Photo: Matthew ave jor · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Ste. Anne than in 72% of Canadian towns
None of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Per 1,000 residents a year, 9.3 violent incidents and 19.8 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. On top of that, on crime the police covering Ste. Anne reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B+ for safety: #13 of 182 in Manitoba. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 54.1 and 46.
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. Measured across the Steinbach detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Ste. Anne
Lighter than Manitoba’s middle
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Ste. Anne, 48.1. Towns its size ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Ste. Anne comes 15th, 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.
Inside Ste. Anne’s B+ for safety
How sure: Less sure, as Ste. Anne has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 15 km away.
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: #13 of 182 in Manitoba and #482 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 Ste. Anne, by type
Against the typical town its size, Ste. Anne runs highest on mischief (6.2 per 1,000 against 4.9). 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 | 8 | 0.3 | 50% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 0.06 | — |
| Other violent violations | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 77 | 2.5 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 18.7 | 0.6 | 39% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 73.3 | 2.4 | 10% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 30 | 1 | 1% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 125 | 4.1 | 13% |
| Mischief | 188 | 6.2 | 30% |
| Weapons violations | 9 | 0.3 | 67% |
| Administration of justice violations | 72.3 | 2.4 | 54% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 16.7 | 0.6 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 13.3 | 0.4 | 28% |
| Impaired driving | 67.3 | 2.2 | 50% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.01 | — |
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.
The detachment nearest Ste. Anne, 31,100 residents: around 280 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 600 property crimes, plus 240 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
By its index, Ste. Anne stands 15th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford New Brunswick | 6,543 | 25 | 35.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Peachland British Columbia | 6,302 | 44.1 | 39.2 | A− |
| 13 | Neepawa Manitoba | 6,328 | 45.8 | 46.8 | A− |
| 14 | Tweed Ontario | 6,504 | 46.8 | 68 | B+ |
| 15 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 6,387 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
| 16 | Saint-Césaire Quebec | 6,150 | 55 | 88.5 | B |
| 17 | Princeville Quebec | 6,400 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| 18 | Oliver Paipoonge Ontario | 6,524 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | St. Paul Alberta | 6,218 | 364.7 | 364.4 | 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 Ste. Anne in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Ste. Anne’s index held steady from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 48.8, and 2024 lowest at 47.3. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Ste. Anne | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 47.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 48 | 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 Ste. Anne, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Ste. Anne
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Ste. Anne. The nearest of them, Ste. Anne (4.2 km away), scores 40.3 against 48.1.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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 Ste. Anne
Is Ste. Anne safe?
Ste. Anne’s Crime Severity Index is 48.1 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 9.3 violent incidents and 19.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Ste. Anne?
Mischief is the most common, at 6.2 per 1,000 residents a year, then assault (4.6) and other Criminal Code offences (4.3).
Is crime going up in Ste. Anne?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 48 to 48.8.
How much of Ste. Anne’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 33% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 59% of violent crime and 20% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Ste. Anne 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).