Photo: P199 · Public domainArmstrong sees more crime per resident than 78% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 171.6 and 68.6. In a usual year, 14.1 violent incidents and 21.4 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 12.0 and 31.2. On top of that, its letter for safety is C−, worked out from crime the police covering Armstrong reported over 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. Measured across the Kirkland Lake detachment area: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Armstrong
More crime solved
Police cleared 69% of Armstrong’s crime, weighted by seriousness (115% of violent crime, 43% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 97.4 in Armstrong. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, Armstrong’s two halves part ways: 171.6 for violence (typical 86.4) and 68.6 for the rest (typical 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 grade: C− for Armstrong
How sure: Less sure than most. No detachment reports for Armstrong itself, so the grade rests on the nearest one’s figures, 51 km away.
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.
Armstrong’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, Armstrong runs highest on break and enter (4.1 per 1,000 against 2.5). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 15 | 4.1 | 35% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 6.7 | 1.8 | 34% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6.7 | 1.8 | 19% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 16 | 4.4 | 14% |
| Mischief | 14 | 3.8 | 19% |
| Weapons violations | 5.3 | 1.5 | 81% |
| Administration of justice violations | 15.3 | 4.2 | 90% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.7 | 0.7 | — |
| Drug violations | 4.3 | 1.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 9 | 2.5 | 100% |
| 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.
Around 52 violent incidents a year at the detachment nearest Armstrong (3,670 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.
Add about 78 property crimes and 43 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
The index in Armstrong, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its heaviest year came first: 2023, at 155.4, against a low of 66.8 in 2024. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Armstrong | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.1 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 66.8 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 155.4 | 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 Armstrong, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Armstrong
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | 1,269 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| Englehart (13 km) | 1,559 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part (29 km) | 3,606 | 97.4 | 171.6 | C− |
| Notre-Dame-du-Nord (29 km) | 1,081 | 82.9 | 130.7 | C |
| Temiskaming Shores (30 km) | 10,144 | 78.8 | 97.1 | C |
Armstrong has the highest index of the places around it. Just 29.3 km away, Notre-Dame-du-Nord comes to 82.9, against 97.4. 2 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 13–30 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Armstrong.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- Severity, weighed. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. About 3,672 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. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
Questions about safety in Armstrong
Is Armstrong safe?
Armstrong measures 97.4 on the Crime Severity Index for 2023–2025, next to 67.2 for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Per 1,000 residents a year, its police record 14.1 violent incidents and 21.4 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Armstrong?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 6.5 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (5.6) and fraud (5.1).
Is crime going up in Armstrong?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 55%, to 70.1 from 155.4. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Armstrong’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 69%: 115% for violent crime and 43% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Armstrong together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).