Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0For recorded crime, North Norfolk sits in the middle of Canadian towns
Statistics Canada puts its Crime Severity Index at 67.8 for 2023–2025; the typical Canadian town its size scores 68.5. What’s more, typical years here bring 11.2 violent incidents plus 24.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. North Norfolk grades B− for safety overall (#31 of 182 in Manitoba): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Central Plains detachment area.
What stands out about safety in North Norfolk
Under the Manitoba norm
Within Manitoba, the median town comes to 129.3 on the index, against 67.8 in North Norfolk. Towns its size ↓
Down since 2023
In 2023 the index in North Norfolk stood at 77.2, by 2025 at 59.9. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
North Norfolk records 4.6 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and North Norfolk stands 22nd, the lowest first. 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.
What’s behind North Norfolk’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 47 km from North Norfolk, 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.
Its place: #31 of 182 in Manitoba and #1,304 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Crime in North Norfolk, type by type
Against the typical town its size, North Norfolk runs highest on motor vehicle theft (4.6 per 1,000 against 2.6), mischief (6.8 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (3.6 per 1,000 against 2.8). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8.7 | 0.5 | 77% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5 | 0.3 | 46% |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5 | 0.3 | 54% |
| Breaking and entering | 65.3 | 3.6 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16 | 0.9 | 36% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 83.7 | 4.6 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 82.7 | 4.5 | 14% |
| Mischief | 123.3 | 6.8 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 17.7 | 1 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 76.7 | 4.2 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.7 | 0.5 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 14.3 | 0.8 | 30% |
| Impaired driving | 72.7 | 4 | 66% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
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 to 10,000 people.
In North Norfolk, down 22% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 77.2, against a low of 59.9 in 2025. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | North Norfolk | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 66.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 77.2 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering North Norfolk, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Among 40 towns its size, North Norfolk places 22nd
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine British Columbia | 4,153 | 53.7 | 75.4 | B |
| 20 | Callander Ontario | 4,021 | 63.1 | 107.2 | B− |
| 21 | Electoral Area B, Cariboo British Columbia | 4,169 | 63.3 | 76.4 | B− |
| 22 | North Norfolk Manitoba | 4,084 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| 23 | Crabtree Quebec | 4,237 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| 24 | Okanagan Falls British Columbia | 4,002 | 71.9 | 63.7 | C+ |
| 25 | Danville Quebec | 3,944 | 72.6 | 127.5 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Woodlands Manitoba | 4,057 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Alexander Manitoba | 4,032 | 298.9 | 493 | D− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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 North Norfolk in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 200 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest North Norfolk (18,300 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 450 a year and other violations 290 (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 North Norfolk
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Norfolk | 4,084 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| WestLake-Gladstone (31 km) | 3,604 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| Portage la Prairie (35 km) | 14,738 | 243.3 | 285.8 | D |
| Norfolk-Treherne (38 km) | 1,960 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| Victoria (41 km) | 1,333 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| Portage la Prairie (45 km) | 7,359 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
2 of the 3 neighbours with their own figures score lower than North Norfolk. The nearest of them, Norfolk-Treherne (37.8 km away), scores 26.8 against 67.8. 2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 31–45 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from North Norfolk.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in North Norfolk
Is North Norfolk safe?
The short answer is an index of 67.8 for North Norfolk (2023–2025), built from 11.2 violent incidents and 24.5 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in North Norfolk?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 9.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (6.8) and assault (5.5).
Is crime going up in North Norfolk?
It went down 22% between 2023 and 2025, from 77.2 to 59.9.
How much of North Norfolk’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 39% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 65% of violent and 26% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving North Norfolk 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).