Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun · CC BY 3.0St. Andrews is about average among Canadian towns for recorded crime
The index fell from 73.4 in 2023 to 65.3 in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, 8.5 violent incidents and 27.0 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. St. Andrews’s overall Safety Grade is B− (#24 of 182 in Manitoba): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. By contrast, its two neighbours with figures both record more crime per resident.
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 behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Selkirk detachment area.
What stands out about safety in St. Andrews
Lighter than Manitoba’s middle
St. Andrews’s index of 64.4 compares with 129.3 for the typical town in Manitoba. Towns its size ↓
The non-violent half stands out
St. Andrews scores 49.4 for violence and 70.9 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 89.4 and 56. By type ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
St. Andrews records 4.8 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.4 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, St. Andrews places 31st from the lowest 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 St. Andrews
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 7 km from St. Andrews, 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.
Its place: #24 of 182 in Manitoba and #1,008 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.
Crime in St. Andrews, type by type
Against the typical town its size, St. Andrews runs highest on motor vehicle theft (4.8 per 1,000 against 2.4), mischief (7.4 per 1,000 against 3.7) and break and enter (4 per 1,000 against 2.2). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5 | 0.2 | 66% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 81.7 | 4 | 12% |
| Possession of stolen property | 14 | 0.7 | 29% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 96 | 4.8 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12.7 | 0.6 | 2% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 120 | 6 | 8% |
| Mischief | 148.7 | 7.4 | 22% |
| Weapons violations | 15 | 0.7 | 53% |
| Administration of justice violations | 68.3 | 3.4 | 53% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.7 | 0.7 | 53% |
| Drug violations | 20.7 | 1 | 29% |
| Impaired driving | 89.3 | 4.4 | 59% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.05 | — |
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.
St. Andrews is 31st of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamilton Ontario | 11,810 | 25.7 | 30.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Morden Manitoba | 11,578 | 61.9 | 42.6 | B− |
| 29 | Chester Nova Scotia | 11,740 | 63.1 | 76.8 | B− |
| 30 | St. Clements Manitoba | 12,029 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| 31 | St. Andrews Manitoba | 12,021 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| 32 | Wellesley Ontario | 12,413 | 71.9 | 89.7 | C+ |
| 33 | Moncton New Brunswick | 12,238 | 72.8 | 74.8 | C+ |
| 34 | Weyburn Saskatchewan | 11,871 | 75.6 | 64.9 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 39 | Selkirk Manitoba | 11,570 | 158 | 197.4 | D |
| 40 | Clearwater County Alberta | 11,856 | 188.3 | 342.3 | 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 St. Andrews in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
St. Andrews, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 73.4 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2024, at 54.4. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 69.5 and 2025 gave 60.
Every year as a table
| Year | St. Andrews | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65.3 | 60 |
| 2024 | 54.4 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 73.4 | 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 St. Andrews, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 170 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest St. Andrews (20,100 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 540 property crimes and 290 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 St. Andrews
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Andrews | 12,021 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| Selkirk | 11,570 | 158 | 197.4 | D |
| St. Clements | 12,029 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
| Stony Mountain | 9,180 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| West St. Paul | 10,796 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over St. Andrews. The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. 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 St. Andrews
Is St. Andrews safe?
Statistics Canada puts St. Andrews at 64.4 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people sit at 66 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 8.5 and property crimes at 27 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in St. Andrews?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 7.4, other Criminal Code offences at 7.2 and theft under $5,000 at 6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in St. Andrews?
Down 11%: 73.4 in 2023, 65.3 in 2025.
How much of St. Andrews’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 29% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 58% of violent and 21% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving St. Andrews 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).