Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainThompson has more crime per resident than 96% of Canadian towns
Split in two, the index gives 712.5 for violence and 164.1 for everything else (normally 86.4 and 62.8). Graded on crime the police covering Thompson reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D− for safety. Out of every 1,000 residents, 87.1 violent incidents and 33.7 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Even so, its Crime Severity Index dropped from 355.7 in 2023 to 275.8 by 2025.
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. Not measured by town: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts (the Thompson detachment area).
What stands out about safety in Thompson
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Thompson records 13.4 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Thompson’s index splits into violent crime, 712.5 here and 86.4 for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, and everything else, 164.1 against 62.8. By type ↓
Heavier than Manitoba’s middle
Set among Manitoba’s towns, whose median is 129.3, Thompson scores 318.8. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the typical clearance rate is 34%; Thompson’s police clear 57%, 72% of violent crime and 31% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The D− for Thompson, and how it is built
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What police record in Thompson, by type
Against the typical town its size, Thompson runs highest on drug offences (13.4 per 1,000 against 0.7), assault (58 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (4 per 1,000 against 0.8). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.07 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 11.7 | 2.3 | 60% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5 | 1 | 86% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 15.3 | 3.1 | 57% |
| Robbery | 7 | 1.4 | 100% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Other violent violations | 6.3 | 1.3 | 84% |
| Breaking and entering | 20.7 | 4.1 | 34% |
| Possession of stolen property | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 14.3 | 2.9 | 58% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 19.7 | 3.9 | 42% |
| Mischief | 97.3 | 19.4 | 44% |
| Weapons violations | 17.3 | 3.4 | 36% |
| Administration of justice violations | 68.3 | 13.6 | 73% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 14.7 | 2.9 | 43% |
| Drug violations | 67.7 | 13.4 | 21% |
| Impaired driving | 42.3 | 8.4 | 37% |
| 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 people or more.
Thompson, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its highest year was 2023, at 355.7, and its lowest 2025, at 275.8. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Thompson | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 275.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 325 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 355.7 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Thompson, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
The police area Thompson is part of, 5,100 residents, recorded about 440 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.
Add about 170 property crimes and 280 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Thompson
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson | 1,440 | 318.8 | 712.5 | D− |
| Morden (20 km) | 11,578 | 61.9 | 42.6 | B− |
| Pembina (23 km) | 2,502 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| Roland (24 km) | 1,283 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
| Carman (26 km) | 3,547 | 81.4 | 113 | C |
| Dufferin (27 km) | 2,587 | 27.2 | 39.3 | A+ |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in under Thompson. Morden, 19.8 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 61.9 to 318.8.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Thompson with figures are 20–27 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. 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.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
- 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.
- Town and surroundings together. Detachment figures cover the detachment’s whole area: Thompson together with the countryside and smaller places it polices.
Questions about safety in Thompson
Is Thompson safe?
Thompson’s Crime Severity Index is 318.8 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 87.1 violent incidents and 33.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more the figure is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Thompson?
Most often it is assault: 58 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come other Criminal Code offences at 31.3 and mischief at 19.4.
Is crime going up in Thompson?
No: the index fell 22%, from 355.7 in 2023 to 275.8 in 2025.
How much of Thompson’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 72% of violent crime and 31% of everything else, 57% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Thompson and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).