Photo: Classenc · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Woodlands runs higher than in 79% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 127 and 91.3. The Safety Grade comes out at C−, drawn from crime the police covering Woodlands reported through 2023 to 2025: #41 of 182 in Manitoba. Even so, typical years here bring 10.5 violent incidents plus 30.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size. For solved cases, the weighted rate is 41%, where the typical Canadian town its size manages 34%.
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. The crime severity, crime rate and incident counts numbers here cover the Stonewall detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Woodlands
Motor vehicle theft: high for a town its size
Woodlands records 7 incidents of motor vehicle theft per 1,000 residents a year, against 2.6 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Higher than many towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Woodlands places 28th from the lowest index. Towns its size ↓
Under the Manitoba norm
Woodlands’s index of 100.9 compares with 129.3 for the typical town in Manitoba. Towns its size ↓
Less severe than in 2023
Between 2023 and 2025, Woodlands moved from 109.8 to 92.3, while the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The C− for Woodlands, and how it is built
How sure: Less sure, as Woodlands has no detachment of its own in Statistics Canada’s tables and is graded on the closest one’s figures, 21 km away.
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: #41 of 182 in Manitoba and #1,936 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What police record in Woodlands, by type
Against the typical town its size, Woodlands runs highest on motor vehicle theft (7 per 1,000 against 2.6), drug offences (1.9 per 1,000 against 0.7) and break and enter (4.7 per 1,000 against 2.8). Fraud and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 7 | 0.5 | 86% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.07 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 71.3 | 4.7 | 9% |
| Possession of stolen property | 33.3 | 2.2 | 57% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 106.7 | 7 | 7% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 25 | 1.6 | 4% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 87.7 | 5.7 | 8% |
| Mischief | 94.3 | 6.2 | 15% |
| Weapons violations | 17.3 | 1.1 | 91% |
| Administration of justice violations | 41 | 2.7 | 64% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 9.7 | 0.6 | 59% |
| Drug violations | 28.7 | 1.9 | 57% |
| Impaired driving | 66.3 | 4.3 | 74% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.04 | — |
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 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Year by year in Woodlands: down 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 109.8, and 2025 the lightest at 92.3. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Woodlands | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92.3 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 100.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 109.8 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Woodlands, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Woodlands comes 28th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 22 | North Norfolk Manitoba | 4,084 | 67.8 | 71.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 25 | Lamont County Alberta | 3,918 | 95.7 | 81.2 | C− |
| 26 | Pasadena Newfoundland and Labrador | 3,930 | 96.2 | 98.9 | C− |
| 27 | Fort Macleod Alberta | 3,945 | 96.7 | 83.9 | C− |
| 28 | Woodlands Manitoba | 4,057 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| 29 | Mistissini Quebec | 4,067 | 103.6 | 197.1 | C− |
| 30 | Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen British Columbia | 4,103 | 113.4 | 144 | C− |
| 31 | Napierville Quebec | 4,187 | 116.5 | 80.3 | C− |
| … | |||||
| 38 | Alexander Manitoba | 4,032 | 298.9 | 493 | D− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Woodlands in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 160 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Woodlands (15,500 residents), 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.
Property crime adds about 470 a year and other violations 240 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Woodlands
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands | 4,057 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| Stonewall (23 km) | 5,443 | 66.3 | 59.7 | B− |
| Stony Mountain (29 km) | 9,180 | 100.9 | 127 | C− |
| St. Laurent (29 km) | 1,577 | 150.8 | 234.8 | D |
Of 2 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Woodlands. Just 22.6 km away, Stonewall comes to 66.3, against 100.9. Its police also cover one neighbouring place, which carries the same index and is left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 23–29 km from Woodlands.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. 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.
- Severity, weighed. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- What 100 means. 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.
Questions about safety in Woodlands
Is Woodlands safe?
Woodlands measures 100.9 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 10.5 violent incidents and 30.5 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Woodlands?
The three biggest groups are motor vehicle theft at 7, other Criminal Code offences at 6.9 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 6.6, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Woodlands?
Down 16%: 109.8 in 2023, 92.3 in 2025.
How much of Woodlands’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 65% of violent crime and 27% of everything else, 41% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Woodlands together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).