Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Selkirk runs higher than in 91% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 197.4 and other offences for 143.6, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. Each of the 4 towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Graded on crime the police covering Selkirk reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety: #170 of 182 in Manitoba. Police counts work out at 32.5 violent incidents and 69.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.0 and 30.5.
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 Selkirk
Mischief: high for a town its size
Selkirk records 26.4 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Selkirk is 38th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Heavier than Manitoba’s middle
Set among Manitoba’s towns, whose median is 129.3, Selkirk scores 158. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 43% of crime in Selkirk ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 67% of violent crime and 30% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people the figure is 33%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Selkirk: D for safety, and why
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: #170 of 182 in Manitoba and #2,472 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
Which crimes make up Selkirk’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Selkirk runs highest on mischief (26.4 per 1,000 against 3.7), drug offences (4.5 per 1,000 against 0.8) and assault (17.9 per 1,000 against 6.6).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6.7 | 0.6 | 85% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 11.7 | 1 | 97% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 16 | 1.5 | 63% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 54 | 4.9 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 10.7 | 1 | 50% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 44.7 | 4 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8.7 | 0.8 | 15% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 281.3 | 25.2 | 17% |
| Mischief | 294 | 26.4 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 24 | 2.2 | 54% |
| Administration of justice violations | 110.3 | 9.8 | 76% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17.7 | 1.6 | 60% |
| Drug violations | 50.3 | 4.5 | 34% |
| Impaired driving | 49 | 4.4 | 49% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.06 | — |
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 10,000 to 50,000 people.
By its index, Selkirk stands 38th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Morden Manitoba | 11,578 | 61.9 | 42.6 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 26 | St. Clements Manitoba | 12,029 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| 27 | St. Andrews Manitoba | 12,021 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 35 | Smiths Falls Ontario | 11,093 | 105.1 | 147.6 | C− |
| 36 | La Tuque Quebec | 11,309 | 106.1 | 199 | C− |
| 37 | Sechelt British Columbia | 11,558 | 141.3 | 114.9 | D |
| 38 | Selkirk Manitoba | 11,570 | 158 | 197.4 | D |
| 39 | Clearwater County Alberta | 11,856 | 188.3 | 342.3 | D |
| 40 | Williams Lake British Columbia | 11,462 | 248.9 | 248.6 | 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 Selkirk in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Selkirk recorded about 360 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 770 property crimes, plus 460 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Selkirk’s index dropped 10%
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 172.6; the lightest was 2024, at 145.9. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 69.5 in 2023 to 60 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Selkirk | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 155.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 145.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 172.6 | 69.5 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Selkirk, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Selkirk
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selkirk | 11,570 | 158 | 197.4 | D |
| St. Clements | 12,029 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| St. Andrews | 12,021 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| Brokenhead | 5,931 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| West St. Paul | 10,796 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Selkirk. Closest is St. Clements, 3.7 km away, at 64.4 to 158 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- What clearance means. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- An index, not a verdict. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Selkirk
Is Selkirk safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Selkirk scores 158 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 32.5 violent and 69.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 66, the median for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Selkirk?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 31.3 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (26.4) and theft under $5,000 (25.2).
Is crime going up in Selkirk?
Down 10%: 172.6 in 2023, 155.3 in 2025.
How much of Selkirk’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 43% of crime (67% of violent crime, 30% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Selkirk alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).