Minitonas-Bowsman sees more crime per resident than nine in ten Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 227.9 and 148.2. Graded on crime the police covering Minitonas-Bowsman reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety. Add to that, for every 1,000 residents, 30.9 violent incidents and 59.6 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2. Between 2023 and 2025 the severity figure rose, 160.4 to 176.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Swan River detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Minitonas-Bowsman
Mischief: high for a town its size
Minitonas-Bowsman records 31.9 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 ↓
Higher than most of Manitoba
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Minitonas-Bowsman, 169.9. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Minitonas-Bowsman’s police clear 47%, 76% of violent crime and 30% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Minitonas-Bowsman: D for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 14 km from Minitonas-Bowsman, not to the town.
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.
What police record in Minitonas-Bowsman, by type
Against the typical town its size, Minitonas-Bowsman runs highest on mischief (31.9 per 1,000 against 4.2), drug offences (3.3 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (9.9 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 1 | 83% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6.3 | 1 | 90% |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 62.7 | 9.9 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 28.7 | 4.5 | 39% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 50 | 7.9 | 25% |
| Mischief | 201 | 31.9 | 39% |
| Weapons violations | 11.3 | 1.8 | 38% |
| Administration of justice violations | 60.7 | 9.6 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 2.3 | 42% |
| Drug violations | 20.7 | 3.3 | 13% |
| Impaired driving | 42.7 | 6.8 | 26% |
| 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.
The detachment nearest Minitonas-Bowsman, 6,320 residents: around 200 violent incidents a year, 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 380 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.
Minitonas-Bowsman, year by year
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 176, and 2023 lowest at 160.4. 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 | Minitonas-Bowsman | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 176 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 173.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 160.4 | 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 Minitonas-Bowsman, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Minitonas-Bowsman
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minitonas-Bowsman | 1,545 | 169.9 | 227.9 | D |
| Swan River (16 km) | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | D− |
| Swan Valley West (28 km) | 2,702 | 169.9 | 227.9 | D |
| Kamsack (83 km) | 1,849 | 233 | 320.7 | D |
| Mossey River (90 km) | 1,121 | 260.3 | 391.4 | D |
| Roblin (97 km) | 3,184 | 252.3 | 341.3 | D |
The places around Minitonas-Bowsman all score higher on the index. The comparison skips one neighbour reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Minitonas-Bowsman has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–97 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Minitonas-Bowsman
Is Minitonas-Bowsman safe?
Police-reported crime in Minitonas-Bowsman scores 169.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 30.9 violent incidents and 59.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Minitonas-Bowsman?
Top of the list is mischief (31.9 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 20.7, and assault, at 20.6, follow.
Is crime going up in Minitonas-Bowsman?
Yes: the index rose 10%, from 160.4 in 2023 to 176 in 2025.
How much of Minitonas-Bowsman’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 76% of violent crime and 30% of everything else, 47% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Minitonas-Bowsman together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).