Photo: Kat1144 · CC BY-SA 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Central Park than in 88% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 136.8 in 2023 to 119.3 in 2025. Of the two halves, violence comes to 197.6 and other offences to 103.1, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2. Measured on crime the police covering Central Park reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D: #46 of 182 in Manitoba. Add to that, the local count comes to 18.0 violent incidents and 58.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people each year, with 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
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 behind the crime severity and crime rate figures: the Winnipeg service area.
What stands out about safety in Central Park
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, Central Park’s two halves part ways: 197.6 for violence (typical 75.2) and 103.1 for the rest (typical 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’s behind Central Park’s grade
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Central Park can differ a long way from its city’s average.
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.
Winnipeg’s crime, type 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.
Central Park, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (136.8); the low point came in 2025, at 119.3. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ moved from 64.3 to 59.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Central Park | 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 Central Park, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Central Park
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Park | 4,328 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Spence | 4,378 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| West Alexander | 5,161 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| South Portage | 3,037 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Centennial | 4,483 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| St. Matthews | 5,699 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Broadway-Assiniboine | 5,871 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
6 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The whole city’s numbers. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Central Park is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. 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 Central Park
Is Central Park 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 Central Park stands, with 18 violent and 58.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Central Park?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 23.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (16.8) and assault (9.7).
Is crime going up in Central Park?
It went down 13% between 2023 and 2025, from 136.8 to 119.3.
How much of Central Park’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 33% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 47% of violent crime and 23% of the rest, against 38% for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Whose figures are these?
The city police’s, as reported for the whole 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).