Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainOakview records more crime per resident than four in five Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 149.1 and its non-violent half to 96.6, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. Measured on crime the police covering Oakview reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C−. Per 1,000 residents a year, 18.7 violent incidents and 35.0 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. About 40% of crime here is cleared by police, set against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Yellowhead detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Oakview
Break and enter: high for a town its size
Oakview records 8.5 incidents of break and enter per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.5 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Up since 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Oakview 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 Oakview. 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.
The C− for Oakview, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 42 km from Oakview, 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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Crime in Oakview, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Oakview 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). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit 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.
Oakview’s index rose 25% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 129.5, and 2024 lowest at 99.8. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Oakview | 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 Oakview, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment closest to Oakview, 9,930 residents, recorded about 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 Oakview
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakview | 1,670 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Minnedosa | 2,859 | 89.9 | 92.1 | C |
| Minto-Odanah | 1,168 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
The table leaves out one neighbour whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.”
- What 100 means. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- The clearance rate. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Oakview
Is Oakview safe?
Against a typical 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, Oakview’s Crime Severity Index stands at 111 for 2023–2025. Its police record 18.7 violent incidents and 35 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Oakview?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 11.6, mischief at 11.1 and assault at 10.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Oakview?
It went up 25% between 2023 and 2025, from 103.6 to 129.5.
How much of Oakview’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?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Oakview and everywhere else it polices.
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).