Photo: Jasonbook99 · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Lakeshore runs higher than in 98% of Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is D−, on crime the police covering Lakeshore reported from 2023 to 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 69.5 violent incidents and 95.1 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Split in two, the index gives 693.6 for violence and 257.1 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). In 2023 the index stood at 364.2; it fell to 332.7 in 2025.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Ste. Rose du Lac detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Lakeshore
A busy place, counted per resident
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Lakeshore, yet 38% 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
Lakeshore records 47.7 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 ↓
Above Manitoba’s typical town
Within Manitoba, the median town comes to 129.3 on the index, against 379.4 in Lakeshore. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Lakeshore’s two halves part ways: 693.6 for violence (typical 86.4) and 257.1 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D− for Lakeshore
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 15 km from Lakeshore, 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.
Lakeshore’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Lakeshore runs highest on mischief (47.7 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (6.3 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (42.9 per 1,000 against 6.7). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8.3 | 1.3 | 36% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.9 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 34.3 | 5.2 | 45% |
| Robbery | 7.7 | 1.2 | 56% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.7 | 1 | 40% |
| Breaking and entering | 59.3 | 9 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 39.7 | 6 | 20% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 72.7 | 11 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 76.3 | 11.6 | 17% |
| Mischief | 315.3 | 47.7 | 16% |
| Weapons violations | 42 | 6.4 | 38% |
| Administration of justice violations | 152 | 23 | 66% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 41.3 | 6.3 | 34% |
| Drug violations | 41.3 | 6.3 | 25% |
| Impaired driving | 45.7 | 6.9 | 31% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.05 | — |
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.
About 460 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Lakeshore (6,590 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 630 a year and other violations 440 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Lakeshore, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 441.4, with 2025 the lightest at 332.7. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Lakeshore | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 332.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 441.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 364.2 | 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 Lakeshore, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Lakeshore
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore | 1,344 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
| Ste. Rose (15 km) | 1,651 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
| Dauphin (24 km) | 8,587 | 305.3 | 402.1 | D− |
| Dauphin (31 km) | 2,295 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 2 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Lakeshore has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 15–31 km out.
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 cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Lakeshore
Is Lakeshore safe?
With 69.5 violent incidents and 95.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Lakeshore comes to 379.4 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more have a median of 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Lakeshore?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 48.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (47.7) and assault (42.9).
Is crime going up in Lakeshore?
Down 9%: 364.2 in 2023, 332.7 in 2025.
How much of Lakeshore’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 41% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 57% of violent and 23% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Lakeshore 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).