Wynyard sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
All told, Wynyard grades C+ for safety: close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, typical years here bring 15.1 violent incidents plus 34.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. A Crime Severity Index of 71.6, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 67.2 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Police cleared 39% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Wynyard detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Wynyard
Mischief: high for a town its size
Wynyard records 10.1 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 ↓
Non-violent crime leads the index
Wynyard scores 51.2 for violence and 80.3 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Lighter than Saskatchewan’s middle
Wynyard’s index of 71.6 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.
What’s behind Wynyard’s grade
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 Wynyard, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Wynyard runs highest on mischief (10.1 per 1,000 against 4.2), fraud (7.5 per 1,000 against 5.1) and break and enter (3.1 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 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 9.3 | 3.1 | 18% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 8.7 | 2.9 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 29.3 | 9.9 | 33% |
| Mischief | 30 | 10.1 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 30.7 | 10.4 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Drug violations | 4.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 13.7 | 4.6 | 46% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
The police area Wynyard is part of, 2,980 residents, recorded about 45 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 100 property crimes, plus 74 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Wynyard, each year
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (78) and 2023 the trough (61.2). For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Wynyard | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 78 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 61.2 | 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 Wynyard, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Wynyard
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wynyard | 1,827 | 71.6 | 51.2 | C+ |
| Wadena (33 km) | 1,278 | 127.9 | 151.7 | D |
| Foam Lake (47 km) | 1,154 | 127.9 | 151.7 | D |
| Lanigan (59 km) | 1,597 | 55 | 50.9 | B |
1 of the 3 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Wynyard. The nearest of them, Lanigan (58.9 km away), scores 55 against 71.6.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Wynyard with figures are 33–59 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Small numbers. The police behind these figures serve about 2,983 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- A detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Wynyard is one part.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. 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.”
Questions about safety in Wynyard
Is Wynyard safe?
Wynyard’s Crime Severity Index is 71.6 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 15.1 violent incidents and 34.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Wynyard?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 15.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (10.1) and theft under $5,000 (9.9).
Is crime going up in Wynyard?
It went up 23% between 2023 and 2025, from 61.2 to 75.5. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Wynyard’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 39%: 55% for violent crime and 35% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Wynyard 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).