Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Roblin than in 95% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 341.3 for violence and 218.8 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). Each year brought 46.7 violent incidents and 90.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size). What’s more, on the record of crime the police covering Roblin reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety: #173 of 182 in Manitoba. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 41%, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%.
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 Roblin
Mischief: high for a town its size
Roblin records 30.9 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than most of Manitoba
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Roblin, 252.3. Towns its size ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Roblin comes 38th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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.
Inside Roblin’s D 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: #173 of 182 in Manitoba and #2,522 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.
Roblin’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Roblin runs highest on mischief (30.9 per 1,000 against 4.9), break and enter (13.4 per 1,000 against 2.8) and drug offences (3.4 per 1,000 against 0.7).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 22 | 13.4 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.3 | 9.9 | 43% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.3 | 2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 33.3 | 20.2 | 26% |
| Mischief | 51 | 30.9 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 2.8 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 31 | 18.8 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.7 | 2.8 | — |
| Drug violations | 5.7 | 3.4 | 30% |
| Impaired driving | 12.3 | 7.4 | 24% |
| 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 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Roblin places 38th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide-Metcalfe Ontario | 3,196 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Minburn County No. 27 Alberta | 3,142 | 126.5 | 60.8 | D |
| 36 | Houston British Columbia | 3,114 | 162 | 219.6 | D |
| 37 | Thorhild County Alberta | 3,147 | 167.5 | 126.8 | D |
| 38 | Roblin Manitoba | 3,184 | 252.3 | 341.3 | D |
| 39 | Enniskillen Ontario | 3,174 | 333.9 | 378.3 | D− |
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Roblin in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Roblin recorded about 77 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 150 a year and other violations 87 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Three years of Roblin’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 378.7, against a low of 164.4 in 2025. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Roblin | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 164.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 213.7 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 378.7 | 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 Roblin, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Roblin
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roblin | 3,184 | 252.3 | 341.3 | D |
| Langenburg (50 km) | 1,256 | 66.4 | 84.4 | B− |
| Kamsack (52 km) | 1,849 | 233 | 320.7 | D |
| Russell (56 km) | 2,715 | 170 | 183.3 | D |
| Rossburn (73 km) | 1,015 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Yorkton (78 km) | 17,543 | 175.2 | 185.2 | D |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Roblin. Langenburg, 49.6 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 66.4 to 252.3.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Roblin with figures are 50–78 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- A small police area. About 1,686 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
Questions about safety in Roblin
Is Roblin safe?
The short answer is an index of 252.3 for Roblin (2023–2025), built from 46.7 violent incidents and 90.1 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Roblin?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 38.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (30.9) and assault (28.4).
Is crime going up in Roblin?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 57%, to 164.4 from 378.7. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Roblin’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 61% of violent crime and 33% of everything else, 41% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Roblin’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).