Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Killarney than in 68% of Canadian towns
On crime the police covering Killarney reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C for safety: #35 of 182 in Manitoba. What’s more, a Crime Severity Index of 81.4, the 2023–2025 mean, compares with 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Behind the grade sit 15.6 violent incidents and 38.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 Killarney
Mischief: high for a town its size
Killarney records 13.8 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 ↓
Under the Manitoba norm
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Killarney, 81.4. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Killarney scores 71.7 for violence and 86 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Killarney comes 25th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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 Killarney’s C
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: #35 of 182 in Manitoba and #1,738 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.
Crime in Killarney, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Killarney runs highest on mischief (13.8 per 1,000 against 4.9), fraud (9.7 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.8). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 10.3 | 4.1 | 13% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6 | 2.4 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 18 | 7.1 | 26% |
| Mischief | 34.7 | 13.8 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 1.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 15 | 6 | 71% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2 | 0.8 | — |
| Drug violations | 3 | 1.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 3 | 1.2 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
Killarney is 25th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Cartier Manitoba | 3,739 | 67 | 72.1 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | WestLake-Gladstone Manitoba | 3,604 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Lac du Bonnet Manitoba | 3,592 | 76.7 | 86.3 | C+ |
| 23 | Blind River Ontario | 3,692 | 77.7 | 114 | C+ |
| 24 | Baie-D'Urfé Quebec | 3,706 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 25 | Killarney Manitoba | 3,708 | 81.4 | 71.7 | C |
| 26 | Bright New Brunswick | 3,648 | 81.7 | 78.9 | C |
| 27 | Westville Nova Scotia | 3,731 | 84.1 | 65 | C |
| 28 | Salisbury New Brunswick | 3,806 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 Killarney in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 39 violent incidents a year on Killarney’s police records (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 96 a year and other violations 40 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Killarney’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 94.1; 2025 was lightest, at 62.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Killarney | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 94.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 87.3 | 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 Killarney, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Killarney
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney | 3,708 | 81.4 | 71.7 | C |
| Prairie Lakes (21 km) | 1,679 | 42.8 | 34.6 | A− |
| Cartwright-Roblin (26 km) | 1,395 | 42.8 | 34.6 | A− |
| Boissevain (29 km) | 2,369 | 56.4 | 50.5 | B |
The places around Killarney all score lower on the index. The nearest of them, Prairie Lakes (21.2 km away), scores 42.8 against 81.4.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 21–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Killarney.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. With roughly 2,554 residents in its police area, a few cases swing the figures. In Statistics Canada’s words, “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Killarney
Is Killarney safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Killarney comes to 81.4. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 15.6 violent incidents and 38.2 property crimes. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Killarney?
Mischief is the most common, at 13.8 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (12.4) and fraud (9.7).
Is crime going up in Killarney?
It went down 28% between 2023 and 2025, from 87.3 to 62.9. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Killarney’s crime do police solve?
About 35% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 70% of violent and 23% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Killarney’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).