Photo: Lindsay Nicole Terry · CC BY 2.0Crime per resident in Pangnirtung runs higher than in 98% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 692.2 and other offences for 313.4, against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8. A Safety Grade of D− follows from crime the police covering Pangnirtung reported over the years 2023 to 2025. The yearly rates were 135.3 violent incidents and 219.8 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 Pangnirtung detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Pangnirtung
Mischief: high for a town its size
Pangnirtung records 193.6 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 ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 62% for Pangnirtung (68% violent, 57% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Pangnirtung scores 692.2 for violence and 313.4 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.
The D− for Pangnirtung, 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.
Crime in Pangnirtung, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Pangnirtung runs highest on mischief (193.6 per 1,000 against 4.2), assault (84.7 per 1,000 against 6.7) and sexual assault (4.9 per 1,000 against 0.8). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 6 | 3.7 | 88% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 8.3 | 5.1 | 100% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 2.7 | 1.7 | — |
| Robbery | 1 | 0.6 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1.7 | 1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 1.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 17 | 10.4 | 41% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 4.3 | 2.7 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 12.3 | 7.6 | 63% |
| Mischief | 313.7 | 193.6 | 72% |
| Weapons violations | 2.7 | 1.6 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 35 | 21.5 | 83% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 6.6 | 59% |
| Drug violations | 6 | 3.7 | 17% |
| Impaired driving | 45 | 27.7 | 24% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
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.
Around 220 violent incidents a year in the 1,600-resident police area around Pangnirtung, 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 360 a year and other violations 310 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
The index in Pangnirtung, each year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 480.7, with 2024 the lightest at 372.5. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Pangnirtung | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 480.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 372.5 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 403.7 | 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 Pangnirtung, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Shared with the countryside. An RCMP or OPP detachment reports one set of figures for everywhere it polices, so Pangnirtung’s are shared with its surroundings.
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. The police behind these figures serve about 1,603 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.”
Questions about safety in Pangnirtung
Is Pangnirtung safe?
Its police recorded 135.3 violent incidents and 219.8 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Pangnirtung a Crime Severity Index of 419. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in Pangnirtung?
Police record mischief most, 193.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (155) and assault (84.7).
Is crime going up in Pangnirtung?
Yes: the index rose 19%, from 403.7 in 2023 to 480.7 in 2025. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Pangnirtung’s crime do police solve?
62%, by the weighted clearance rate, where the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ manages 34%. Violent crime is cleared at 68% and non-violent crime at 57%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Pangnirtung 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).