Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainPer resident, Alonsa records more crime than 98% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 693.6 and 257.1. The yearly rates were 69.5 violent incidents and 95.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Counting crime the police covering Alonsa reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D− for safety. By contrast, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 364.2 in 2023 to 332.7 by 2025.
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. Shared with the rest of the Ste. Rose du Lac detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Alonsa
Mischief: high for a town its size
Alonsa records 47.7 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 ↓
Above Manitoba’s typical town
Alonsa’s index of 379.4 compares with 129.3 for the typical town in Manitoba. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 693.6 on Alonsa’s index against 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+; non-violent crime, 257.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D− for Alonsa
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 48 km off, which covers its own area rather than Alonsa.
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.
Which crimes make up Alonsa’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Alonsa runs highest on mischief (47.7 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (6.3 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (42.9 per 1,000 against 6.7). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8.3 | 1.3 | 36% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 34.3 | 5.2 | 45% |
| Robbery | 7.7 | 1.2 | 56% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 1 | 40% |
| Breaking and entering | 59.3 | 9 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 39.7 | 6 | 20% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 72.7 | 11 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 76.3 | 11.6 | 17% |
| Mischief | 315.3 | 47.7 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 42 | 6.4 | 38% |
| Administration of justice violations | 152 | 23 | 66% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 41.3 | 6.3 | 34% |
| Drug violations | 41.3 | 6.3 | 25% |
| Impaired driving | 45.7 | 6.9 | 31% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 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 people or more.
The detachment nearest Alonsa, 6,590 residents: around 460 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 630 a year and other violations 440 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Alonsa, year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 441.4, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 332.7. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Alonsa | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 332.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 441.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 364.2 | 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 Alonsa, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Alonsa
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonsa | 1,216 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
| Ste. Rose (36 km) | 1,651 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
| West Interlake (44 km) | 2,349 | 150.8 | 234.8 | D |
| Lakeshore (50 km) | 1,344 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
| Grahamdale (65 km) | 1,326 | 419.5 | 614.9 | D− |
| Clanwilliam-Erickson (70 km) | 1,051 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
Alonsa sits above 2 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. The nearest of them, West Interlake (44 km away), scores 150.8 against 379.4. 2 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 36–70 km from Alonsa.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Alonsa
Is Alonsa safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Alonsa comes to 379.4. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 69.5 violent incidents and 95.1 property crimes. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Alonsa?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 48.1 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 47.7 and assault at 42.9.
Is crime going up in Alonsa?
The reverse: 364.2 in 2023 came down to 332.7 by 2025, 9% lower.
How much of Alonsa’s crime do police solve?
41%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 57% and non-violent crime at 23%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Alonsa 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).