Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRecorded crime per resident is higher in Clanwilliam-Erickson than in 83% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 149.1 for violence and 96.6 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). Graded on crime the police covering Clanwilliam-Erickson reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C− for safety. What’s more, recorded violent incidents ran at 18.7 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 35.0, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Police cleared 40% 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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Yellowhead detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Clanwilliam-Erickson
More people here than live here
Seasonal homes make up about 42% of Clanwilliam-Erickson’s housing, so summer crime is set against winter’s population and the rates read high. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Clanwilliam-Erickson records 11.1 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 ↓
More severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Clanwilliam-Erickson moved from 103.6 to 129.5, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Much like Manitoba’s towns
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Clanwilliam-Erickson, 111. 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 Clanwilliam-Erickson’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 45 km from Clanwilliam-Erickson, not to the town.
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.
Clanwilliam-Erickson’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Clanwilliam-Erickson runs highest on break and enter (8.5 per 1,000 against 2.5), mischief (11.1 per 1,000 against 4.2) and motor vehicle theft (5.1 per 1,000 against 2.4). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 0.6 | 93% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 84.7 | 8.5 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7 | 0.7 | 39% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 51 | 5.1 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 51.3 | 5.2 | 13% |
| Mischief | 110.3 | 11.1 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 58.7 | 5.9 | 58% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 1.1 | 47% |
| Drug violations | 7.3 | 0.7 | 18% |
| Impaired driving | 54.3 | 5.5 | 28% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.1 | — |
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.
In Clanwilliam-Erickson, up 25% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 129.5, and 2024 lowest at 99.8. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Clanwilliam-Erickson | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 99.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 103.6 | 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 Clanwilliam-Erickson, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 190 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Clanwilliam-Erickson (9,930 residents), 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 350 a year and other violations 200 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Clanwilliam-Erickson
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clanwilliam-Erickson | 1,051 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Harrison Park (22 km) | 1,916 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Minnedosa (27 km) | 2,859 | 89.9 | 92.1 | C |
| Oakview (37 km) | 1,670 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Minto-Odanah (38 km) | 1,168 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Neepawa (40 km) | 6,328 | 45.8 | 46.8 | A− |
Clanwilliam-Erickson has the highest index of the places around it. Just 27.5 km away, Minnedosa comes to 89.9, against 111. The table leaves out 3 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Clanwilliam-Erickson with figures are 22–40 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Clanwilliam-Erickson
Is Clanwilliam-Erickson safe?
With 18.7 violent incidents and 35 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Clanwilliam-Erickson comes to 111 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Clanwilliam-Erickson?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (11.1) and assault (10.7).
Is crime going up in Clanwilliam-Erickson?
It has: 103.6 in 2023 became 129.5 by 2025, a rise of 25%.
How much of Clanwilliam-Erickson’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 40% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 71% of violent crime and 20% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Clanwilliam-Erickson 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).