Photo: Words in the Wind · CC BY 4.0WestLake-Gladstone sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Its Crime Severity Index averaged 67.8 over 2023–2025, against 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. All told, WestLake-Gladstone grades B− for safety (#31 of 182 in Manitoba): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Recorded violent incidents ran at 11.2 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 24.5, against 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 Central Plains detachment area.
What stands out about safety in WestLake-Gladstone
Lighter than Manitoba’s middle
Set among Manitoba’s towns, whose median is 129.3, WestLake-Gladstone scores 67.8. Towns its size ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, WestLake-Gladstone moved from 77.2 to 59.9, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
WestLake-Gladstone records 4.6 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 ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, WestLake-Gladstone is 17th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. 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.
Inside WestLake-Gladstone’s B− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 59 km from WestLake-Gladstone, 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: #31 of 182 in Manitoba and #1,304 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.
What police record in WestLake-Gladstone, by type
Against the typical town its size, WestLake-Gladstone runs highest on motor vehicle theft (4.6 per 1,000 against 2.6), mischief (6.8 per 1,000 against 4.9) and break and enter (3.6 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8.7 | 0.5 | 77% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 0.3 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5 | 0.3 | 46% |
| Robbery | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Other violent violations | 5 | 0.3 | 54% |
| Breaking and entering | 65.3 | 3.6 | 17% |
| Possession of stolen property | 16 | 0.9 | 36% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 83.7 | 4.6 | 15% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 3% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 82.7 | 4.5 | 14% |
| Mischief | 123.3 | 6.8 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 17.7 | 1 | 69% |
| Administration of justice violations | 76.7 | 4.2 | 63% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.7 | 0.5 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 14.3 | 0.8 | 30% |
| Impaired driving | 72.7 | 4 | 66% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.07 | — |
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.
WestLake-Gladstone’s index fell 22% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 77.2 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 59.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | WestLake-Gladstone | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 66.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 77.2 | 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 WestLake-Gladstone, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
WestLake-Gladstone is 17th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Ste. Anne Manitoba | 3,587 | 40.3 | 16.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 14 | Beausejour Manitoba | 3,565 | 58.8 | 39.1 | B |
| 15 | Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap British Columbia | 3,672 | 65.5 | 44.5 | B− |
| 16 | Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary British Columbia | 3,570 | 67.5 | 73.9 | B− |
| 17 | WestLake-Gladstone Manitoba | 3,604 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| 18 | Melancthon Ontario | 3,581 | 68.8 | 125.9 | B− |
| 19 | Dunham Quebec | 3,632 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 20 | Lac du Bonnet Manitoba | 3,592 | 76.7 | 86.3 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 24 | Killarney Manitoba | 3,708 | 81.4 | 71.7 | C |
| 25 | Carman Manitoba | 3,547 | 81.4 | 113 | C |
| … | |||||
| 27 | Morris Manitoba | 3,550 | 85.4 | 94.1 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 WestLake-Gladstone in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 200 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest WestLake-Gladstone (18,300 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 450 property crimes, plus 290 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 WestLake-Gladstone
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WestLake-Gladstone | 3,604 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| North Norfolk (31 km) | 4,084 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| Neepawa (37 km) | 6,328 | 45.8 | 46.8 | A− |
| Portage la Prairie (55 km) | 14,738 | 243.3 | 285.8 | D |
| Minto-Odanah (62 km) | 1,168 | 111 | 149.1 | C− |
| Minnedosa (63 km) | 2,859 | 89.9 | 92.1 | C |
Of 4 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under WestLake-Gladstone. Just 36.8 km away, Neepawa comes to 45.8, against 67.8. One place nearby is policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to WestLake-Gladstone with figures are 31–63 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What 100 means. 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.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- Severity, weighed. 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 WestLake-Gladstone
Is WestLake-Gladstone safe?
WestLake-Gladstone measures 67.8 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 11.2 violent incidents and 24.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in WestLake-Gladstone?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 9.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (6.8) and assault (5.5).
Is crime going up in WestLake-Gladstone?
The reverse: 77.2 in 2023 came down to 59.9 by 2025, 22% lower.
How much of WestLake-Gladstone’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 65% of violent crime and 26% of everything else, 39% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for WestLake-Gladstone 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).