Statistics Canada released its crime severity index (CSI) data for 2019 on Thursday, and it shows that Estevan’s figure remains relatively low.
Among policing jurisdictions that have a population of at least 10,000 people, Estevan municipal, which is covered by the Estevan Police Service, finished 94th in the country with a rating of 86.94.
Estevan’s violent crime rating was at 55.07, which left it in 201st place among more than 300 communities surveyed. The non-violent crime index, which includes break and enters, thefts, mischief incidents and more, was 98.2, which was 73rd in the country.
Estevan finished 112th in 2017 with a CSI of 72.68, and 76th in 2018 with a number of 82.4.
Among Saskatchewan cities, Estevan was ninth of the 11 jurisdictions with a population of at least 10,000. Only Martensville and Warman, both of which have RCMP, had a CSI lower than Estevan.
The city also had the lowest CSI among the six communities with municipal policing.
North Battleford had the highest CSI in Saskatchewan, and the second-highest in Canada, trailing only Thompson, Man.
CSI includes all Criminal Code violations. The number of police-reported incidents for each offence is weighted, and all weighted offences are then added together and divided by the corresponding population total.
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