Photo: Bob Linsdell · CC BY 3.0Crime in Winnipeg scores 2.1 times as high as in the typical Canadian town its size
In 2023 the index stood at 136.8; it fell to 119.3 in 2025. None of the 6 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. Winnipeg’s violent half comes to 197.6 and its non-violent half to 103.1, where the norm is 75.2 and 54.2. Police counts work out at 18.0 violent incidents and 58.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the typical town its size they are 10.8 and 25.1.
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.
What stands out about safety in Winnipeg
Robbery: high for a town its size
Winnipeg records 3.5 incidents of robbery per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.4 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more. By type ↓
Heavier on violence
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Winnipeg’s two halves part ways: 197.6 for violence (typical 75.2) and 103.1 for the rest (typical 54.2). By type ↓
About the Manitoba norm
The typical Manitoba town scores 129.3; Winnipeg, 129.3. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Winnipeg’s Safety Grade is still to come
Not graded yet: Canada’s grades come with its first grading run, so this page shows the figures without a letter.
Crime Severity Index
Violent crime index
Non-violent crime index
Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, 2023–2025 means. City neighbourhoods count, each with its city’s figure; city totals and reserves don’t.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more.
Winnipeg’s crime by kind
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). Drug offences sits below it.
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 its own. 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.
Winnipeg, 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. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 64.3 (2023), then 59.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Winnipeg | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Winnipeg, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
About 15,000 violent incidents a year reached Winnipeg’s police, 2023–2025
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 49,100 property crimes and 7,610 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Winnipeg
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg | 850,260 | 129.3 | 197.6 | — |
| River-Osborne | 5,090 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Broadway-Assiniboine | 5,871 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Roslyn | 4,411 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| South Portage | 3,037 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| West Broadway | 6,537 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| McMillan | 3,568 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
Each neighbour with its own figure comes in over Winnipeg.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. 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.
- What 100 means. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Winnipeg
Is Winnipeg 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 Winnipeg stands, with 18 violent and 58.8 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Winnipeg?
Most often it is theft under $5,000: 23.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come mischief at 16.8 and assault at 9.7.
Is crime going up in Winnipeg?
It went down 13% between 2023 and 2025, from 136.8 to 119.3.
How much of Winnipeg’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 33% of crime (47% of violent crime, 23% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 38%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Winnipeg’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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). 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).