Photo: http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&rec_nbr=3304730&lang=eng&rec_nbr_li · Public domainMossey River has more crime per resident than 95% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 391.4 and other offences for 210, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. The grade is D, built on crime the police covering Mossey River reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, for every 1,000 residents, 62.3 violent incidents and 68.1 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Winnipegosis detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Mossey River
Mischief: high for a town its size
Mossey River records 34.1 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 ↓
Higher than most of Manitoba
Within Manitoba, the median town comes to 129.3 on the index, against 260.3 in Mossey River. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Mossey River’s police clear 45%, 73% of violent crime and 25% of the rest. Questions ↓
The violent half stands out
Mossey River’s index splits into violent crime, 391.4 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 210 against 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 Mossey River
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 Mossey River, by type
Against the typical town its size, Mossey River runs highest on drug offences (8.3 per 1,000 against 0.7), mischief (34.1 per 1,000 against 4.2) and assault (42.2 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 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.7 | 0.9 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.3 | 1.3 | 62% |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 37 | 9.2 | 16% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 32 | 8 | 33% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 39 | 9.7 | 22% |
| Mischief | 137 | 34.1 | 26% |
| Weapons violations | 10.3 | 2.6 | 49% |
| Administration of justice violations | 65.3 | 16.3 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17 | 4.2 | 55% |
| Drug violations | 33.3 | 8.3 | 22% |
| Impaired driving | 47.7 | 11.9 | 26% |
| 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 people or more.
The police area Mossey River is part of, 4,020 residents, recorded about 250 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 270 property crimes and 240 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Mossey River’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
At 304.9, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 212.8. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Mossey River | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 212.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 304.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 263.1 | 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 Mossey River, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Mossey River
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mossey River | 1,121 | 260.3 | 391.4 | D |
| Dauphin (55 km) | 2,295 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
| Dauphin (56 km) | 8,587 | 305.3 | 402.1 | D− |
| Lakeshore (64 km) | 1,344 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
| Division No. 19, Unorganized (66 km) | 3,324 | 419.5 | 614.9 | D− |
| Ste. Rose (72 km) | 1,651 | 379.4 | 693.6 | D− |
Mossey River has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 55–72 km from Mossey River.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.”
- Read with care. With roughly 4,023 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.”
- Town and surroundings together. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Mossey River’s are shared with its surroundings.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Mossey River
Is Mossey River safe?
Statistics Canada puts Mossey River at 260.3 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more sit at 67.2 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 62.3 and property crimes at 68.1 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Mossey River?
Assault is the most common, at 42.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (36.9) and mischief (34.1).
Is crime going up in Mossey River?
The reverse: 263.1 in 2023 came down to 212.8 by 2025, 19% lower. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Mossey River’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 73% of violent crime and 25% of everything else, 45% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Mossey River 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).