Photo: Gordon Leggett · CC BY-SA 4.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Gjoa Haven than in 93% of Canadian towns
Behind the grade sit 61.2 violent incidents and 148.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Its violent half comes to 268.8 and its non-violent half to 160.8, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. The Safety Grade comes out at D, drawn from crime the police covering Gjoa Haven reported through 2023 to 2025.
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 Gjoa Haven detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Gjoa Haven
Mischief: high for a town its size
Gjoa Haven records 135.4 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 ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The D for Gjoa Haven, and how it is built
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.
Gjoa Haven’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Gjoa Haven runs highest on mischief (135.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (40 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (3.5 per 1,000 against 0.8). Fraud sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.3 | 3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1 | 0.7 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7 | 4.8 | 24% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2.3 | 1.6 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 4.7 | 3.2 | — |
| Mischief | 196 | 135.4 | 2% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.7 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 20 | 13.8 | 47% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.3 | 2.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.7 | — |
| Impaired driving | 16 | 11.1 | 14% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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 people or more.
About 89 violent incidents a year across the police area of 1,460 residents that includes Gjoa Haven, 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.
And about 220 property crimes, plus 82 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Gjoa Haven’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
It closed on its heaviest year, 2025, at 221.8; the lightest was 2024, at 171.7. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, runs from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Gjoa Haven | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 221.8 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 171.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 177.9 | 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 Gjoa Haven, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Gjoa Haven
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gjoa Haven | 1,464 | 190.5 | 268.8 | D |
| Taloyoak (137 km) | 1,046 | 358.6 | 458.6 | D− |
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest place to Gjoa Haven with figures is 137 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Small numbers. The police behind these figures serve about 1,464 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- A detachment’s area. The detachment counts crime across its whole territory, of which Gjoa Haven is one part.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Gjoa Haven
Is Gjoa Haven safe?
The short answer is an index of 190.5 for Gjoa Haven (2023–2025), built from 61.2 violent incidents and 148.9 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more, the median is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Gjoa Haven?
Mischief is the most common, at 135.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (44) and assault (40).
Is crime going up in Gjoa Haven?
Up 25%: 177.9 in 2023, 221.8 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Gjoa Haven’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 29%: 57% for violent crime and 10% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Gjoa Haven and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).