Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainRossburn records more crime per resident than four in five Canadian towns
Its Safety Grade is C−, on crime the police covering Rossburn reported from 2023 to 2025. Split in two, the index gives 149.1 for violence and 96.6 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). The local count comes to 18.7 violent incidents and 35.0 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 40%, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ 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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Yellowhead detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Rossburn
Mischief: high for a town its size
Rossburn records 11.1 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
More severe than in 2023
From 103.6 in 2023 to 129.5 in 2025: that is Rossburn’s index, against 70.6 and 62.9 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Year by year ↓
Much like Manitoba’s towns
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Rossburn, 111. 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 Rossburn’s C− for safety
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 32 km off, which covers its own area rather than Rossburn.
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.
Which crimes make up Rossburn’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Rossburn 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). Theft under $5,000 sits 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.
Rossburn’s index rose 25% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked most recently, in 2025 (129.5); 2024 was the low point, at 99.8. 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 | Rossburn | 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 Rossburn, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Around 190 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Rossburn (9,930 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.
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 Rossburn
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rossburn | 1,015 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Yellowhead (31 km) | 1,867 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Prairie View (32 km) | 2,149 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Russell (37 km) | 2,715 | 170 | 183.3 | D |
| Harrison Park (49 km) | 1,916 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 3 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Rossburn with figures are 31–49 km away.
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. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Rossburn
Is Rossburn safe?
Rossburn scores 111 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 18.7 violent incidents and 35 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Rossburn?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (11.6 per 1,000 residents a year); mischief, at 11.1, and assault, at 10.7, follow.
Is crime going up in Rossburn?
Yes: the index rose 25%, from 103.6 in 2023 to 129.5 in 2025.
How much of Rossburn’s crime do police solve?
40%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 71% and non-violent crime at 20%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Rossburn 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).