Division No. 21, Unorganized has more crime per resident than almost every Canadian town
Split in two, the index gives 2,192.7 for violence and 550.6 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). That puts it at D− for safety, judged on crime the police covering Division No. 21, Unorganized reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, for every 1,000 residents, 207.0 violent incidents and 307.5 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. Its weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solved, is 51% (the typical Canadian town of 2,500+: 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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Moose Lake detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Division No. 21, Unorganized
A busy place, counted per resident
About 42% of Division No. 21, Unorganized’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Mischief: high for a town its size
Division No. 21, Unorganized records 238.8 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 ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Division No. 21, Unorganized scores 2,192.7 for violence and 550.6 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than most of Manitoba
Within Manitoba, the median town comes to 129.3 on the index, against 1,013.4 in Division No. 21, Unorganized. 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.
Inside Division No. 21, Unorganized’s D− for safety
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.
Crime in Division No. 21, Unorganized, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Division No. 21, Unorganized runs highest on mischief (238.8 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (146.3 per 1,000 against 6.7) and robbery (6.2 per 1,000 against 0.5). Fraud sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 1.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.3 | 2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.3 | 4.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 16 | 13.4 | 29% |
| Robbery | 7.3 | 6.2 | 73% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 2.3 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.3 | 1.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 21.7 | 18.2 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.3 | 2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14.3 | 12.1 | 35% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 29.7 | 25 | 21% |
| Mischief | 283.7 | 238.8 | 23% |
| Weapons violations | 19 | 15.9 | 33% |
| Administration of justice violations | 122.3 | 102.8 | 68% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 8.7 | 7.3 | 61% |
| Drug violations | 6.7 | 5.6 | 19% |
| Impaired driving | 15.7 | 13.2 | 17% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.8 | — |
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.
About 250 violent incidents a year across the police area of 1,180 residents that includes Division No. 21, Unorganized, 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 370 property crimes and 260 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Division No. 21, Unorganized’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (1,060.3); 2023 was the low point, at 967.5. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Division No. 21, Unorganized | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,060.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 1,012.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 967.5 | 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 Division No. 21, Unorganized, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Division No. 21, Unorganized
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 21, Unorganized | 1,820 | 1,013.4 | 2,192.7 | D− |
| The Pas (19 km) | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | D− |
| Kelsey (28 km) | 2,142 | 142.9 | 188 | D |
| Creighton (100 km) | 1,238 | 245.7 | 325.6 | D |
| Flin Flon (Part) (100 km) | 4,732 | 332 | 605.3 | D− |
The places around Division No. 21, Unorganized all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, The Pas (19.2 km away), scores 572.1 against 1,013.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Division No. 21, Unorganized has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 19–100 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Division No. 21, Unorganized is one part.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. About 1,180 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Division No. 21, Unorganized
Is Division No. 21, Unorganized safe?
Division No. 21, Unorganized scores 1,013.4 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 207 violent incidents and 307.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Division No. 21, Unorganized?
Top of the list is mischief (238.8 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 186.3, and assault, at 146.3, follow.
Is crime going up in Division No. 21, Unorganized?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 10%, to 1,060.3 from 967.5. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Division No. 21, Unorganized’s crime do police solve?
About 51% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 64% of violent and 32% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Division No. 21, 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).