Photo: Svhartje · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Swan Valley West records more crime than 93% of Canadian towns
Measured on crime the police covering Swan Valley West reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D: #171 of 182 in Manitoba. Its violent half comes to 227.9 and its non-violent half to 148.2, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. Year on year, 30.9 violent incidents and 59.6 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Swan River detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Swan Valley West
Mischief: high for a town its size
Swan Valley West records 31.9 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Swan Valley West comes 37th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Higher than most of Manitoba
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Swan Valley West, 169.9. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
Weighted by seriousness, 47% of crime in Swan Valley West ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 76% of violent crime and 30% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: D for Swan Valley West
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 11 km off, which covers its own area rather than Swan Valley West.
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: #171 of 182 in Manitoba and #2,490 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.
Which crimes make up Swan Valley West’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Swan Valley West runs highest on mischief (31.9 per 1,000 against 4.9), drug offences (3.3 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (9.9 per 1,000 against 2.8). Theft under $5,000 and fraud sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 1 | 83% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 6.3 | 1 | 90% |
| Robbery | 3 | 0.5 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 62.7 | 9.9 | 23% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 28.7 | 4.5 | 39% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 50 | 7.9 | 25% |
| Mischief | 201 | 31.9 | 39% |
| Weapons violations | 11.3 | 1.8 | 38% |
| Administration of justice violations | 60.7 | 9.6 | 70% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.3 | 2.3 | 42% |
| Drug violations | 20.7 | 3.3 | 13% |
| Impaired driving | 42.7 | 6.8 | 26% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Swan Valley West comes 37th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grey Manitoba | 2,655 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Emerson-Franklin Manitoba | 2,686 | 47.5 | 54.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Souris Manitoba | 2,737 | 54.2 | 56.4 | B |
| … | |||||
| 34 | Sundre Alberta | 2,683 | 115.4 | 138.1 | C− |
| 35 | Grand Manan New Brunswick | 2,648 | 118.7 | 156 | C− |
| 36 | Electoral Area E, Peace River British Columbia | 2,737 | 139.5 | 210.6 | D |
| 37 | Swan Valley West Manitoba | 2,702 | 169.9 | 227.9 | D |
| 38 | Russell Manitoba | 2,715 | 170 | 183.3 | D |
| 39 | Meadow Lake No. 588 Saskatchewan | 2,712 | 243 | 329.2 | D |
| 40 | La Ronge Saskatchewan | 2,668 | 715.9 | 1,169 | 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 Swan Valley West in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 200 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Swan Valley West (6,320 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.
And about 380 property crimes, plus 200 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Swan Valley West’s index rose 10% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
It finished on its highest reading, 176 in 2025, having been lowest in 2023 at 160.4. 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 | Swan Valley West | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 176 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 173.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 160.4 | 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 Swan Valley West, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Swan Valley West
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Valley West | 2,702 | 169.9 | 227.9 | D |
| Swan River (16 km) | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | D− |
| Minitonas-Bowsman (28 km) | 1,545 | 169.9 | 227.9 | D |
| Kamsack (58 km) | 1,849 | 233 | 320.7 | D |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Swan Valley West. One neighbour reports through the same police, so its figure is this one and it isn’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 16–58 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Swan Valley West.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- What the index measures. 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 Swan Valley West
Is Swan Valley West safe?
Swan Valley West’s Crime Severity Index is 169.9 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 30.9 violent incidents and 59.6 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 Swan Valley West?
Police record mischief most, 31.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (20.7) and assault (20.6).
Is crime going up in Swan Valley West?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 10%, to 176 from 160.4.
How much of Swan Valley West’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 47%: 76% for violent crime and 30% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Swan Valley West 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).