Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMore crimes per resident are recorded in Minto-Odanah than in 83% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 149.1 and other offences for 96.6, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. About 40% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. The grade is C−, built on crime the police covering Minto-Odanah reported from 2023 to 2025. Its police logs show 18.7 violent incidents and 35.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ the numbers are 12.0 and 31.2.
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. Measured across the Yellowhead detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Minto-Odanah
Mischief: high for a town its size
Minto-Odanah records 11.1 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 ↓
Up since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Minto-Odanah moved from 103.6 to 129.5, while the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 to 62.9. Year by year ↓
Close to Manitoba’s typical town
Within Manitoba, the median town comes to 129.3 on the index, against 111 in Minto-Odanah. 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 Minto-Odanah’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure, as Minto-Odanah has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 55 km away.
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.
Which crimes make up Minto-Odanah’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Minto-Odanah 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.
Minto-Odanah’s index rose 25% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (129.5); the lightest was 2024 (99.8). The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Minto-Odanah | 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 Minto-Odanah, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment nearest Minto-Odanah, 9,930 residents: around 190 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.
Add about 350 property crimes and 200 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Minto-Odanah
One place nearby is policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- Severity, weighed. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Minto-Odanah
Is Minto-Odanah safe?
Police-reported crime in Minto-Odanah scores 111 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 18.7 violent incidents and 35 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Minto-Odanah?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 11.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (11.1) and assault (10.7).
Is crime going up in Minto-Odanah?
It went up 25% between 2023 and 2025, from 103.6 to 129.5.
How much of Minto-Odanah’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 40%: 71% for violent crime and 20% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Minto-Odanah 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).