Photo: Canadian2006 · CC BY-SA 3.0White City sees less crime per resident than 65% of Canadian towns
About 42% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size. Its Safety Grade is B+, on crime the police covering White City reported from 2023 to 2025: #4 of 104 in Saskatchewan. Police counts work out at 11.6 violent incidents and 21.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.9 and 31.2. Weighted by seriousness, its crime scores 52.8 on the index for 2023–2025, beside 68.5 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. Data for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts covers the White Butte detachment area.
What stands out about safety in White City
Under the Saskatchewan norm
White City’s index of 52.8 compares with 118.6 for the typical town in Saskatchewan. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
White City’s index went from 60.1 in 2023 to 45.5 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, White City places 18th from the lowest index. 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 B+ for White City, and how it is built
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: #4 of 104 in Saskatchewan and #639 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.
What police record in White City, by type
Against the typical town its size, White City runs highest on mischief (7.2 per 1,000 against 4.9). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5 | 0.3 | 40% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
| Robbery | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 46.7 | 2.5 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 18.7 | 1 | 36% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 32.7 | 1.7 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 17 | 0.9 | 18% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 84 | 4.5 | 12% |
| Mischief | 134 | 7.2 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 11.3 | 0.6 | 73% |
| Administration of justice violations | 54.3 | 2.9 | 77% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.3 | 0.4 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 19 | 1 | 63% |
| Impaired driving | 87.3 | 4.6 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.05 | — |
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.
Year by year in White City: down 24%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (60.1); the low point came in 2025, at 45.5. The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | White City | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.5 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 52.8 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 60.1 | 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 White City, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 220 violent incidents a year across the police area of 19,100 residents that includes White City, 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 400 property crimes, plus 230 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
By its index, White City stands 18th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowen Island British Columbia | 4,501 | 24.4 | 16.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix Quebec | 4,230 | 49.6 | 81.8 | B+ |
| 16 | East Angus Quebec | 4,261 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 17 | Electoral Area E, Cariboo British Columbia | 4,242 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| 18 | White City Saskatchewan | 4,379 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| 19 | Lantzville British Columbia | 4,276 | 58.9 | 58.4 | B− |
| 20 | New Maryland New Brunswick | 4,455 | 63.2 | 81.9 | B− |
| 21 | Rossland British Columbia | 4,355 | 63.8 | 58.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | High Level Alberta | 4,390 | 324 | 498.7 | 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 White City in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around White City
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White City | 4,379 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Edenwold No. 158 | 4,932 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Pilot Butte | 3,255 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Balgonie | 2,020 | 52.8 | 60.8 | B+ |
| Arcola East | 33,823 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Dewdney East | 18,670 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
| Boothill | 2,613 | 104.4 | 137.3 | C− |
The places around White City all score higher on the index. Same police, same number: 3 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Shared with the countryside. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: White City together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in White City
Is White City safe?
Its police recorded 11.6 violent incidents and 21.2 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives White City a Crime Severity Index of 52.8. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in White City?
Top of the list is mischief (7.2 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 5.6, and assault, at 5.5, follow.
Is crime going up in White City?
The reverse: 60.1 in 2023 came down to 45.5 by 2025, 24% lower.
How much of White City’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 66% of violent crime and 30% of everything else, 42% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving White City 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).