Photo: Intermedichbo · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Dauphin runs higher than in 96% of Canadian towns
Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure fell, 350.3 to 306.8. Even so, the grade is D−, built on crime the police covering Dauphin reported from 2023 to 2025: #175 of 182 in Manitoba. Violence and property crime split as 50.1 violent incidents and 119.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 402.1 and 269.2.
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.
What stands out about safety in Dauphin
Mischief: high for a town its size
Dauphin records 52.7 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than most of Manitoba
Dauphin’s index of 305.3 compares with 129.3 for the typical town in Manitoba. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Dauphin places 39th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 43% of crime in Dauphin ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 55% of violent crime and 36% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The D− for Dauphin, and how it is built
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.
Its place: #175 of 182 in Manitoba and #2,535 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Which crimes make up Dauphin’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Dauphin runs highest on mischief (52.7 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (7.5 per 1,000 against 0.7) and robbery (2.4 per 1,000 against 0.5).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8 | 0.9 | 59% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 15.3 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 15.3 | 1.8 | 18% |
| Robbery | 20.7 | 2.4 | 66% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 100.7 | 11.8 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10 | 1.2 | 57% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 29.7 | 3.5 | 20% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 10.3 | 1.2 | 29% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 338.3 | 39.7 | 29% |
| Mischief | 448.7 | 52.7 | 36% |
| Weapons violations | 52.3 | 6.1 | 63% |
| Administration of justice violations | 241 | 28.3 | 85% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 45.7 | 5.4 | 55% |
| Drug violations | 64.3 | 7.5 | 42% |
| Impaired driving | 54 | 6.3 | 62% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 17.7 | 2.1 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Dauphin places 39th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douro-Dummer Ontario | 8,379 | 14.9 | 13.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | St. Adolphe Manitoba | 8,770 | 47.5 | 54.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 36 | Edson Alberta | 8,692 | 122.3 | 93.1 | D |
| 37 | Ponoka Alberta | 8,212 | 170.5 | 210.6 | D |
| 38 | Lac la Biche County Alberta | 8,580 | 296.3 | 359.4 | D− |
| 39 | Dauphin Manitoba | 8,587 | 305.3 | 402.1 | D− |
| 40 | Iqaluit Nunavut | 8,612 | 661.3 | 844 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Dauphin in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 430 violent incidents a year reached Dauphin’s police, 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 1,010 property crimes and 730 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Dauphin, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (350.3); the low point came in 2024, at 258.9. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Dauphin | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 306.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 258.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 350.3 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Dauphin, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Dauphin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dauphin | 8,587 | 305.3 | 402.1 | D− |
| Dauphin (7 km) | 2,295 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
| Lakeshore (24 km) | 1,344 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
| Ste. Rose (38 km) | 1,651 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Dauphin.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 7–38 km from Dauphin.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. 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.
- 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 Dauphin
Is Dauphin safe?
With 50.1 violent incidents and 119.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Dauphin comes to 305.3 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Dauphin?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 66 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (52.7) and theft under $5,000 (39.7).
Is crime going up in Dauphin?
It went down 12% between 2023 and 2025, from 350.3 to 306.8.
How much of Dauphin’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 43% of crime (55% of violent crime, 36% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Dauphin alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).