Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFisher has more crime per resident than 96% of Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is D−, on crime the police covering Fisher reported from 2023 to 2025. Of the two halves, violence comes to 431.5 and other offences to 260, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. In a usual year, 82.1 violent incidents and 114.6 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 12.0 and 31.2.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Fisher Branch detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Fisher
Mischief: high for a town its size
Fisher records 73.5 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 ↓
Heavier than Manitoba’s middle
Fisher’s index of 307.1 compares with 129.3 for the typical town in Manitoba. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 53% of Fisher’s crime, weighted by seriousness (70% of violent crime, 41% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
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 Fisher’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.
Fisher’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Fisher runs highest on mischief (73.5 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (9 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (53.9 per 1,000 against 6.7). Fraud sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 7.3 | 2.2 | 73% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 1.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 1.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 31 | 10 | 22% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 36 | 11.1 | 42% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 39.7 | 12.3 | 29% |
| Mischief | 238 | 73.5 | 62% |
| Weapons violations | 7.3 | 2.2 | 73% |
| Administration of justice violations | 59.7 | 18.9 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 11 | 3.3 | 82% |
| Drug violations | 27.3 | 9 | 25% |
| Impaired driving | 50 | 15 | 23% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
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.
2,330 residents, about 270 violent incidents a year: the police area Fisher 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.
Property crime adds about 370 a year and other violations 250 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Three years of Fisher’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 460.3, and 2023 lowest at 195.5. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Fisher | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 460.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 265.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 195.5 | 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 Fisher, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Fisher
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher | 1,800 | 307.1 | 431.5 | D− |
| Bifrost-Riverton (31 km) | 3,518 | 307.1 | 431.5 | D− |
| Arborg (34 km) | 1,455 | 77.3 | 72.1 | C+ |
| Coldwell (53 km) | 1,368 | 150.8 | 234.8 | D |
| West Interlake (60 km) | 2,349 | 150.8 | 234.8 | D |
| Armstrong (63 km) | 2,062 | 77.3 | 72.1 | C+ |
Fisher has the highest index of the places around it. Just 34 km away, Arborg comes to 77.3, against 307.1. One nearby place has no figure apart from this one: they share a police service.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Fisher with figures are 31–63 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Small numbers. The police behind these figures serve about 2,325 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- A wider policing area. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Fisher’s are shared with its surroundings.
Questions about safety in Fisher
Is Fisher safe?
Police-reported crime in Fisher scores 307.1 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 82.1 violent incidents and 114.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Fisher?
Most often it is mischief: 73.5 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come assault at 53.9 and other Criminal Code offences at 48.1.
Is crime going up in Fisher?
It went up 135% between 2023 and 2025, from 195.5 to 460.3. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Fisher’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 53% of crime (70% of violent crime, 41% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Fisher 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).