Per resident, St. George records more crime than 88% of Canadian towns
The index fell from 136.8 in 2023 to 119.3 in 2025. By contrast, the grade is D, built on crime the police covering St. George reported from 2023 to 2025: #46 of 182 in Manitoba. Of the two halves, violence comes to 197.6 and other offences to 103.1, beside norms of 75.2 and 54.2. 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+.
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-wide: crime severity and crime rate, counted over the Winnipeg service area.
What stands out about safety in St. George
Violent crime leads the index
Violent crime scores 197.6 on St. George’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.
What’s behind St. George’s grade
How sure: Not as firm as most grades, since the figure covers the entire city rather than St. George alone.
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.
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.
St. George, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 136.8, and 2025 the lightest 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 | St. George | 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 St. George, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around St. George
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George | 4,254 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Alpine Place | 3,721 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Worthington | 6,093 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Niakwa Place | 3,461 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Glenwood | 6,617 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Pulberry | 7,723 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Meadowood | 6,991 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 6 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Not the neighbourhood’s own. The figures for St. George are city-wide: neighbourhood counts aren’t published as open data here.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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.
Questions about safety in St. George
Is St. George safe?
The short answer is an index of 129.3 for St. George (2023–2025), built from 18 violent incidents and 58.8 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more, the median is 60.3.
What is the most common crime in St. George?
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 St. George?
The reverse: 136.8 in 2023 came down to 119.3 by 2025, 13% lower.
How much of St. George’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?
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).