Photo: Adam Jones, Ph.D. · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Tuktoyaktuk runs higher than in almost every Canadian town
Violence accounts for an index of 780.6 and other offences for 622.2, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. Per 1,000 residents a year, 201.1 violent incidents and 582.9 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Scored on crime the police covering Tuktoyaktuk reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D− for safety.
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 behind the crime severity and crime rate figures: the Tuktoyaktuk detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Tuktoyaktuk
Mischief: high for a town its size
Tuktoyaktuk records 539.9 incidents of mischief per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.2 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
A low clearance rate
Police cleared 19% of Tuktoyaktuk’s crime, weighted by seriousness (35% of violent crime, 10% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
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 Tuktoyaktuk’s grade
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Tuktoyaktuk’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Tuktoyaktuk runs highest on mischief (539.9 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (133.1 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (10.1 per 1,000 against 0.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.7 | 5.5 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3.3 | 3.3 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15 | 14.7 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 9.3 | 9.1 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 15 | 14.6 | 13% |
| Mischief | 553 | 539.9 | 4% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 2 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 49 | 47.8 | 65% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 18.3 | 17.9 | 16% |
| Drug violations | 4.7 | 4.6 | — |
| Impaired driving | 104.7 | 102.2 | 18% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
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 2,500 people or more.
Three years of Tuktoyaktuk’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
The first year, 2023, was the heaviest at 793.3, and 2025 the lightest at 543.6. In the same years the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ read 70.6 (2023), then 62.9 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Tuktoyaktuk | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 543.6 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 653.3 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 793.3 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Tuktoyaktuk, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Tuktoyaktuk
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuktoyaktuk | 1,026 | 663.4 | 780.6 | D− |
| Inuvik (124 km) | 3,337 | 718.3 | 807.9 | D− |
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer place has figures: this one lies 124 km from Tuktoyaktuk.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.
- Read with care. About 1,026 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- Town and surroundings together. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Tuktoyaktuk is one part.
- Reading the number. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Tuktoyaktuk
Is Tuktoyaktuk safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Tuktoyaktuk comes to 663.4. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 201.1 violent incidents and 582.9 property crimes. For Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the typical index is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Tuktoyaktuk?
The three biggest groups are mischief at 539.9, other Criminal Code offences at 138 and assault at 133.1, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Tuktoyaktuk?
Down 31%: 793.3 in 2023, 543.6 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Tuktoyaktuk’s crime do police solve?
About 19% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 35% of violent and 10% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Tuktoyaktuk and everywhere else it polices.
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).