{"id":697661,"date":"2026-05-27T18:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/697661\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:34:14","slug":"winnipeg-records-drop-in-violent-crime-homicides-in-2025-police-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/697661\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg records drop in violent crime, homicides in 2025: police report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg saw a decrease in violent crime and severity last year, according to the police service\u2019s 2025 annual report.<\/p>\n<p>Robberies, assault and firearm offences were all down compared to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Homicides dropped sharply by nearly 49 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Shoplifting, youth crime and knife-related crimes were also all down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese results reflect the commitment of our members, the strength of our partnerships, and the shared belief that community safety is everyone\u2019s responsibility,\u201d said WPS Chief Gene Bowers.<\/p>\n<p>The full report is available <a href=\"https:\/\/wps-statistical-report-2025-wpsgis.hub.arcgis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More coming.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778261834_283_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg saw a decrease in violent crime and severity last year, according to the police service\u2019s 2025 annual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-697661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}