Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMore crimes per resident are recorded in Division No. 19, Unorganized than in 98% of Canadian towns
The Safety Grade comes out at D−, drawn from crime the police covering Division No. 19, Unorganized reported through 2023 to 2025: #179 of 182 in Manitoba. On top of that, the local count comes to 107.4 violent incidents and 168.3 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 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 614.9 and 345. Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 48% (the typical Canadian town its size: 34%).
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Berens River detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 19, Unorganized
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Division No. 19, Unorganized, yet 67% of its homes are seasonal or empty: the rates run higher than the place feels to the people who live there. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 19, Unorganized records 133.7 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 ↓
Over the Manitoba norm
Division No. 19, Unorganized’s index of 419.5 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, Division No. 19, Unorganized places 37th from the lowest index. 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 Division No. 19, Unorganized’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.
Its place: #179 of 182 in Manitoba and #2,556 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.
Crime in Division No. 19, Unorganized, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 19, Unorganized runs highest on mischief (133.7 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (17.4 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (76.7 per 1,000 against 6.7). Theft under $5,000 and fraud sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 2.4 | 65% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 2.1 | 94% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5 | 2.1 | 54% |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 28 | 12 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 13 | 5.5 | 62% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 28.7 | 12.3 | 23% |
| Mischief | 312.3 | 133.7 | 45% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 3.3 | 48% |
| Administration of justice violations | 39.3 | 16.8 | 59% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.7 | 5.8 | 53% |
| Drug violations | 40.7 | 17.4 | 13% |
| Impaired driving | 51.7 | 22.1 | 22% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Division No. 19, Unorganized comes 37th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Virden Manitoba | 3,322 | 103.6 | 169 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Pictou Nova Scotia | 3,307 | 126.6 | 152.7 | D |
| 35 | Gibbons Alberta | 3,352 | 167.1 | 160 | D |
| 36 | Arviat Nunavut | 3,330 | 200.8 | 319 | D |
| 37 | Division No. 19, Unorganized Manitoba | 3,324 | 419.5 | 614.9 | D− |
| 38 | Hay River Northwest Territories | 3,317 | 535.8 | 507.9 | D− |
| 39 | Rankin Inlet Nunavut | 3,336 | 538.5 | 858.4 | D− |
| 40 | Inuvik Northwest Territories | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | 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 Division No. 19, Unorganized in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The police area Division No. 19, Unorganized is part of, 2,350 residents, recorded about 250 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 390 a year and other violations 320 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
The index in Division No. 19, Unorganized, each year
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 437, and 2024 lowest at 394.9. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Division No. 19, Unorganized | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 437 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 394.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 426.7 | 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 Division No. 19, Unorganized, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Division No. 19, Unorganized
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 19, Unorganized | 3,324 | 419.5 | 614.9 | D− |
| Grahamdale (49 km) | 1,326 | 419.5 | 614.9 | D− |
| Mossey River (66 km) | 1,121 | 260.3 | 391.4 | D |
| Ste. Rose (87 km) | 1,651 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
| West Interlake (91 km) | 2,349 | 150.8 | 234.8 | D |
| Lakeshore (91 km) | 1,344 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
The places around Division No. 19, Unorganized all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Mossey River (66.5 km away), scores 260.3 against 419.5. One neighbour is on the same police service or detachment, so it shares the figure and isn’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 49–91 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Division No. 19, Unorganized.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A detachment’s area. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Division No. 19, Unorganized together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Small numbers. With roughly 2,351 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Division No. 19, Unorganized
Is Division No. 19, Unorganized safe?
The short answer is an index of 419.5 for Division No. 19, Unorganized (2023–2025), built from 107.4 violent incidents and 168.3 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 19, Unorganized?
Most often it is mischief: 133.7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 94.5 and assault at 76.7.
Is crime going up in Division No. 19, Unorganized?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 426.7 to 437. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Division No. 19, Unorganized’s crime do police solve?
48%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 72% and non-violent crime at 31%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Division No. 19, Unorganized 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).