Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 2.5Barry's Bay sees less crime per resident than 83% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 77.6 and its non-violent half to 27.5, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. The grade is A−, built on crime the police covering Barry's Bay reported from 2023 to 2025: #195 of 862 in Ontario. Annual rates stand at 8.4 violent incidents and 11.9 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Add to that, for comparison, the middle Ontario town comes to 56.2.
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. Area-wide: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts, counted over the Upper Ottawa Valley (Killaloe) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in Barry's Bay
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
About 33% of Barry's Bay’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 ↓
Above-typical clearance
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 63% for Barry's Bay (90% violent, 36% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Barry's Bay scores 77.6 for violence and 27.5 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 62.8. By type ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Barry's Bay is 8th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. 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.
Barry's Bay: A− for safety, and why
How sure: Not as firm as most grades. Its figures come from the nearest detachment, 20 km off, which covers its own area rather than Barry's Bay.
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: #195 of 862 in Ontario and #319 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 Barry's Bay, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Barry's Bay runs highest on sexual assault (1.4 per 1,000 against 0.9). Assault and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1 | 0.09 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1.5 | 0.1 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0.5 | 0.05 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.5 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2.5 | 0.2 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 10 | 0.9 | 40% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.5 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3 | 0.3 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2.5 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 34.5 | 3.2 | 28% |
| Mischief | 39 | 3.6 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 4 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 31.5 | 3 | 92% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.5 | 0.3 | — |
| Drug violations | 8.5 | 0.8 | 82% |
| Impaired driving | 12 | 1.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.5 | 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 to 10,000 people.
Barry's Bay is 8th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac-Etchemin Quebec | 4,089 | 30.8 | 48.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Lake of Bays Ontario | 4,105 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| 4 | Morris-Turnberry Ontario | 4,028 | 35 | 39.3 | A |
| 5 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 4,209 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| 6 | Haut-Madawaska New Brunswick | 4,098 | 36.3 | 44.6 | A |
| 7 | Simonds New Brunswick | 4,263 | 37.7 | 35.6 | A |
| 8 | Barry's Bay Ontario | 4,151 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| 9 | La Pocatière Quebec | 4,206 | 42.5 | 72 | A− |
| 10 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 4,106 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| 11 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges Quebec | 4,083 | 42.7 | 62.9 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Perth South Ontario | 4,055 | 52.5 | 75.2 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Swan River Manitoba | 4,048 | 435.7 | 403.3 | 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 Barry's Bay in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
About 92 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest Barry's Bay (10,000 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 130 property crimes and 71 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 Barry's Bay, each year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 60.1; the lightest was 2024, at 22.9. In the same years the typical Canadian town its size read 74.3 (2023), then 68.8 (2024).
With reports for 2023 and 2024 only, the mean covers just those.
Every year as a table
| Year | Barry's Bay | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 22.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 60.1 | 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 Barry's Bay, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Barry's Bay
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry's Bay | 4,151 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards (19 km) | 2,505 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan (23 km) | 1,656 | 41.5 | 77.6 | A− |
| Carlow/Mayo (31 km) | 1,048 | 55.2 | 59.6 | B |
| Hastings Highlands (36 km) | 4,957 | 55.2 | 59.6 | B |
| South Algonquin (36 km) | 1,151 | 55.2 | 59.6 | B |
Barry's Bay has the lowest index of the places around it. Where neighbours share its police, they share the figure too: 2 aren’t counted above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 19–36 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Barry's Bay.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Reading the number. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Solved cases. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- How serious, not how safe. 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.”
Questions about safety in Barry's Bay
Is Barry's Bay safe?
Barry's Bay scores 41.5 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 8.4 violent incidents and 11.9 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Barry's Bay?
Other Criminal Code offences is the most common, at 4.1 per 1,000 residents a year, then mischief (3.6) and fraud (3.5).
Is crime going up in Barry's Bay?
Over 2023–2024 the index dropped 62%, to 22.9 from 60.1. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of Barry's Bay’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 90% of violent crime and 36% of everything else, 63% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Barry's Bay 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).