Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0Crime per resident in West Alexander runs higher than in 88% of Canadian towns
In 2023 the index stood at 136.8; it fell to 119.3 in 2025. Scored on crime the police covering West Alexander reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D for safety: #46 of 182 in Manitoba. Violence accounts for an index of 197.6 and other offences for 103.1, against usual levels of 75.2 and 54.2. Behind the grade sit 18.0 violent incidents and 58.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 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. Measured across the Winnipeg service area: crime severity and crime rate.
What stands out about safety in West Alexander
Violence weighs more than the rest
West Alexander scores 197.6 for violence and 103.1 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ scores 75.2 and 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 West Alexander’s grade
How sure: Less sure, since one city-wide figure stands behind it, and West Alexander 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.
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.
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.
West Alexander, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 136.8; the lightest was 2025, at 119.3. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 50,000+ went from 64.3 in 2023 to 59.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | West Alexander | 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 West Alexander, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 50,000+.
Crime in the places around West Alexander
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Alexander | 5,161 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Centennial | 4,483 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Central Park | 4,328 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Spence | 4,378 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| Daniel McIntyre | 9,584 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| St. Matthews | 5,699 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
| South Portage | 3,037 | 129.3 | 197.6 | D |
Sharing its police with 6 neighbours, it shares their figure as well, so they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- One figure for the city. No open data breaks the city’s crime down by neighbourhood, so West Alexander carries the city-wide figures.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in West Alexander
Is West Alexander safe?
Statistics Canada puts West Alexander at 129.3 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 50,000 people or more sit at 60.3 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 18 and property crimes at 58.8 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in West Alexander?
Theft under $5,000 is the most common, at 23.9 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (16.8) and assault (9.7).
Is crime going up in West Alexander?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 13%, to 119.3 from 136.8.
How much of West Alexander’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 of 50,000+ clears 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).