Photo: Bluejaywpg · Public domainCrime per resident in Stony Mountain runs higher than in 79% of Canadian towns
Each of the two towns on its borders with figures records less crime per resident. Police cleared 41% of incidents, weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size. Graded on crime the police covering Stony Mountain reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores C− for safety: #41 of 182 in Manitoba. Split in two, the index gives 127 for violence and 91.3 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. Measured across the Stonewall detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Stony Mountain
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Stony Mountain records 7 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Stony Mountain places 33rd from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than Manitoba’s middle
Stony Mountain’s index of 100.9 compares with 129.3 for the typical town in Manitoba. Towns its size ↓
Easing since 2023
Stony Mountain’s index went from 109.8 in 2023 to 92.3 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The C− for Stony Mountain, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 7 km from Stony Mountain, since none reports under the town’s name.
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: #41 of 182 in Manitoba and #1,936 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.
Stony Mountain’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Stony Mountain runs highest on motor vehicle theft (7 per 1,000 against 2.6), drug offences (1.9 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.8). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7 | 0.5 | 86% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 71.3 | 4.7 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 33.3 | 2.2 | 57% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 106.7 | 7 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 25 | 1.6 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 87.7 | 5.7 | 8% |
| Mischief | 94.3 | 6.2 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 17.3 | 1.1 | 91% |
| Administration of justice violations | 41 | 2.7 | 64% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.7 | 0.6 | 59% |
| Drug violations | 28.7 | 1.9 | 57% |
| Impaired driving | 66.3 | 4.3 | 74% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
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.
From 2023 to 2025, Stony Mountain’s index dropped 16%
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 109.8; the lightest was 2025, at 92.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Stony Mountain | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 100.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 109.8 | 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 Stony Mountain, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
By its index, Stony Mountain stands 33rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tavistock Ontario | 8,710 | 23.1 | 27.2 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 16 | St. Adolphe Manitoba | 8,770 | 47.5 | 54.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 22 | La Salle Manitoba | 9,215 | 67 | 72.1 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 30 | Olds Alberta | 9,653 | 85.6 | 86.2 | C |
| 31 | Renfrew Ontario | 8,721 | 91.6 | 165.9 | C |
| 32 | Hanover Ontario | 8,723 | 91.9 | 108.3 | C |
| 33 | Stony Mountain Manitoba | 9,180 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| 34 | Kapuskasing Ontario | 8,825 | 105.6 | 172.8 | C− |
| 35 | Castlegar British Columbia | 9,465 | 107.5 | 94.1 | C− |
| 36 | Saint-Rémi Quebec | 9,557 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Plympton-Wyoming Ontario | 9,548 | 333.9 | 378.3 | 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 Stony Mountain in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The detachment closest to Stony Mountain, 15,500 residents, recorded about 160 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 470 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.
Crime in the places around Stony Mountain
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Mountain | 9,180 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| Stonewall | 5,443 | 66.3 | 59.7 | B− |
| St. Andrews | 12,021 | 64.4 | 49.4 | B− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Stony Mountain. Closest is Stonewall, 10.9 km away, at 66.3 to 100.9 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Stony Mountain
Is Stony Mountain safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 100.9 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Stony Mountain stands, with 10.5 violent and 30.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Stony Mountain?
Most often it is motor vehicle theft: 7 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 6.9 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 6.6.
Is crime going up in Stony Mountain?
No: the index fell 16%, from 109.8 in 2023 to 92.3 in 2025.
How much of Stony Mountain’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 41% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 65% of violent crime and 27% 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 Stony Mountain 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).