Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Oakland-Wawanesa records less crime than four in five Canadian towns
Violence and property crime split as 6.6 violent incidents and 17.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Graded on crime the police covering Oakland-Wawanesa reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores A− for safety. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 34.6 and 46.4. In 2023 the index stood at 37.8; it rose to 42.2 in 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Killarney detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Oakland-Wawanesa
Lighter than Manitoba’s middle
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Oakland-Wawanesa, 42.8. Towns its size ↓
Heavier on property and other crime
Oakland-Wawanesa scores 34.6 for violence and 46.4 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 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.
Oakland-Wawanesa: A− for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 50 km from Oakland-Wawanesa, 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.
Crime in Oakland-Wawanesa, type by type
Assault 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 | 2.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 26.3 | 2.8 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 15.7 | 1.7 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 25.3 | 2.7 | 11% |
| Mischief | 37.7 | 4 | 9% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 15.7 | 1.7 | 64% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 2.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 15.7 | 1.7 | 34% |
| 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.
Oakland-Wawanesa, year by year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 48.4 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 37.8 in 2023. 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 | Oakland-Wawanesa | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 48.4 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 37.8 | 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 Oakland-Wawanesa, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment nearest Oakland-Wawanesa, 9,400 residents: around 62 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 160 a year and other violations 62 (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 Oakland-Wawanesa
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland-Wawanesa | 1,869 | 42.8 | 34.6 | A− |
| Brandon (25 km) | 59,444 | 107.2 | 121.5 | C− |
| Prairie Lakes (31 km) | 1,679 | 42.8 | 34.6 | A− |
| Glenboro-South Cypress (33 km) | 1,759 | 42.8 | 34.6 | A− |
| Souris (33 km) | 2,737 | 54.2 | 56.4 | B |
| Boissevain (49 km) | 2,369 | 56.4 | 50.5 | B |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Oakland-Wawanesa. Same police, same number: 2 neighbours drop out of the comparison for that reason.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Oakland-Wawanesa has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 25–49 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. 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.”
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Oakland-Wawanesa
Is Oakland-Wawanesa safe?
Police-reported crime in Oakland-Wawanesa scores 42.8 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 6.6 violent incidents and 17.6 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 Oakland-Wawanesa?
The three biggest groups are fraud at 5.1, mischief at 4 and other Criminal Code offences at 3.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Oakland-Wawanesa?
It went up 12% between 2023 and 2025, from 37.8 to 42.2.
How much of Oakland-Wawanesa’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 27%: 57% for violent crime and 19% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Oakland-Wawanesa 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).