Pembina Strip sees more crime per resident than 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. A Safety Grade of D follows from crime the police covering Pembina Strip reported over the years 2023 to 2025. Out of every 1,000 residents, 18.0 violent incidents and 58.8 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 10.8 and 25.1 in the typical Canadian town of 50,000+. By contrast, 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. Area behind the crime severity and crime rate figures: the Winnipeg service area.
What stands out about safety in Pembina Strip
Violence weighs more than the rest
Pembina Strip’s index splits into violent crime, 197.6 here and 75.2 for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+, and everything else, 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.
What’s behind Pembina Strip’s grade
How sure: Less sure than most. The grade rests on a figure for the whole city, so Pembina Strip’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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
What Winnipeg’s police record, 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.
Pembina Strip, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 136.8, against a low of 119.3 in 2025. 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 | Pembina Strip | 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 Pembina Strip, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Pembina Strip
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pembina Strip | 4,715 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Maybank | 4,817 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Montcalm | 5,676 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Minnetonka | 4,461 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Pulberry | 7,723 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Waverley Heights | 5,252 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Point Road | 3,290 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
The comparison skips 6 neighbours reported under the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- One figure for the city. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Pembina Strip is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- Solved cases. 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.
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
Questions about safety in Pembina Strip
Is Pembina Strip safe?
With 18 violent incidents and 58.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Pembina Strip comes to 129.3 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more have a median of 60.3.
What is the most common crime in Pembina Strip?
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 Pembina Strip?
It went down 13% between 2023 and 2025, from 136.8 to 119.3.
How much of Pembina Strip’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 33%: 47% for violent crime and 23% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ it is 38%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police service that covers 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).