Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domainHamiota records more crime per resident than four in five Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 149.1 and 96.6. Measured on crime the police covering Hamiota reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−. What’s more, typical years here bring 18.7 violent incidents plus 35.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.0 plus 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 40%, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ 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. Shared with the rest of the Yellowhead detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Hamiota
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Hamiota records 8.5 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Up since 2023
From 103.6 in 2023 to 129.5 in 2025: that is Hamiota’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Close to Manitoba’s typical town
Set among Manitoba’s towns, whose median is 129.3, Hamiota scores 111. 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 Hamiota’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 30 km from Hamiota, since none reports under the town’s name.
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 Hamiota, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Hamiota runs highest on break and enter (8.5 per 1,000 against 2.5), mischief (11.1 per 1,000 against 4.2) and motor vehicle theft (5.1 per 1,000 against 2.4). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 0.6 | 93% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 84.7 | 8.5 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7 | 0.7 | 39% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 51 | 5.1 | 16% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 7.3 | 0.7 | 0% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 51.3 | 5.2 | 13% |
| Mischief | 110.3 | 11.1 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 58.7 | 5.9 | 58% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 1.1 | 47% |
| Drug violations | 7.3 | 0.7 | 18% |
| Impaired driving | 54.3 | 5.5 | 28% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 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 people or more.
In Hamiota, up 25% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 129.5 in 2025, having been lowest in 2024 at 99.8. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Hamiota | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129.5 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 99.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 103.6 | 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 Hamiota, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
About 190 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Hamiota (9,930 residents), 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 350 a year and other violations 200 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Hamiota
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamiota | 1,210 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Yellowhead (28 km) | 1,867 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Riverdale (31 km) | 2,205 | 95.2 | 103.8 | C− |
| Oakview (39 km) | 1,670 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Prairie View (41 km) | 2,149 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Virden (44 km) | 3,322 | 103.6 | 169 | C− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Hamiota. Riverdale, 30.7 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 95.2 to 111. Its police also cover 3 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 28–44 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Hamiota.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Hamiota
Is Hamiota safe?
The short answer is an index of 111 for Hamiota (2023–2025), built from 18.7 violent incidents and 35 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Hamiota?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (11.1) and assault (10.7).
Is crime going up in Hamiota?
Yes: the index rose 25%, from 103.6 in 2023 to 129.5 in 2025.
How much of Hamiota’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 40% of crime (71% of violent crime, 20% of the rest). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Hamiota and everywhere else it polices.
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).