Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Crime per resident in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part runs higher than in 96% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 509 and other offences to 222.3, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Scored on crime the police covering Algoma, Unorganized, North Part reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on D− for safety: #856 of 862 in Ontario. Out of every 1,000 residents, 52.6 violent incidents and 75.6 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size.
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 for the Sault Ste. Marie detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part
Visitors count, residents divide
About 45% of Algoma, Unorganized, North Part’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Drug offences: high for a town its size
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part records 8.7 incidents of drug offences per 1,000 residents a year, against 0.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. By type ↓
Above Ontario’s typical town
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, 302.3. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
Weighted by seriousness, 67% of crime in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 84% of violent crime and 49% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Algoma, Unorganized, North Part’s D− for safety
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 30 km from Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, not to the town.
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.
Its place: #856 of 862 in Ontario and #2,535 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Which crimes make up Algoma, Unorganized, North Part’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Algoma, Unorganized, North Part runs highest on drug offences (8.7 per 1,000 against 0.7), sexual assault (5.8 per 1,000 against 0.9) and break and enter (13.8 per 1,000 against 2.8).
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 5.7 | 3.3 | 82% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 23.7 | 13.8 | 39% |
| Possession of stolen property | 5.3 | 3.1 | 100% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6 | 3.5 | 62% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.7 | 1.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 30.3 | 17.6 | 21% |
| Mischief | 32 | 18.5 | 29% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 2.7 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 38.3 | 22.2 | 81% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4.3 | 2.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 15 | 8.7 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 15 | 8.7 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 0.8 | — |
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 to 10,000 people.
Among 40 towns its size, Algoma, Unorganized, North Part places 40th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parkhill Ontario | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 2 | Lucan Ontario | 6,827 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Colborne Ontario | 7,216 | 30.1 | 41.7 | A+ |
| 7 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Ontario | 7,052 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| … | |||||
| 37 | Hope British Columbia | 7,183 | 208.1 | 173 | D |
| 38 | Peace River Alberta | 7,220 | 254.7 | 229 | D |
| 39 | Merritt British Columbia | 7,190 | 270.6 | 338.1 | D |
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Algoma, Unorganized, North Part in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 91 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Algoma, Unorganized, North Part (1,740 residents), 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 130 property crimes, plus 97 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
The index started at its highest, 324.8 in 2023, and touched its lowest in 2025, at 278. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 278 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 304.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 324.8 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Algoma, Unorganized, North Part
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algoma, Unorganized, North Part | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | D− |
| Sault Ste. Marie (32 km) | 81,182 | 109.6 | 137 | C− |
| Prince (37 km) | 1,113 | 302.3 | 509 | D− |
| Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional (39 km) | 1,771 | 302.3 | 509 | D− |
| Laird (47 km) | 1,221 | 36.2 | 57.2 | A |
Algoma, Unorganized, North Part has the highest index of the places around it. Just 32 km away, Sault Ste. Marie comes to 109.6, against 302.3. The table leaves out 2 neighbours whose figure is this one, reported by the same police.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Algoma, Unorganized, North Part has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 32–47 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Small numbers. About 1,742 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.”
- What 100 means. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- The clearance rate. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
Questions about safety in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part
Is Algoma, Unorganized, North Part safe?
Police-reported crime in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part scores 302.3 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 52.6 violent incidents and 75.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part?
Top of the list is other Criminal Code offences (29.9 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 26.8, and mischief, at 18.5, follow.
Is crime going up in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part?
Down 14%: 324.8 in 2023, 278 in 2025. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Algoma, Unorganized, North Part’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 67% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town its size); split up, that is 84% of violent and 49% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Algoma, Unorganized, North Part 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).