Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Kelsey has more crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Annual rates stand at 27.8 violent incidents and 55.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Of the two halves, violence comes to 188 and other offences to 126.1, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. From 2023 to 2025, crime the police covering Kelsey reported put it at D for safety.
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the The Pas detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Kelsey
Mischief: high for a town its size
Kelsey records 37.3 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 ↓
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 54% for Kelsey (62% violent, 50% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Close to Manitoba’s typical town
Set among Manitoba’s towns, whose median is 129.3, Kelsey scores 142.9. 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.
Kelsey: D for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 28 km off, which covers its own area rather than Kelsey.
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 Kelsey, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Kelsey runs highest on mischief (37.3 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (17 per 1,000 against 6.7) and break and enter (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.5). 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 | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2 | 0.9 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 10.7 | 4.7 | 44% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6.3 | 2.8 | 52% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 14.3 | 6.3 | 40% |
| Mischief | 85 | 37.3 | 56% |
| Weapons violations | 5.7 | 2.5 | 58% |
| Administration of justice violations | 16.3 | 7.2 | 66% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.7 | 2.9 | 79% |
| Drug violations | 5 | 2.2 | 46% |
| Impaired driving | 23.7 | 10.4 | 46% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.6 | — |
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.
Around 63 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Kelsey (2,270 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.
And about 130 property crimes, plus 140 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Kelsey, each year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 161.9; 2023 was lightest, at 120.7. 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 | Kelsey | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 146.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 161.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 120.7 | 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 Kelsey, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Kelsey
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelsey | 2,142 | 142.9 | 188 | D |
| Division No. 21, Unorganized (28 km) | 1,820 | 1,013.4 | 2,192.7 | D− |
| The Pas (41 km) | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | D− |
| Creighton (72 km) | 1,238 | 245.7 | 325.6 | D |
| Flin Flon (Part) (73 km) | 4,732 | 332 | 605.3 | D− |
The places around Kelsey all score higher on the index.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Kelsey with figures are 28–73 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. 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.”
- Small numbers. About 2,272 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 Kelsey
Is Kelsey safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Kelsey scores 142.9 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 27.8 violent and 55.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Kelsey?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 43.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (37.3) and assault (17).
Is crime going up in Kelsey?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 21%, to 146.3 from 120.7. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Kelsey’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 54%: 62% for violent crime and 50% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Kelsey and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).