Photo: Mennowiki · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Steinbach records more crime than three in four Canadian towns
Its 4 neighbours with figures all record less crime per resident. Out of every 1,000 residents, 17.0 violent incidents and 52.0 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 30.5 in the typical town its size. Graded on crime the police covering Steinbach reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C− for safety: #40 of 182 in Manitoba. Of the two halves, violence comes to 99.5 and other offences to 96.1, beside norms of 89.4 and 56.
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 Steinbach
Mischief: high for a town its size
Steinbach records 20.1 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 ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Steinbach’s index went from 108.7 in 2023 to 82.9 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 69.5 to 60. Year by year ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Steinbach comes 36th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Manitoba’s middle
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Steinbach, 96.5. 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.
What’s behind Steinbach’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: #40 of 182 in Manitoba and #1,910 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 Steinbach’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Steinbach runs highest on mischief (20.1 per 1,000 against 3.7), break and enter (5 per 1,000 against 2.2) and sexual assault (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 11.3 | 0.5 | 47% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 103 | 5 | 15% |
| Possession of stolen property | 22.3 | 1.1 | 55% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 47.7 | 2.3 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 20.3 | 1 | 6% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 349 | 16.7 | 23% |
| Mischief | 418 | 20.1 | 34% |
| Weapons violations | 15.7 | 0.8 | 66% |
| Administration of justice violations | 87.3 | 4.2 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 19.7 | 0.9 | 49% |
| Drug violations | 25.3 | 1.2 | 23% |
| Impaired driving | 65.7 | 3.2 | 45% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
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.
In Steinbach, down 24% between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 108.7 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 82.9. 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 | Steinbach | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 82.9 | 60 |
| 2024 | 97.9 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 108.7 | 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 Steinbach, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Steinbach comes 36th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quispamsis New Brunswick | 20,240 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Mitchell Manitoba | 19,950 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 33 | Sturgeon County Alberta | 21,144 | 84.7 | 81.5 | C |
| 34 | Salmon Arm British Columbia | 20,891 | 92.4 | 66.8 | C |
| 35 | Camrose Alberta | 20,800 | 96.3 | 96.4 | C− |
| 36 | Steinbach Manitoba | 21,671 | 96.5 | 99.5 | C− |
| 37 | Riverview New Brunswick | 22,614 | 113.1 | 113.3 | C− |
| 38 | Cranbrook British Columbia | 22,703 | 149.5 | 147.3 | D |
| 39 | Lloydminster (Part) Alberta | 21,267 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
| 40 | Yellowknife Northwest Territories | 22,858 | 304.6 | 362 | 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 Steinbach in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Steinbach 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.
Property crime adds about 1,080 a year and other violations 350 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Steinbach
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steinbach | 21,671 | 96.5 | 99.5 | C− |
| Mitchell | 19,950 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
| La Broquerie | 7,808 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
| Ste. Anne | 3,587 | 40.3 | 16.9 | A− |
| Ste. Anne | 6,387 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Steinbach. Closest is Mitchell, 7.7 km away, at 48.1 to 96.5 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. 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.
- An index, not a verdict. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. 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.
Questions about safety in Steinbach
Is Steinbach safe?
Police-reported crime in Steinbach scores 96.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 17 violent incidents and 52 property crimes 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 Steinbach?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 20.1, theft under $5,000 at 16.7 and other Criminal Code offences at 10.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Steinbach?
Down 24%: 108.7 in 2023, 82.9 in 2025.
How much of Steinbach’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 33% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (33% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 55% of violent and 24% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Steinbach 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).