Photo: Amakuha · CC BY 4.0Robertson has 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. Measured on crime the police covering Robertson reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D: #46 of 182 in Manitoba. What’s more, the yearly rates were 18.0 violent incidents and 58.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 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. Not measured by town: crime severity and crime rate (the Winnipeg service area).
What stands out about safety in Robertson
The violent half stands out
Robertson’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.
Inside Robertson’s D for safety
How sure: A less certain grade than most: it reads the city’s overall figure, which can hide how Robertson itself compares.
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.
Which crimes make up Winnipeg’s figures
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.
Robertson’s index fell 13% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (136.8); the low point came in 2025, at 119.3. The typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Robertson | 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 Robertson, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around Robertson
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robertson | 5,090 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Inkster-Faraday | 3,700 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Burrows Central | 5,565 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Shaughnessy Park | 5,169 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Leila-McPhillips Triangle | 3,824 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Garden City | 6,794 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| St. John's | 8,492 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
6 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
- City-wide figures. Its city publishes no open neighbourhood crime figures, so every figure for Robertson is the city police’s, for the whole city.
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Robertson
Is Robertson safe?
With 18 violent incidents and 58.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Robertson 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 Robertson?
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 Robertson?
It went down 13% between 2023 and 2025, from 136.8 to 119.3.
How much of Robertson’s crime do police solve?
About 33% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 47% of violent and 23% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ is 38%.
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).