Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Buchanan than in 88% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2, violent and non-violent offences here reach 197.6 and 103.1. On crime the police covering Buchanan reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades D for safety: #46 of 182 in Manitoba. Add to that, typical years here bring 18.0 violent incidents plus 58.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 10.8 plus 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. In 2023 the index stood at 136.8; it fell to 119.3 in 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. Crime severity and crime rate: one figure for all of the Winnipeg service area.
What stands out about safety in Buchanan
Violent crime leads the index
Buchanan scores 197.6 for violence and 103.1 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ scores 75.2 and 54.2. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What sits behind Buchanan’s D
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Buchanan’s own streets could sit well above or below it.
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: #46 of 182 in Manitoba and #2,309 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Crime across Winnipeg, by type
These are Winnipeg’s figures, for its police’s whole area: they aren’t published by neighbourhood.
Against the typical town its size, Winnipeg runs highest on robbery (3.5 per 1,000 against 0.4), mischief (16.8 per 1,000 against 3.8) and break and enter (6.3 per 1,000 against 2.2).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 36 | 0.04 | 90% |
| Sexual violations against children | 249 | 0.3 | 64% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 394 | 0.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 82 | 0.10 | 50% |
| Robbery | 2,888.7 | 3.5 | 31% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 58.7 | 0.07 | 82% |
| Other violent violations | 135.3 | 0.2 | 67% |
| Breaking and entering | 5,266.7 | 6.3 | 14% |
| Possession of stolen property | 575 | 0.7 | 100% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3,409.7 | 4.1 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 382.7 | 0.5 | 10% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 19,975 | 23.9 | 15% |
| Mischief | 14,004.7 | 16.8 | 6% |
| Weapons violations | 970 | 1.2 | 87% |
| Administration of justice violations | 4,303 | 5.1 | 99% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 603 | 0.7 | 81% |
| Drug violations | 492 | 0.6 | 95% |
| Impaired driving | 444 | 0.5 | 99% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 6 | 0.01 | 45% |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment: incidents a year are its own, the town’s share is only estimated in the tiles. 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 50,000 people or more.
Buchanan, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 136.8; the lightest was 2025, at 119.3. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Buchanan | Typical town of 50,000+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119.3 | 59.2 |
| 2024 | 131.8 | 59.9 |
| 2023 | 136.8 | 64.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Buchanan, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Buchanan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan | 3,473 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Crestview | 8,658 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Glendale | 3,586 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Westwood | 5,716 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Sturgeon Creek | 3,202 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Heritage Park | 5,817 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Kirkfield | 4,100 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
6 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so Buchanan carries the city-wide figures.
- 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.
- An index, not a verdict. 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 Buchanan
Is Buchanan safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 129.3 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more: that is where Buchanan stands, with 18 violent and 58.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Buchanan?
Police record theft under $5,000 most, 23.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of mischief (16.8) and assault (9.7).
Is crime going up in Buchanan?
It went down 13% between 2023 and 2025, from 136.8 to 119.3.
How much of Buchanan’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 33% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+); split up, that is 47% of violent and 23% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
The city force’s, one set of figures for the city.
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).