Photo: Words in the Wind · CC BY-SA 4.0Souris has less crime per resident than 62% of Canadian towns
Police clear 28% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%. By contrast, that puts it at B for safety, judged on crime the police covering Souris reported from 2023 to 2025: #16 of 182 in Manitoba. Behind the grade sit 6.6 violent incidents and 22.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Split in two, the index gives 56.4 for violence and 53.8 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8).
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 Souris
Under the Manitoba norm
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Souris, 54.2. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Souris comes 13th, 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.
The grade: B for Souris
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: #16 of 182 in Manitoba and #703 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.
What police record in Souris, by type
Against the typical town its size, Souris runs highest on mischief (6.3 per 1,000 against 4.9). Theft under $5,000 and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 4.3 | 2.1 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4 | 1.9 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 15 | 7.2 | 5% |
| Mischief | 13 | 6.3 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 5 | 2.4 | 46% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Drug violations | 3.7 | 1.8 | — |
| Impaired driving | 1.7 | 0.8 | — |
| 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, Souris places 13th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Bernard Quebec | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Emerson-Franklin Manitoba | 2,686 | 47.5 | 54.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Saint-Martin Quebec | 2,687 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 11 | Front of Yonge Ontario | 2,773 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 12 | La Présentation Quebec | 2,696 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| 13 | Souris Manitoba | 2,737 | 54.2 | 56.4 | B |
| 14 | Plessisville Quebec | 2,718 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| 15 | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel Quebec | 2,770 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| 16 | Saint-Alexandre Quebec | 2,685 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Swan Valley West Manitoba | 2,702 | 169.9 | 227.9 | D |
| 38 | Russell Manitoba | 2,715 | 170 | 183.3 | D |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Souris in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Souris’s police: about 14 violent incidents a year over 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 46 property crimes, plus 26 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Souris, each year
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 60.9 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 50.6 in 2025. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Souris | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 60.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 51.1 | 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 Souris, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Souris
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souris | 2,737 | 54.2 | 56.4 | B |
| Brandon (32 km) | 59,444 | 107.2 | 121.5 | C− |
| Oakland-Wawanesa (33 km) | 1,869 | 42.8 | 34.6 | A− |
| Riverdale (46 km) | 2,205 | 95.2 | 103.8 | C− |
| Boissevain (46 km) | 2,369 | 56.4 | 50.5 | B |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Souris. The nearest of them, Oakland-Wawanesa (33.2 km away), scores 42.8 against 54.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Souris with figures are 32–46 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Few people behind the figures. The police behind these figures serve about 2,105 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Souris
Is Souris safe?
The short answer is an index of 54.2 for Souris (2023–2025), built from 6.6 violent incidents and 22.2 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Souris?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 9.5, theft under $5,000 at 7.2 and mischief at 6.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Souris?
Not much: the index went from 51.1 in 2023 to 50.6 in 2025. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Souris’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 28% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 40% of violent crime and 23% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Souris 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).