburn, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 88 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 68. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Weyburn | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 68 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 88 | 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 Weyburn, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Which crimes make up Weyburn’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Weyburn runs highest on mischief (9.1 per 1,000 against 3.7), fraud (8.5 per 1,000 against 5.1) and break and enter (3.5 per 1,000 against 2.2). Assault and motor vehicle theft sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 4 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 7 | 0.6 | 57% |
| Breaking and entering | 40.7 | 3.5 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 8.7 | 0.7 | 77% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 11.3 | 1 | 24% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 117 | 10.1 | 28% |
| Mischief | 105.7 | 9.1 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 6 | 0.5 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 153.3 | 13.1 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 1.3 | 58% |
| Drug violations | 12.7 | 1.1 | 53% |
| Impaired driving | 36 | 3.1 | 69% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.09 | — |
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.
By its index, Weyburn stands 31st of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Martensville Saskatchewan | 11,808 | 39.9 | 46.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 28 | St. Clements Manitoba | 12,029 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| 29 | St. Andrews Manitoba | 12,021 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| 30 | Moncton New Brunswick | 12,238 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 31 | Weyburn Saskatchewan | 11,871 | 75.6 | 64.9 | C+ |
| 32 | Elliot Lake Ontario | 12,317 | 86.6 | 123.3 | C |
| 33 | Wetaskiwin County No. 10 Alberta | 12,117 | 88.9 | 60 | C |
| 34 | Hawkesbury Ontario | 11,451 | 92.7 | 131.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Estevan Saskatchewan | 11,391 | 103.1 | 136.2 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Weyburn in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Weyburn recorded about 170 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.
Property crime adds about 390 a year and other violations 320 (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 Weyburn
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weyburn | 11,871 | 75.6 | 64.9 | C+ |
| Weyburn No. 67 (5 km) | 1,149 | 83.6 | 89 | C |
| Lajord No. 128 (78 km) | 1,191 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Estevan (85 km) | 11,391 | 103.1 | 136.2 | C− |
| Estevan No. 5 (85 km) | 1,293 | 76.7 | 48.9 | C+ |
| South Qu'Appelle No. 157 (91 km) | 1,256 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
Weyburn sits above 2 of the 5 neighbours with figures of their own. The nearest of them, Lajord No. 128 (77.7 km away), scores 52.8 against 75.6.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Weyburn has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 5–91 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Weyburn
Is Weyburn safe?
Statistics Canada puts Weyburn at 75.6 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people sit at 66 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 14.5 and property crimes at 33.5 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Weyburn?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 22.2, theft under $5,000 at 10.1 and mischief at 9.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Weyburn?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 20%, to 70.8 from 88.
How much of Weyburn’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 42% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 55% of violent and 37% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
They are Weyburn’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).