Photo: eileenmak · CC BY 2.0Per resident, Morden records about as much crime as the typical place among Canadian towns
Its Crime Severity Index averaged 61.9 over 2023–2025, against 66 for the typical Canadian town its size. Violence and property crime split as 9.2 violent incidents and 19.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Overall, Morden grades B− for safety (#23 of 182 in Manitoba): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Both towns next door with figures record less crime per resident.
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 Morden
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Morden records 5.3 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.8 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
The non-violent half stands out
Violent crime scores 42.6 on Morden’s index against 89.4 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 70.2 against 56. By type ↓
Lower than most of Manitoba
Set among Manitoba’s towns, whose median is 129.3, Morden scores 61.9. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
From 71.4 in 2023 to 56.2 in 2025: that is Morden’s index, against 69.5 and 60 for the typical Canadian town its size. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Morden’s B− for safety
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: #23 of 182 in Manitoba and #924 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Which crimes make up Morden’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Morden runs highest on drug offences (5.3 per 1,000 against 0.8) and mischief (5.2 per 1,000 against 3.7). Theft under $5,000 and break and enter sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.09 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 14.7 | 1.3 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5 | 0.4 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 87.3 | 7.6 | 24% |
| Mischief | 60.3 | 5.2 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.7 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 63.7 | 5.5 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.7 | 0.6 | 34% |
| Drug violations | 61.3 | 5.3 | 22% |
| Impaired driving | 27.7 | 2.4 | 79% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Morden’s index fell 21% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (71.4); the low point came in 2025, at 56.2. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | Morden | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.2 | 60 |
| 2024 | 58.2 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 71.4 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Morden, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, Morden places 23rd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Saint-Sauveur Quebec | 12,112 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 21 | Marieville Quebec | 11,910 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 22 | Penetanguishene Ontario | 11,141 | 56.4 | 92 | B |
| 23 | Morden Manitoba | 11,578 | 61.9 | 42.6 | B− |
| 24 | Banff Alberta | 11,402 | 63 | 74.8 | B− |
| 25 | Chester Nova Scotia | 11,740 | 63.1 | 76.8 | B− |
| 26 | St. Clements Manitoba | 12,029 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| 27 | St. Andrews Manitoba | 12,021 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Selkirk Manitoba | 11,570 | 158 | 197.4 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Morden in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Morden’s police: about 110 violent incidents a year over 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 220 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.
Crime in the places around Morden
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Morden. Winkler, 11.5 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 45.7 to 61.9.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Morden
Is Morden safe?
Morden’s Crime Severity Index is 61.9 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 9.2 violent incidents and 19.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Morden?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 9 per 1,000 residents a year, then theft under $5,000 (7.6) and drug offences (5.3).
Is crime going up in Morden?
It went down 21% between 2023 and 2025, from 71.4 to 56.2.
How much of Morden’s crime do police solve?
33%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 33%. Violent crime is cleared at 73% and non-violent crime at 24%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Morden and nowhere else.
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).