Photo: R Reimer at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Gimli runs higher than in 87% of Canadian towns
In a usual year, 18.5 violent incidents and 52.3 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2. On the record of crime the police covering Gimli reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety: #45 of 182 in Manitoba. Split in two, the index gives 134.2 for violence and 124.6 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). For solved cases, the weighted rate is 40%, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 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.
What stands out about safety in Gimli
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Gimli, yet 35% 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
Gimli records 18.3 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 many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Gimli places 32nd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Much like Manitoba’s towns
Gimli’s index of 126.6 compares with 129.3 for the typical town in Manitoba. 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 sits behind Gimli’s D
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: #45 of 182 in Manitoba and #2,296 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.
Gimli’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Gimli runs highest on mischief (18.3 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (2.7 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (5.7 per 1,000 against 2.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 3 | 1.4 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 12.7 | 5.7 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6.7 | 3 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.3 | 1.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 34.7 | 15.8 | 33% |
| Mischief | 40.3 | 18.3 | 12% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 24.3 | 11 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3 | 1.4 | — |
| Drug violations | 6 | 2.7 | 38% |
| Impaired driving | 11.3 | 5.2 | 27% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 4 | 1.8 | — |
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 to 10,000 people.
By its index, Gimli stands 32nd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parkhill Ontario | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 8 | Niverville Manitoba | 7,277 | 36.3 | 55.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Rhineland Manitoba | 6,819 | 85.4 | 94.1 | C |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Springhill Nova Scotia | 7,015 | 93.1 | 86.7 | C− |
| 30 | Annapolis County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 6,719 | 96 | 107.6 | C− |
| 31 | Wainwright Alberta | 6,996 | 113 | 121.8 | C− |
| 32 | Gimli Manitoba | 6,914 | 126.6 | 134.2 | D |
| 33 | Stephenville Newfoundland and Labrador | 6,840 | 128.1 | 115.3 | D |
| 34 | Chibougamau Quebec | 7,273 | 128.7 | 264.7 | D |
| 35 | Yarmouth Nova Scotia | 7,129 | 146.8 | 215.2 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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 Gimli in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 41 violent incidents a year reached Gimli’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.
Property crime adds about 120 a year and other violations 71 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Gimli’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 160.2, with 2023 the lightest at 97.3. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Gimli | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 160.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 97.3 | 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 Gimli, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Gimli
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gimli | 6,914 | 126.6 | 134.2 | D |
| Winnipeg Beach (15 km) | 1,480 | 77.3 | 72.1 | C+ |
| Dunnottar (21 km) | 1,012 | 77.3 | 72.1 | C+ |
| Armstrong (26 km) | 2,062 | 77.3 | 72.1 | C+ |
The places around Gimli all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Winnipeg Beach (15.2 km away), scores 77.3 against 126.6.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Gimli has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–26 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Small numbers. About 2,217 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Gimli
Is Gimli safe?
With 18.5 violent incidents and 52.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Gimli comes to 126.6 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 Gimli?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 20.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (18.3) and theft under $5,000 (15.8).
Is crime going up in Gimli?
Up 25%: 97.3 in 2023, 122.2 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Gimli’s crime do police solve?
About 40% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 70% of violent and 27% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Gimli 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).