Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Argyle runs lower than in 81% of Canadian towns
From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Argyle reported put it at A− for safety. Violence accounts for an index of 34.6 and other offences for 46.4, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Year on year, 6.6 violent incidents and 17.6 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. About 27% of crime here is cleared by police, set 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Killarney detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Argyle
Lower than most of Manitoba
Set among Manitoba’s towns, whose median is 129.3, Argyle scores 42.8. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Argyle’s two halves part ways: 34.6 for violence (typical 86.4) and 46.4 for the rest (typical 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.
Inside Argyle’s A− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 39 km from Argyle, since none reports under the town’s name.
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.
Argyle’s index rose 12% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 48.4, 2024 topped the three years, and 2023 was lowest at 37.8. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Argyle | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 48.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 37.8 | 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 Argyle, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Argyle, 9,400 residents, recorded about 62 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.
Add about 160 property crimes and 62 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Argyle’s crime by kind
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 26.3 | 2.8 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 15.7 | 1.7 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25.3 | 2.7 | 11% |
| Mischief | 37.7 | 4 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 15.7 | 1.7 | 64% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 15.7 | 1.7 | 34% |
| 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.
Crime in the places around Argyle
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle | 1,035 | 42.8 | 34.6 | A− |
| Louise (24 km) | 2,086 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| Cartwright-Roblin (26 km) | 1,395 | 42.8 | 34.6 | A− |
| Prairie Lakes (36 km) | 1,679 | 42.8 | 34.6 | A− |
| Killarney (37 km) | 3,708 | 81.4 | 71.7 | C |
| Victoria (39 km) | 1,333 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
Nearby, 2 of 3 places with their own figures have a lower index than Argyle. Closest is Louise, 24.2 km away, at 26.8 to 42.8 here. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 2 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Argyle has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 24–39 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Argyle
Is Argyle safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 42.8 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Argyle stands, with 6.6 violent and 17.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Argyle?
Police record fraud most, 5.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (4) and other Criminal Code offences (3.6).
Is crime going up in Argyle?
Up 12%: 37.8 in 2023, 42.2 in 2025.
How much of Argyle’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 27% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 57% of violent crime and 19% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Argyle and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).