Photo: U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada · Public domainCrime per resident in Thompson runs higher than in almost every Canadian town
Violence accounts for an index of 1,034.6 and other offences for 417.1, against usual levels of 89.4 and 56. The Safety Grade comes out at D−, drawn from crime the police covering Thompson reported through 2023 to 2025: #2,561 of 2,572 Canadian towns. Police counts work out at 155.5 violent incidents and 297.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 12.0 and 30.5.
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 Thompson
Mischief: high for a town its size
Thompson records 243.7 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 ↓
Higher than most of Manitoba
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Thompson, 589.9. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 54% for Thompson (65% violent, 44% non-violent), beside 33% for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Questions ↓
A higher index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Thompson comes 40th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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 Thompson’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: #2,561 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.
Crime in Thompson, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Thompson runs highest on mischief (243.7 per 1,000 against 3.7), assault (115.8 per 1,000 against 6.6) and robbery (5.4 per 1,000 against 0.6).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 22.7 | 1.7 | 65% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 47.3 | 3.6 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 18.7 | 1.4 | 53% |
| Robbery | 70 | 5.4 | 59% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 12 | 0.9 | 89% |
| Other violent violations | 29.3 | 2.2 | 82% |
| Breaking and entering | 133.7 | 10.3 | 38% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.7 | 0.4 | 70% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 61.7 | 4.7 | 39% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 8 | 0.6 | 38% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 373.3 | 28.7 | 28% |
| Mischief | 3,174 | 243.7 | 49% |
| Weapons violations | 87 | 6.7 | 46% |
| Administration of justice violations | 477.3 | 36.6 | 82% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 59.7 | 4.6 | 64% |
| Drug violations | 92.3 | 7.1 | 26% |
| Impaired driving | 114 | 8.8 | 39% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.08 | — |
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.
Among 40 towns its size, Thompson places 40th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rothesay New Brunswick | 12,626 | 20 | 27.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 23 | Lorette Manitoba | 13,509 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Bonnyville No. 87 Alberta | 13,265 | 197.6 | 183.7 | D |
| 38 | Lloydminster (Part) Saskatchewan | 13,137 | 211.6 | 177.2 | D |
| 39 | Dawson Creek British Columbia | 13,635 | 213.1 | 300.4 | D |
| 40 | Thompson Manitoba | 12,917 | 589.9 | 1,034.6 | 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 Thompson in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 2,030 violent incidents a year reached Thompson’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.
Property crime adds about 3,870 a year and other violations 2,790 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
In Thompson, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year fell in the middle, 2024, at 616.5; 2025 was the lightest, at 570.8. 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 | Thompson | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 570.8 | 60 |
| 2024 | 616.5 | 67.9 |
| 2023 | 582.3 | 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 Thompson, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Thompson
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson | 12,917 | 589.9 | 1,034.6 | D− |
| Division No. 22, Unorganized (144 km) | 2,223 | 945.6 | 1,577.3 | D− |
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Thompson has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 144 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Thompson
Is Thompson safe?
On Statistics Canada’s figures, Thompson scores 589.9 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, with 155.5 violent and 297.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 10,000 to 50,000 people is 66.
What is the most common crime in Thompson?
Mischief is the most common, at 243.7 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (195.4) and assault (115.8).
Is crime going up in Thompson?
The index stayed close to where it was, 582.3 in 2023 and 570.8 in 2025.
How much of Thompson’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 54% of crime (65% of violent crime, 44% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 33%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Thompson’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).