Photo: Greg N · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Coldwell than in 91% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 234.8 and 118.6. Graded on crime the police covering Coldwell reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety. For every 1,000 residents, 35.9 violent incidents and 54.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. Within Manitoba, half the towns score under 129.3.
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 published for the Lundar detachment area, not by town.
What stands out about safety in Coldwell
Mischief: high for a town its size
Coldwell records 27.8 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 ↓
Down since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Coldwell moved from 173 to 140.8, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 46% of Coldwell’s crime, weighted by seriousness (67% of violent crime, 30% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Coldwell’s two halves part ways: 234.8 for violence (typical 86.4) and 118.6 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.
What’s behind Coldwell’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.
Coldwell’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Coldwell runs highest on mischief (27.8 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (21.5 per 1,000 against 6.7) and motor vehicle theft (6.1 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 | 0.05 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7 | 1 | 81% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 38 | 5.4 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 6 | 0.9 | 67% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 42.7 | 6.1 | 21% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 56.7 | 8.1 | 26% |
| Mischief | 195.7 | 27.8 | 48% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 1.1 | 48% |
| Administration of justice violations | 42.3 | 6 | 72% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.3 | 1.5 | 58% |
| Drug violations | 18.3 | 2.6 | 23% |
| Impaired driving | 45 | 6.4 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Coldwell’s index dropped 19%
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 173, against a low of 138.7 in 2024. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Coldwell | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 140.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 138.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 173 | 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 Coldwell, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
7,010 residents, about 250 violent incidents a year: the police area Coldwell belongs to, 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 380 property crimes, plus 200 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Coldwell
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldwell | 1,368 | 150.8 | 234.8 | D |
| St. Laurent (35 km) | 1,577 | 150.8 | 234.8 | D |
| West Interlake (47 km) | 2,349 | 150.8 | 234.8 | D |
| Fisher (53 km) | 1,800 | 307.1 | 431.5 | D− |
| Armstrong (53 km) | 2,062 | 77.3 | 72.1 | C+ |
| Woodlands (61 km) | 4,057 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
Nearby, 2 of 3 places with their own figures have a lower index than Coldwell. Just 53.1 km away, Armstrong comes to 77.3, against 150.8. 2 nearby places have no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Coldwell has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 35–61 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A wider policing area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Coldwell is one part.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Coldwell
Is Coldwell safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 150.8 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Coldwell stands, with 35.9 violent and 54.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Coldwell?
Top of the list is mischief (27.8 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 21.5, and other Criminal Code offences, at 15.7, follow.
Is crime going up in Coldwell?
The reverse: 173 in 2023 came down to 140.8 by 2025, 19% lower.
How much of Coldwell’s crime do police solve?
46%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 67% and non-violent crime at 30%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Coldwell 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).