Montcalm records more crime per resident than 88% of Canadian towns
By 2025 the index had dropped to 119.3, down from 136.8 in 2023. Annual rates stand at 18.0 violent incidents and 58.8 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. Its letter for safety is D, worked out from crime the police covering Montcalm reported over 2023 to 2025. Split in two, the index gives 197.6 for violence and 103.1 for everything else (normally 75.2 and 54.2).
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. Source area for crime severity and crime rate: the Winnipeg service area.
What stands out about safety in Montcalm
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 197.6 on Montcalm’s index against 75.2 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+; non-violent crime, 103.1 against 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.
Montcalm: D for safety, and why
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and Montcalm 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.
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.
Montcalm, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 136.8; the lightest was 2025, at 119.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, runs from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Montcalm | 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 Montcalm, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Montcalm
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montcalm | 5,676 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Waverley Heights | 5,252 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Pembina Strip | 4,715 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Fairfield Park | 4,578 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Bridgwater Forest | 5,076 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Minnetonka | 4,461 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Fort Richmond | 11,563 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
Its police also cover 6 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Montcalm is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- 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.
Questions about safety in Montcalm
Is Montcalm safe?
Montcalm measures 129.3 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 60.3 for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 18 violent incidents and 58.8 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Montcalm?
The three biggest groups are theft under $5,000 at 23.9, mischief at 16.8 and assault at 9.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Montcalm?
Down 13%: 136.8 in 2023, 119.3 in 2025.
How much of Montcalm’s crime do police solve?
33%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ manages 38%. Violent crime is cleared at 47% and non-violent crime at 23%.
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).