Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainCrime per resident in Roland runs lower than in 97% of Canadian towns
Out of every 1,000 residents, 4.6 violent incidents and 8.7 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 39.3 and 22.6. The Safety Grade comes out at A+, drawn from crime the police covering Roland reported through 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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Carman Area detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Roland
Lower than most of Manitoba
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Roland, 27.2. Towns its size ↓
Down since 2023
From 27.8 in 2023 to 20 in 2025: that is Roland’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 43% of crime in Roland ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 66% of violent crime and 27% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
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 Roland’s grade
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 17 km from Roland, 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.
From 2023 to 2025, Roland’s index dropped 28%
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 33.8, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 20. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ moved from 70.6 to 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Roland | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 33.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 27.8 | 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 Roland, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The detachment nearest Roland, 22,300 residents: around 100 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.
And about 190 property crimes, plus 110 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Which crimes make up Roland’s figures
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6.3 | 0.3 | 79% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 26 | 1.2 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 7.7 | 0.3 | 30% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 23.7 | 1.1 | 17% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 0.4 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 32.3 | 1.5 | 12% |
| Mischief | 49.7 | 2.2 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 30 | 1.4 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.3 | 0.3 | 43% |
| Drug violations | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 31 | 1.4 | 47% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
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.
Crime in the places around Roland
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland | 1,283 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| Carman (16 km) | 3,547 | 81.4 | 113 | C |
| Winkler (21 km) | 16,156 | 45.7 | 56.3 | A− |
| Dufferin (22 km) | 2,587 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| Morden (23 km) | 11,578 | 61.9 | 42.6 | B− |
| Thompson (24 km) | 1,440 | 318.8 | 712.5 | D− |
Roland has the lowest index of the places around it. Where a neighbour shares its police, it shares the figure too, and isn’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 16–24 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Roland.
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. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
Questions about safety in Roland
Is Roland safe?
Roland’s Crime Severity Index is 27.2 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 4.6 violent incidents and 8.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Roland?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (2.8 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 2.2, and assault, at 2.1, follow.
Is crime going up in Roland?
It went down 28% between 2023 and 2025, from 27.8 to 20.
How much of Roland’s crime do police solve?
About 43% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 66% of violent and 27% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Roland 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).