Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Blind River records more crime than 65% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 114 and other offences for 63.8, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. It grades C+ for safety on crime the police covering Blind River reported from 2023 to 2025: #748 of 862 in Ontario. Behind the grade sit 20.0 violent incidents and 22.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 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.
What stands out about safety in Blind River
Police clear more here
Weighted by seriousness, 53% of crime in Blind River ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 70% of violent crime and 39% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Heavier than Ontario’s middle
Blind River’s index of 77.7 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Of the 40 Canadian towns nearest it in size, Blind River places 23rd from the lowest index. 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.
The C+ for Blind River, 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.
Its place: #748 of 862 in Ontario and #1,604 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 Blind River’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Blind River runs highest on sexual assault (2.5 per 1,000 against 0.9), drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.7) and assault (7.9 per 1,000 against 6.7). 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 | 3.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 11.7 | 3.2 | 28% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 3.7 | 1 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 33 | 9 | 19% |
| Mischief | 16 | 4.4 | 44% |
| Weapons violations | 3.3 | 0.9 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 26.7 | 7.3 | 80% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 4 | 1.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 5.7 | 1.5 | 70% |
| Impaired driving | 7.3 | 2 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.09 | — |
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.
About 73 violent incidents a year reached Blind River’s police, 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 83 a year and other violations 56 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
By its index, Blind River stands 23rd of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powassan Ontario | 3,657 | 15 | 22.5 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Georgian Bay Ontario | 3,798 | 43.4 | 53.1 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 18 | Melancthon Ontario | 3,581 | 68.8 | 125.9 | B− |
| 19 | East Hawkesbury Ontario | 3,787 | 70.8 | 123.5 | C+ |
| 20 | Dunham Quebec | 3,632 | 72.8 | 96 | C+ |
| 21 | Roberts Creek British Columbia | 3,779 | 76.6 | 94 | C+ |
| 22 | Lac du Bonnet Manitoba | 3,592 | 76.7 | 86.3 | C+ |
| 23 | Blind River Ontario | 3,692 | 77.7 | 114 | C+ |
| 24 | Baie-D'Urfé Quebec | 3,706 | 80.3 | 115.7 | C |
| 25 | Killarney Manitoba | 3,708 | 81.4 | 71.7 | C |
| 26 | Bright New Brunswick | 3,648 | 81.7 | 78.9 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Opportunity No. 17 Alberta | 3,592 | 495.1 | 602.4 | 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 Blind River in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
The index in Blind River, each year
Crime Severity Index
2023 opened the run as its heaviest year (89); 2025 was the lightest, at 67.2. The comparison line, the typical Canadian town its size, runs from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 by 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Blind River | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 76.9 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 89 | 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 Blind River, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Blind River
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind River | 3,692 | 77.7 | 114 | C+ |
| Elliot Lake (31 km) | 12,317 | 86.6 | 123.3 | C |
| Huron Shores (32 km) | 2,030 | 43.6 | 67.9 | A− |
| Thessalon (47 km) | 1,363 | 55.2 | 97 | B |
Blind River sits above 2 of the 3 neighbours with figures of their own. Huron Shores, 32.3 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 43.6 to 77.7.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 31–47 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Blind River.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Few people behind the figures. The police behind these figures serve about 3,692 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.”
- Reading the number. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Solved cases. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Blind River
Is Blind River safe?
Blind River’s Crime Severity Index is 77.7 (2023–2025 mean); its police record 20 violent incidents and 22.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. In the middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Blind River?
Most often it is other Criminal Code offences: 10.3 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come theft under $5,000 at 9 and assault at 7.9.
Is crime going up in Blind River?
Down 24%: 89 in 2023, 67.2 in 2025. A small or partial count makes this change uncertain.
How much of Blind River’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 53%: 70% for violent crime and 39% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Blind River and nowhere else.
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).