Photo: Nicholas4343 · CC BY-SA 3.0Atikokan sits near the middle of Canadian towns for recorded crime
Atikokan grades B− for safety overall (#637 of 862 in Ontario): close to the middle of Canadian towns, on crime its police reported from 2023 to 2025. What’s more, the index that weighs each crime by its seriousness comes to 68.9 here (2023–2025 mean), and to 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. In a usual year, 18.8 violent incidents and 20.6 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the typical town its size, 12.9 and 31.2.
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.
What stands out about safety in Atikokan
A high clearance rate
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 57% for Atikokan (79% violent, 41% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Atikokan is 18th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Atikokan scores 109.7 for violence and 53.1 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
Over the Ontario norm
Set among Ontario’s towns, whose median is 56.2, Atikokan scores 68.9. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Atikokan: B− for safety, and why
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: #637 of 862 in Ontario and #1,340 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.
Crime in Atikokan, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Atikokan runs highest on sexual assault (2.4 per 1,000 against 0.9), assault (10.2 per 1,000 against 6.7) and fraud (7.3 per 1,000 against 4.9). Break and enter and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5 | 1.8 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2 | 0.7 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 11.3 | 4.1 | 20% |
| Mischief | 17.3 | 6.2 | 31% |
| Weapons violations | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 26.3 | 9.5 | 84% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3 | 1.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 4.7 | 1.7 | — |
| Impaired driving | 6.3 | 2.3 | 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 to 10,000 people.
By its index, Atikokan stands 18th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Elzéar Quebec | 2,842 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Front of Yonge Ontario | 2,773 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel Quebec | 2,770 | 58.7 | 84.9 | B |
| 16 | Lacolle Quebec | 2,806 | 62.8 | 83.3 | B− |
| 17 | Sainte-Luce Quebec | 2,808 | 67.8 | 133.2 | B− |
| 18 | Atikokan Ontario | 2,796 | 68.9 | 109.7 | B− |
| 19 | Cultus Lake British Columbia | 2,773 | 71.6 | 60.2 | C+ |
| 20 | Wickham Quebec | 2,745 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| 21 | Forestville Quebec | 2,835 | 72.5 | 127.6 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 26 | Little Current Ontario | 2,764 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
| … | |||||
| 28 | Addington Highlands Ontario | 2,827 | 84.5 | 105.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Atikokan in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 52 violent incidents a year on Atikokan’s police records (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 57 property crimes, plus 47 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
The index in Atikokan, each year
Crime Severity Index
Its index has not been as high since 2023 (72.2); the low point came in 2025, at 63.8. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 64.2 (2025).
Every year as a table
| Year | Atikokan | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 70.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 72.2 | 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 Atikokan, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Atikokan
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atikokan | 2,796 | 68.9 | 109.7 | B− |
| Ignace (73 km) | 1,210 | 129.2 | 230.6 | D |
| Rainy River, Unorganized (111 km) | 1,498 | 49.4 | 69.4 | B+ |
| Fort Frances (132 km) | 7,607 | 143.8 | 209.3 | D |
| Dryden (144 km) | 7,808 | 137.6 | 238.3 | D |
| Sioux Lookout (151 km) | 6,122 | 267.2 | 543.5 | D |
1 of the 5 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Atikokan. Closest is Rainy River, Unorganized, 111.4 km away, at 49.4 to 68.9 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 73–151 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Atikokan.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. 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 2,796 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.”
- The index’s scale. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Atikokan
Is Atikokan safe?
Police-reported crime in Atikokan scores 68.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 18.8 violent incidents and 20.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. The typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Atikokan?
Police record other Criminal Code offences most, 12.6 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of assault (10.2) and fraud (7.3).
Is crime going up in Atikokan?
No: the index fell 12%, from 72.2 in 2023 to 63.8 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Atikokan’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 57% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 79% of violent crime and 41% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
They are Atikokan’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).