Photo: Rkehler3 · CC0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Ste. Anne than in 84% of Canadian towns
For every 1,000 residents, 7.2 violent incidents and 23.3 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical town its size, the figures are 12.9 and 31.2. On top of that, it grades A− for safety on crime the police covering Ste. Anne reported from 2023 to 2025: #7 of 182 in Manitoba. Split in two, the index gives 16.9 for violence and 50 for everything else (normally 85.7 and 62.8). One of the 3 towns next door with figures records less 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.
What stands out about safety in Ste. Anne
Heavier on property and other crime
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Ste. Anne’s two halves part ways: 16.9 for violence (typical 85.7) and 50 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Under the Manitoba norm
Set among Manitoba’s towns, whose median is 129.3, Ste. Anne scores 40.3. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Ste. Anne is 6th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Ste. Anne records 4.2 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Ste. Anne’s grade
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: #7 of 182 in Manitoba and #306 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.
Ste. Anne’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Ste. Anne runs highest on drug offences (4.2 per 1,000 against 0.7) and mischief (12.4 per 1,000 against 4.9). Assault 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7 | 2.1 | 0% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 23 | 6.8 | 35% |
| Mischief | 41.7 | 12.4 | 14% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 12 | 3.6 | 100% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3 | 0.9 | — |
| Drug violations | 14 | 4.2 | 86% |
| Impaired driving | 13.7 | 4.1 | 93% |
| 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.
Ste. Anne is 6th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Isidore Quebec | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 4 | Kingston New Brunswick | 3,577 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 5 | Saint-Sulpice Quebec | 3,688 | 39.2 | 59 | A |
| 6 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 3,587 | 40.3 | 16.9 | A− |
| 7 | Saint-Pascal Quebec | 3,516 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 8 | Saint-Gilles Quebec | 3,521 | 42.6 | 72.9 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby Quebec | 3,545 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Beausejour Manitoba | 3,565 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 16 | WestLake-Gladstone Manitoba | 3,604 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Lac du Bonnet Manitoba | 3,592 | 76.7 | 86.3 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Killarney Manitoba | 3,708 | 81.4 | 71.7 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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).
About 24 violent incidents a year reached Ste. Anne’s police, 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 78 property crimes and 51 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Ste. Anne’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
2025, the last year shown, came out highest at 43.9, and 2024 lowest at 38.1. 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 | 43.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 38.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 38.8 | 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
Ste. Anne has the lowest index of the places around it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Read with care. About 3,587 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
Questions about safety in Ste. Anne
Is Ste. Anne safe?
Ste. Anne’s Crime Severity Index is 40.3 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 7.2 violent incidents and 23.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Ste. Anne?
Police record mischief most, 12.4 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (6.8) and other Criminal Code offences (6.8).
Is crime going up in Ste. Anne?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 13%, to 43.9 from 38.8. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Ste. Anne’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 39% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 72% of violent and 35% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Ste. Anne and nowhere else.
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).