More crimes per resident are recorded in Wilton No. 472 than in 87% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 105.4 and other offences to 134.2, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. Scored on crime the police covering Wilton No. 472 reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D for safety. Add to that, recorded violent incidents ran at 13.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 49.3, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Maidstone detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Wilton No. 472
Mischief: high for a town its size
Wilton No. 472 records 14.5 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 ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Wilton No. 472 scores 105.4 for violence and 134.2 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Rising since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Wilton No. 472 moved from 101.8 to 117.6, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
About the Saskatchewan norm
Set among Saskatchewan’s towns, whose median is 118.6, Wilton No. 472 scores 125.2. 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.
Wilton No. 472: D for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Wilton No. 472 itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 34 km away.
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.
Crime in Wilton No. 472, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Wilton No. 472 runs highest on mischief (14.5 per 1,000 against 4.2), motor vehicle theft (6 per 1,000 against 2.4) and break and enter (5 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 38.7 | 5 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 31.7 | 4.1 | 27% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 46 | 6 | 9% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 27.7 | 3.6 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 75.3 | 9.8 | 12% |
| Mischief | 111.3 | 14.5 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 8.7 | 1.1 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 124.7 | 16.3 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8 | 1 | 41% |
| Drug violations | 17.7 | 2.3 | 69% |
| Impaired driving | 34.7 | 4.5 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 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 2,500 people or more.
From 2023 to 2025, Wilton No. 472’s index climbed 16%
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 156.2; 2023 was lightest, at 101.8. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Wilton No. 472 | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 156.2 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 101.8 | 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 Wilton No. 472, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Wilton No. 472, 7,760 residents, recorded about 100 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.
And about 380 property crimes, plus 270 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Wilton No. 472
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilton No. 472 | 1,583 | 125.2 | 105.4 | D |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 13,137 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
| Lloydminster (Part) | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Wilton No. 472.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Wilton No. 472
Is Wilton No. 472 safe?
Wilton No. 472 measures 125.2 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 13.2 violent incidents and 49.3 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Wilton No. 472?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 22.3, mischief at 14.5 and theft under $5,000 at 9.8, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Wilton No. 472?
It went up 16% between 2023 and 2025, from 101.8 to 117.6.
How much of Wilton No. 472’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 33% of crime (39% of violent crime, 31% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Wilton No. 472 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).