Photo: BaShildy . · CC BY 3.0Igloolik records more crime per resident than 95% of Canadian towns
Measured on crime the police covering Igloolik reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D. Its violent half comes to 470.3 and its non-violent half to 168.5, where the norm is 86.4 and 62.8. The yearly rates were 71.3 violent incidents and 147.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Igloolik detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Igloolik
Mischief: high for a town its size
Igloolik 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 ↓
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 56% for Igloolik (74% violent, 36% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Igloolik scores 470.3 for violence and 168.5 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Igloolik’s D for safety
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.
Crime in Igloolik, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Igloolik runs highest on mischief (135.4 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (46.4 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (4.4 per 1,000 against 0.8). Motor vehicle theft and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 8 | 3.4 | 71% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 2.3 | 1 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 1.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 7.7 | 3.3 | 52% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 5 | 2.1 | 20% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 23% |
| Mischief | 322.7 | 135.4 | 32% |
| Weapons violations | 1.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 26.3 | 10.9 | 58% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 7.3 | 3.1 | 41% |
| Drug violations | 3.3 | 1.4 | — |
| Impaired driving | 11 | 4.7 | 30% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
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 170 violent incidents a year across the police area of 2,440 residents that includes Igloolik, 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 350 a year and other violations 220 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Igloolik’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 285.4, against a low of 212.7 in 2024. 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 | Igloolik | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 261.4 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 212.7 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 285.4 | 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 Igloolik, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Cleared, not convicted. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Read with care. The police behind these figures serve about 2,444 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. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Igloolik’s are shared with its surroundings.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
Questions about safety in Igloolik
Is Igloolik safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 253.2 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more: that is where Igloolik stands, with 71.3 violent and 147.6 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Igloolik?
Mischief is the most common, at 135.4 per 1,000 residents a year, then other Criminal Code offences (85.8) and assault (46.4).
Is crime going up in Igloolik?
No: the index fell 8%, from 285.4 in 2023 to 261.4 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Igloolik’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 74% of violent crime and 36% of everything else, 56% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Igloolik 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).